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Health and Reporductive Rights portfolio: A look back at the last 14 years of thematic grantmaking and recommendations for moving forward
Health and Reporductive Rights portfolio: A look back at the last 14 years of thematic grantmaking and recommendations for moving forward
In an effort to ensure that the HRR thematic area remains relevant to women’s needs and reflect current and emerging issues that affect health and reproductive rights of women in Africa, AWDF commissioned an independent consultant (Ms. Everjoice J. Win) to conduct an evaluation of the thematic HRR area. This report is an abridged version of the findings from that assessment. To obtain a full copy of the evaluation, please contact Ms. Zeytuna Abdella Feyissa-Azasoo, the M&E
Specialist at AWDF.
- The overall objectives of the HRR evaluation were:
- To document and assess the work of AWDF in this thematic area, examining the relevance
of selected priorities; - To understand major challenges that have contributed to low patronage of the thematic
area and suggest improvements; - To identify current and emerging HRR issues of importance to African women.
To read the report in Full please click the link below:
Planting Seeds: Funding Women’s Economic Empowerment
Planting Seeds: Funding Women’s Economic Empowerment
This abridged report summarizes an evaluation of the EE&L theme. The evaluation had the objective to assess the performance of this thematic area from 2001 to 2011. The evaluation’s goal is to measure qualitative and quantitative gains in the lives of women and women’s organisations, and to examine the approach and scope of implementation. Furthermore, the evaluation draws lessons from the interventions, to provide recommendations to strengthen the thematic focus. Finally, the evaluation assesses efficiency and effectiveness of the approach and contributionsto the development of the women’s agenda of economic security in Africa.
The evaluation was carried out by Dr. Rudith Sylvana King along with supporting consultants Professor Imoro Braimah and Mr. Owusu Amponsah. The method of evaluation used was both a desk review and field interviews, including two country visits, and email interviews in six
countries.
Find a link to the full document below:
Capacity Building Resource Mobilisation Bootcamp Report
Capacity Building Resource Mobilisation Bootcamp Report
The Capacity Building Resource Mobilisation Boot Camp is a taylor made mix of contemporary training and intensive hands on practical work where representatives of AWDF Grantees come together, usually for four to five days during which they are facilitated to develop Resource Mobilisation Strategies for their organisations.
Find the report for the last capacity building bootcamp below:
Grantee Summaries
Grantee Summaries
For a list of our Grantees, please click on the relevant link below:
2010-2016 Grantees
2016 Grantee summaries
2017 Grantee summaries
Grantee Recognition Survey Report: 2017
Grantee Recognition Survey Report: 2017
AWDF’s Grantees Recognition Survey forms part of its monitoring, evaluation and learning instruments used to access and ascertain the profound impact grantees are making in the lives of women and the continent at large. The survey showcases the recognition/awards received by AWDF’s grantees and also highlights the role AWDF played. With a mandate to fund in all 54 African countries, AWDF has provided grants and technical support to over 1300 women’s organisations in 42 out of the 54 countries since the beginning of its operation in 2001. These organisations are contributing to the improved living conditions of beneficiaries, increased recognition and inclusion of women’s rights issues in the development agenda and the continuous struggle for social justice in their communities. By doing this they have earned recognition, awards and influence in their localities / communities, countries, in the continent and beyond. These recognitions come in various forms and AWDF systematically tracks and documents such recognitions/awards annually. For this purpose, online questionnaires were sent to 123 organisations in 17 countries (100 organisations in 12 Anglophone countries and 23 organisations in 5 Francophone countries) who were supported with grants of $5,000 and above in 2015. A detailed findings of the analysis of the survey are presented in the full document below.
7TH CEO FORUM ON Leadership and Governance for Women Leaders of Women’s Rights Organisations in Africa
7TH CEO FORUM ON Leadership and Governance for Women Leaders of Women’s Rights Organisations in Africa
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Our Capacity Building Programme looks at developing and strengthening grantees work to ensure their sustainability.
