Category: governance, peace and security
Uganda MEMPROW Girls Network (UMGN)
Uganda MEMPROW Girls Network (UMGN)
$15,000 to organize peer training of trainers (TOT) workshops; sponsor young feminists to participate in the African Feminist Forum (2012); carry out a follow-up tracer study of all MEMPROW Girls that have been trained since 2008. Part of the grant will be used to organize a MEMPROW girls’ week to highlight the impact of empowered girls in the community.
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
$17,400 to support winners of the Nelson Mandela – GracaMachel Innovation awards and also to enable winners to participate in the CIVICUS World Assembly 2011.
Femmes Africa Solidarite (FAS)
Femmes Africa Solidarite (FAS)
$ 20,000 for the organizational development of FAS including strengthening the human resource and organizational development challenges of the organisation as well as strengthen the advocacy activities of FAS.
Resource Alliance
Resource Alliance
$50,000 to support the organization of the International Workshop on Resource Mobilisation in Africa (IWRM-Africa)in Kampala Uganda. 37 women leaders amongst AWDF grantee organizations participated in the workshop
Women in Law and Development/Femmes Droit et Development en Afrique (WILDAF/FEDDAF)
Women in Law and Development/Femmes Droit et Development en Afrique (WILDAF/FEDDAF)
$50,000 to organize a regional meeting on women’s access to legal and judicial services.
Friends of Africa International
Friends of Africa International
$10,000 to support the organization of the third Pan-African Youth Leadership Forum.
Women Peace and Security Network-Africa (WIPSEN/Africa)
Women Peace and Security Network-Africa (WIPSEN/Africa)
$40,000 for election observation training and monitoring in Ghana and Sierra Leone.
Women Peace and Security Network-Africa (WIPSEN/Africa)
Women Peace and Security Network-Africa (WIPSEN/Africa)
$10,000 to support the organisation of the 4th annual West Africa Women’s Policy Forum titled ‘Win with Women : Best Practices in Promoting Women’s Quantitative and Quality Representation in Decision Making’ in Liberia
Fonds pour l’ Avancement des Droits Humains des Femmes d’Afrique Francophone (FADHAF)/BENIN
Fonds pour l’ Avancement des Droits Humains des Femmes d’Afrique Francophone (FADHAF)/BENIN
$10,000 to support the establishment of the francophone women’s fund.
Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC)
Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC)
$30,000 to support a 30 minutes documentary showcasing best practices at three levels of governance and profiling women from different political parties that have excelled in their public office; to organize 2 major seminars to build a support system for women aspiring to political positions in the 2011 elections and to support the National Parliamentarian Forum and use the platform to engender reform processes and mentor more women into political offices