Category: grantees

Established in 1976, Rape Crisis is the oldest women’s organisation in South Africa dealing with adult rape. Its founder, Anne Mayne, was a survivor of rape and was driven to form the organisation by the lack of services and support available to survivors at that time. The grant will be used as a core grant to support the work of the Rape Crises. They will use the grant to support their work around advocating for the roll out of the sexual offences court in South Africa.

Raise foundation was formed by Dr. Amina Bello in 2015 with a vision of Nigeria where no woman dies of pregnancy related issues and a mission to create awareness and opportunity for women and girls to realise their potential in an environment that is safe for pregnancy and childbirth. The grant will be used to educate the project community, train community volunteers and put measures in place that will help reduce maternal mortality and morbidity. The project will also support surgeries for women with fistula and ensure their reintegration into the community.

Prosperous Health Life Initiative (PHLI) was started in 2016 by a team of three women, to support innovative strategies for local communities to improve their health and livelihoods. PHLI works towards transforming lives by enhancing knowledge and creating awareness to ensure social inclusion of the marginalized groups and individuals. With this grant, PHLI will implement the Africa End Sexual Harassment Initiative (AESHI) to bring attention to the issue of sexual harassment at the local level. Part of the grant would be used to generate knowledge through research under the Africa Book Project on Sexual Harassment.

Project Alert was set up in January 1999 by Dr. Josephine Effah-Chukwuma, to promote and protect the rights of women by providing information on violence against women/young girls, advocacy against violence against women/young girls and provision of practical support services to female survivors of violence. The organisation also operates a shelter that provides a safe space for survivors of violence. The grant will help them to enhance the capacity of community groups to support the campaign to eliminate violence against women and girls (VAWG). The project will also provide support for rescue and referral services (legal, medical, shelter) for survivors of VAWG.

Platform for Social Justice was formed in March 2007 to promote justice for marginalized groups. PSJ advocates for rights of victims of human rights abuse and provides them with the tools to secure and defend their rights. With the grant from AWDF, they will mitigate violence against women and girls in Amuru district through the provision of preventive responses to enable women and girls to live life in dignity.

Plateforme des Femmes pour la Paix en Casamance (PFPC) was set up by two major organisations, namely Kabonketoor and Usoforal, working for peace in Casamance in Senegal. It was created so that women could make their contributions to the peace process and to ensure that their concerns were factored in the peace negotiations. PFPC therefore provides the platform for women to speak with one voice. The grant awarded will be used to undertake a project which seeks to strengthen women in Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau’s involvement and contribution to peace, security and stability in the sub-region.

Organisation pour de Nouvelles Initiatives en Développement et Santé (ONIDS) was founded in 2013 and aims to ensure social and behavioral change within communities, push for comprehensive care and support for women survivors of violence, and advocate to end violence and various forms discriminations against women and girls. With the AWDF grant, ONIDS will build alliance, strengthen the capacity of girls and women to demand for a holistic response to violence against women and girls in 20 villages with high harmful traditional practices in the Center East of Burkina Faso.

The One in Nine Campaign was formed in 2006 as a feminist collective motivated by feminist principles and the desire to live in a society where women are agents of their own lives. It worked to highlight the injustices faced by survivors of sexual violence and the secondary victimisation they face while navigating the criminal justice system in pursuit of justice. The AWDF grant is a core grant given to support the organisation’s vision around amplifying the voices of South Africa’s feminist movements and all women in the country, using artwork and art forms to advocate and encourage dialogue and shifts mind sets around issues facing women.

Established in 2010, the NWAWWD is a nonprofit, regional level organisation working for the most marginalized and vulnerable grassroots women with disabilities. The aim is to strengthen the capacities of grassroots women living with disabilities to live dignified lives in society following a rights based approach. The grant awarded is to help commemorate the 2020 World AIDS Day event to promote the rights and mental wellbeing of women and girls living with disability and women and girls living with HIV/ADS.

The Network of Women in Growth (NEWIG) Ghana was formed in 2002 by Ms. Mawusi Nudekor Awity as a skills development NGO. The purpose of the organisation is to improve the conditions of the less privileged in society, especially women. The purpose of the grant is to train 15 young women through the provision of technical skills in three main male-dominated trade specializations namely Plumbing, General Electricals and Draughtsman ship.