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We are inviting proposals from interested women-led organisations with an annual income less than USD200,000 who are registered and working in Africa and the following Middle East Countries: Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq and Yemen. For this funding round, we are prioritising applications from the following regions and/or countries: the Sahel, French speaking Africa, North and Central Africa, Jordan, Iraq and Yemen.

We have two funding streams you can apply to: Leading from the South (LFS) Yalla grants and Main Grants.

1. LFS Yalla Grants:

• If you are applying for a LFS Yalla grant, you can apply for a maximum of US$50,000 per annum for three years.
• If you are applying to work in an eligible country in the Middle East region, you can only apply under LFS Yalla.
• Please note that Leading from the South grants are primarily to support projects focused on advocacy (though you are able to include costs for service delivery as long as they represent less than 20% of your total budget).

2. If you are applying for a Main Grant you can apply for up to USD50,000 for one year.

Please note that we expect to receive over 1000 applications and are only able to contact successful applicants once the review process is completed – successful applicants will hear from us in December 2021.

If you are interested in applying, please read the Application guidance document as it contains essential information to help you through the process.

To apply, please use the link below

AWDF GRANTS PORTAL

Closing Date: 11th August 2021

Specifically for this call, AWDF is organising Webinars in English and French. To join, please register here. The English applicants webinar is on Wednesday 21st July at 10.00am GMT and the French applicant webinar is on Friday the 23rd July at 10.00am.

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À partir du 14 juillet 2021, l’AWDF acceptera les propositions de projet d’organisations dirigées par des femmes africaines ayant un revenu annuel inférieur à 200 000 USD, enregistrées et travaillant en Afrique et dans les pays du Moyen-Orient suivants : Jordanie, Liban, Palestine, Irak et Yémen.

Pour ce cycle de financement, nous prioriserons les demandes provenant des régions et/ou pays suivants: le Sahel, l’Afrique Francophone, l’Afrique du Nord et Centrale, la Jordanie, l’Irak et le Yémen.

Nous avons deux types de financement pour lesquels vous pouvez soumettre vos projets: Le Sud Aux Rênes du Leadership (LFS) subvention Yalla et Subvention principale.

1. Subvention LFS: Yalla

Si votre demande est pour la subvention LFS Yalla, vous pouvez demander un montant maximum de 50 000 USD par an pour trois ans. Si votre demande/projet est pour travailler dans un pays éligible de la région du Moyen-Orient, vous ne pouvez postuler que dans le cadre de LFS Yalla. Veuillez noter que les subventions LFS sont principalement destinées à soutenir des projets axés sur le plaidoyer (bien que vous puissiez inclure des coûts pour la prestation de services tant qu’ils représentent moins de 20% de votre budget total).

2. Subvention Principale

Si votre demande est dans le cadre de la subvention principale, vous pouvez demander jusqu’à 50 000 USD pour un an. Veuillez noter que nous nous attendons à recevoir plus de 1000 demandes et que nous ne pouvons contacter les organisations retenues qu’une fois le processus d’évaluation terminé- les organisations retenues seront contactées en Décembre 2021.

Si vous souhaitez soumettre une demande, nous vous invitions à lire attentivement le guide de soumission de subvention, qui contient les informations essentielles pour vous aider dans votre démarche.

POSTULER EN LIGNE ICI

Date de clôture: 11 août 2021

Spécifiquement pour cet appel, AWDF organise des webinaires en anglais et en français. Pour y participer, veuillez vous inscrire ici. Le webinaire en anglais aura lieu le mercredi 21 juillet à 10h00 GMT et le webinaire en français aura lieu le vendredi 23 juillet à 10h00.

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AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE FOR AFRICAN WOMEN’S ORGANISATIONS

Are you an African women’s rights organisation, activist, practitioner, researcher, storyteller, artist, writer or an individual/organisation who deeply cares about the prevention of Violence Against Women (VAW)?

AWDF is excited to introduce this Introductory Guide for African Women’s Organisations which offers critical insights for you and your work.

The guide is a follow on from the VAW Prevention Primer produced by AWDF and Raising Voices in 2019. It extends to interrogate conventional methods, concepts and tools and offers practical steps into the production, ethics and dissemination of VAW prevention knowledge and evidence.

The primary objectives for this knowledge and evidence Guide are to:

• Describe key terminology, methods, tools, and approaches for evidence generation and knowledge production in the field of VAW prevention
• Broaden the conceptualisation to encourage more African feminist knowledge and evidence production and sharing in VAW prevention
• Provide steps, how-to and ways activists, feminists and African women’s organisations can consciously integrate and advance knowledge and evidence-based VAW prevention.

We acknowledge that for many African women organisations, prevention of violence against women remains underpinned by legacies of systemic erasure, silencing and limited participation in shaping the what and how of knowledge and evidence.

This guide serves to honour the multitude of knowledge that African women continue to create, the process of creating and producing them, and those who make them. It ensures the continued building of interventions that are well-informed, confident, and in solidarity with one another, despite our different contexts on the continent and beyond.

We invite you to read the guide here

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Purpose of Assignment

We are seeking a consultant who will coordinate the key segments of the process that will include project management and application selection process. The Consultant will also liaise with other consultants who will be engaged to oversee the development of the curriculum and content delivery.

Interested? Click here for TOR (available only in French)

In line with AWDF’s Mission, qualified African women are encouraged to apply

Closing Date: July 15th 2021. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

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But de la mission

L’AWDF est à la recherche d’un (e) consultant (e) qui assurera la coordination des segments clés de l’atelier de formation tels que sa gestion et le processus de sélection des candidats. Le (la) consultant(e) sera chargé(e) de gérer toute communication venant d’autres consultants(es) qui seront engagés(es) pour superviser l’élaboration du programme et de son contenu.