Read about the just-ended CEO Forum which was held in Accra recently, and which forms part of this ground-breaking programme by clicking: AWDF 7th CEO Forum Report[/tp]
Transcending Sexual Violence: Providing Support for Survivors through the Nairobi Women’s Hospital Gender Violence Recovery Centre
Transcending Sexual Violence: Providing Support for Survivors through the Nairobi Women’s Hospital Gender Violence Recovery Centre
To read the full story: Click Here
Transcending Sexual Violence: Providing Support for Survivors through the Nairobi Women’s Hospital Gender Violence Recovery Centre
Transcending Sexual Violence: Providing Support for Survivors through the Nairobi Women’s Hospital Gender Violence Recovery Centre
Nelly*is a survivor of sexual violence who has persistently resolved to overcome stigma, rejection, fear and suicidal thoughts that threatened to immobilise her after she was raped in 2014. GVRC Project Participant Transcending Sexual Violence: Providing Support for Survivors through the Nairobi Women’s Hospital Gender Violence Recovery Centre .It has not been an easy journey. With the assistance of counselling staff and members of a sexual violence support group at the Gender Violence Recovery Centre (GVRC) in Nairobi, she has made tremendous strides in her recovery. Currently, Nelly is positively channeling her energy to transform the lives of survivors of sexual violence by supporting children who have undergone abuse in the school where she works.
To read the entirety of Nelly’s Story click HERE : GVRC: Nelly’s Story
A New Strategic Direction: AWDF’s 4th Strategic Plan
A New Strategic Direction: AWDF’s 4th Strategic Plan
Shaping the Future was developed out of research and exploration around how AWDF and the African women’s rights organisations and activists that we resource can contribute to building a future for Africa that reflects the equality and justice that lie at the heart of our continent’s progress. We invested in a process to gather data on future trends for African women, compiled in the report Futures Africa: Trends for Women by 2030. We then used this empirical base to craft an imaginative process of generating scenarios- four stories of what the future could look like for African women and women’s rights if different political power dynamics and social, economic, technological and environmental trends play out.
This is the first foresight initiative focusing indepth on gender dynamics, women’s rights, and questions around the roles African women play in actively creating just futures for Africa. By designing a strategic framework based on this forward-thinking analysis, AWDF seeks to create a plan that allows for greater innovation and ways to maximise the impact of our work and that of the brave African women’s organisations and movements that we support. Our commitment is to work together to build the best possible futures for the African continent.
FUTURES AFRICA: Trends for Women by 2030.
FUTURES AFRICA: Trends for Women by 2030.
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How do we plan and build the future we want in a measured and deliberate manner, using current trends and projecting into the future?
FUTURES AFRICA: Trends for Women by 2030. This is a collation of available data, trends and facts that help us better understand and imagine the future of the African woman and the African Women’s rights movement. The report is a result of our Strategic thinking process and an intentional decision to focus on the future when strategising around the future of AWDF. The process involved talking and thinking through large amounts of research, resulting in Futures Africa, the first document of its kind from a process that was as novel as its product. It allowed us to better understand the growing issues within women’s rights– and how those issues may snowball into larger more complex problems in the future.
Futures Africa is a baseline document and contains a wide selection of available and relevant data pertaining to the African Women’s rights movement and African women in general. There were certainly some limitations and gaps within the data collected but the questions in each section encouraged discussion that required more research and underscored the need for more data that pertains directly to African women. The existing data highlights key trends for African Women and this study focused on key areas where positive change can be undertaken in order to help shift the future in a more desirable direction. Social trends like Demography, Urbanization, Mental health and Education as well as Economic trends including Female Labor force participation, food sovereignty and poverty reduction were all captured and analysed. Other trends that were critically examined included Governance and Trends in Internet use especially the growing use of mobile technology on the continent, and its implication on how African Women will interact in virtual spaces in the future.
