Category: grantees

The formation of Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa (GPFA) is the result of the personal and professional experiences of Nobel Peace Laureate, Leymah Roberta Gbowee. She played a key organising and leadership role in the women’s peace movement that contributed to end the Liberian civil war. With the Nobel Peace Prize came the opportunity for Madam Gbowee to utilise her platform to further advocate for the rights of women and girls. This necessitated the transition of Madam Gbowee’s focus from her prior work of peacebuilding to a broader focus on education, leadership development, targeted advocacy, and services for young girls and disadvantaged youth. The grant will be used to undertake an awareness campaign on COVID-19 prevention among marginalized communities of women who have not been reached with vital information.

Future Girls Association was formed in 2003 by a group of girls and ladies interested in the advancement and development of the Egyptian young girls and ladies by empowering them economically, socially and culturally and creating a better future for them so that they have an effective and influential role in society. The grant will be used to strengthen communities’ efforts in preventing FGM. This will be done by training girls and young women to demand for an end to FGM and to demand for their rights.

Forum Mulher was created by women ́s rights activist affiliated to Organização da Mulher Moçambicana (OMM) inspired by the feminist movement around the world and the International Conferences of Women in 1975, 1985 and the Beijing conference. The objective of the organisation is to improve economic, socio-cultural and political transformations that lead to structural change with a feminist perspective. The purpose of the grant is to strengthen women’s effective and meaningful participation in politics and decision making in Mozambique by preparing and promoting women’s leadership for the 2023 municipal elections.

FOWODE was founded in 1994 to pursue the vision of a Ugandan society where, in all spheres, public and private, women and men shared equally in decision-making. FOWODE works at the national level and in 13 districts across Uganda. Since its inception, the organisation has trained over 20,000 women who have influenced the passing of local and national level gender related laws. The grant will be used as a general operating grant to support FOWODE’s mandate.

FAWE is a regional organisation founded by five African women ministers of education in 1992 in Nairobi, Kenya. FAWE has different national branches in various African countries and the Benin branch was created by Beninese women educators. The purpose of the organisation is to remove the barriers for girls and women in Benin to access education and to improve their quality of life. The grant awarded is to help address issues of violence and discrimination girls face during their menstrual period and to boost the mental health of young women as part of the 2020 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence commemoration.

Formed in 2010 in the city of Goma in DRC, Focus Droit et Acces (FDA) works to promote and protect the fundamental rights of women and girls including their democratic, social and economic rights. It works to educate women and build their capacities to defend their rights and to promote access to social and public services for survivors of natural disaster and of human right violations and abuses. With the AWDF grant, FDA will mobilise community women in Goma city of DRC, to increase their knowledge on the prevention and management of breast and cervical cancer. The project will also build the capacity of community women to engage community, political, religious and traditional leaders to enhance access to breast and cervical cancer services.

Flone Initiative is a charitable trust in Kiambu County, Kenya which was founded in 2011 by Naomi Mwaura. The organisation was established as a result of a recognition of the need for an initiative that would improve the lives of public transport operators, create safer spaces for women, and change the ‘matatu’ industry for the better. The grant will enable Flone Initiative undertake a series of innovative activities to end the culture of violence against women in public transportation and associated spaces, promote economic opportunities for women and facilitate equal access to professional development in the sector for women.

Barrister Mrs. Marian Weledji started FIDA Cameroon in 1993. Her reason for starting it, was to promote the human rights of women and girls so as to enhance their social status and welfare. FIDA Cameroon advocates for equality, social change and promote women’s empowerment. The grant will help to eradicate violence against women and girls, through advocacy and social norm change activities in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon.

The Female Students Network Trust (FSNT) is a feminist organisation that was founded in 2005. It is a national organisation formed after wide consultations with female students in Tertiary Educational Institutions (TEIs) and various stakeholders. The goal of the organisation is to empower female students to challenge the multiple forms of discrimination and exclusion in TEIs. The purpose of the grant is to use FSNT’s Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and the website to educate female students on the different forms of gendered psychological violence and how to effectively avert it.

Fate Foundation is an NGO that was founded in March 2000 with the initial focus on supporting the entrepreneurial culture of Nigerians by providing business incubation, growth and accelerator support. However, the NGO has expanded its focus through a multitude of programs. The grant is to be used for a campus tour of the Awani documentary in 7 cities outside of the capital of Nigeria, and to engage with about 10,000 students on women’s leadership.