Although some trends were troubling, it was important to see the impact of women’s rights work over the years and the necessity for new thinking and new strategies. For example, although great strides have been made in the criminalisation of child marriage, data shows that we would need to cover 8 times as much ground in order to end child marriage by 2030. This highlights the need for more advocacy and strategies to bring an end to this flagrant violation of women’s rights . Some data also highlighted the growing importance of young women’s movements and how they have managed to connect and organise over social media.
This study is the beginning of a new and radical thinking about the direction of women’s rights movements and it offers both a daunting and exciting foray into the future. To explore other aspects of our futures research and also see animated versions please visit our futures page (africlub.net/awdf/futures)
To see the report in its entirety please click the link below:
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Comment planifier et construire facilement l’avenir que nous souhaitions avoir à l’aide des tendances actuelles et des projections dans le futur ?
Perspectives d’Avenir pour l’Afrique: Tendances pour les Femmes à l’Horizon 2030 est un document de base qui rassemble des données disponibles, des tendances et des faits qui nous permettent de mieux comprendre et d’imaginer l’avenir de la femme africaine et du mouvement qui œuvre pour les droits de la femme africaine. Ce rapport constitue le résultat de notre réflexion stratégique et d’une décision délibérée de se miser sur l’avenir. L’analyse de plusieurs rapports a donné lieu à ce document « Perspectives d’Avenir pour l’Afrique » qui est le premier document issu d’un processus aussi nouveau. Il nous permet de mieux comprendre les questions croissantes sur les droits de la femme et comment ces derniers pourraient engendrer d’autres problèmes plus complexes dans l’avenir.
Perspectives d’Avenir pour l’Afrique contient plusieurs données déjà disponibles, pertinentes au mouvement qui œuvre pour les droits de la femme africaine et à la femme africaine en général. La préparation de ce rapport a été confrontée à certaines difficultés comme par exemple la non-concordance des données recueillies. Cependant, les questions posées dans chaque section ont encouragé une discussion qui exigeait davantage de recherches et donc exige plus de données sur la femme africaine. Les données existantes mettent en exergue les tendances clés des femmes africaines. Elle porte sur les domaines spécifiques où des changements positifs pourraient être entrepris afin de redéfinir l’avenir souhaité. Les tendances sociales telles que la démographie, l’urbanisation, la santé mentale, l’éducation et les tendances économiques comme par exemple la participation de la main-d’œuvre féminine, la réduction de la pauvreté ont été recueillies et analysées. Les autres tendances qui ont subi une analyse approfondie incluent la gouvernance, l’utilisation de l’internet, en particulier l’utilisation croissante de la technologie mobile et son implication sur la manière dont les femmes africaines pourront interagir dans des espaces virtuels dans l’avenir.
Bien que certaines tendances soient inquiétantes, il s’avère nécessaire de reconnaitre l’impact de l’effort fait concernant les droits des femmes au cours des années et la nécessité de reconstruire de nouvelles idées et de nouvelles stratégies. Par exemple, bien que des progrès considérables aient été réalisés dans la criminalisation du mariage des enfants, les données montrent que nous devions redoubler d’efforts pour mettre fin aux mariages des enfants d’ici à 2030. Cela nécessite plus de plaidoyer et la mise en place des stratégies pour mettre fin cette violation. Certaines données ont également souligné l’importance croissante des mouvements de jeunes femmes et leur façon de se connecter et de s’organiser sur les réseaux sociaux.
Cette étude constitue la base d’une nouvelle réflexion radicale sur l’avenir des mouvements qui œuvrent pour les droits de la femme. Elle offre à la fois un domaine intimidant et passionnant dans l’avenir. Visitez notre page africlub.net/awdf/futures pour explorer ce rapport ainsi que les images animées.
Cliquez sur le lien ci-dessous pour avoir accès au rapport
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