Pour postuler, cliquez ici pour les Termes de Référence

Le dossier de candidature doit être envoyé au plus tard le 15 juillet 2021.

Conformément à la mission de l’AWDF, les femmes africaines qualifiées sont encouragées à postuler.

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Equality Fund and African Women’s Development Fund announce Grantees for Catalyze Initiative

The Equality Fund and the African Women’s Development Fund invite you to join us in celebrating a powerful new community of grantee partners—72 fierce and fearless feminist organizations forging lasting change around the world.

Working in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East, these organizations are calling out gender inequality wherever they see it and reimagining a world where women, girls, and non-binary people are fully seen and valued everywhere.

Please click here for more information and resources on this exciting community of change agents!

Calling African Feminist MEL Experts

We are looking for an experienced consultant with expertise in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (ME&L) and with a special focus on women’s rights work in Africa to undertake a Baseline study for the Leading from the South (LFS) Phase two project.

Interested applicants are encouraged to send their expression of interest with:
• Copy of CV
• One recent example of a similar task accomplished
• Financial proposal – consultancy fees (daily rates for the number of days required)

This should be sent to the following address:
jobs@awdf.org and copy to meassistant@awdf.org

Please find the Terms of Reference (TOR) here

The deadline for submission of applications is Friday, May 14, 2021. Only shortlisted consultants will be contacted.

The Assignment
AWDF seeks the services of experienced Feminist Translators /Interpreters who understand feminist language to engage in a long-term relationship of translating various documents from English into French and Arabic. In addition, services in interpretation in the aforementioned languages will also be required as and when needed during AWDF’s programmes. Occasionally, services for Sign Language interpretation will also be required in specific countries. It is in the light of these, that we invite qualified and interested Consultants to submit their proposals highlighting their experience and competencies in these fields.

To Apply for this, Click here for TOR

Deadline: 10th May, 2021.

Capacity Building Consultancy openings for African Feminists

For the last decade AWDF has complimented its grant making support with capacity building activities to ensure that women’s rights organisations who receive grants from AWDF have the right skills sets, support and capacity to sustain their women’s rights work and organisations in Africa. AWDF applies different methodologies including feminist coaching and skills training in its capacity building activities and these have produced effective results in many cases.

We are currently providing the Capacity Building trainings online, and we are looking for high calibre professionals to support in the design and delivery of the following:

1. Communications: Click here for Terms of Reference

2. Effective Advocacy: Click here for Terms of Reference

3. Financial Management: Click here for Terms of Reference

4. Resource Mobilisation: Click here for Terms of Reference

CLOSING DATE: 10^TH MAY 2021

Please note that all the above Consultancies are reserved only for women facilitators

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The African Women’s Development Fund’s team are saddened beyond words at the death of Innocent Chukwuma, former Director of Ford Foundation West Africa.

The Ford Foundation has been a long-standing partner of AWDF, and since 2017 Innocent led his team in numerous engagements with AWDF prior to and after AWDF was awarded a Ford Build grant. He was a highly engaged partner, always ready to provide support and perspective on any initiative. He made a profound impact on our work, going beyond the call of duty to build an enduring rapport that has thrived till date.

Innocent will be most remembered for his fervent belief, not only in the sanctity of women’s rights, but also in the drive for development in Africa, putting this zeal in everything he worked on. His deep understanding of the political context of women’s rights in Africa, and genuine interest in the work made him an invaluable partner for countless civil society organisations in Ghana and across the continent.

AWDF Co-Founder and Board Member Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi says: “Innocent Chukwuma was simply the best. With his sudden passing, African Civil Society has lost a great Thought Leader, the feminist movement has lost an unwavering ally and many of us have lost a dear brother and friend. Innocent always knew what was needed and necessary to strengthen the movements we need for social change. He will be sorely missed”.

AWDF CEO Françoise Moudouthe also recounts: “In the short period that I have worked at AWDF, I have observed the impact of Innocent’s allyship with our organisation and with feminist movements across Africa.”.

Our deepest condolences go to his wife Josephine and the entire family, as well as his colleagues at the Ford Foundation.

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African Women’s Development Fund est profondément attristé par le décès d’Innocent Chukwuma, ancien directeur de la Fondation Ford Afrique de l’Ouest (Ford Foundation West Africa)

La Fondation Ford est un partenaire de longue date de l’AWDF, et depuis 2017, Innocent a dirigé son équipe dans de nombreux engagements avec l’AWDF avant et après que l’AWDF ait reçu une subvention « Ford Build ». Il était un partenaire très engagé, toujours prêt à offrir son soutien et perspective sur toute initiative. Il a eu un impact profond sur notre travail, allant au-delà de son travail pour établir un rapport durable qui a prospéré jusqu’à ce jour.

On se souviendra surtout d’Innocent pour sa croyance fervente, non seulement dans le caractère sacré des droits des femmes, mais aussi dans son élan pour le développement en Afrique, mettant ce zèle dans tous les domaines de son travail. Sa profonde compréhension du contexte politique des droits des femmes en Afrique et son véritable intérêt pour le travail ont fait de lui un partenaire inestimable pour d’innombrables organisations de la société civile au Ghana et sur tout le continent.

Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, cofondatrice et membre du Conseil d’Administration de l’AWDF, déclare : “Innocent Chukwuma était tout simplement le meilleur. Avec sa mort soudaine, la société civile africaine a perdu un grand leader, le mouvement féministe a perdu un allié indéfectible et beaucoup d’entre nous ont perdu un cher frère et ami. Innocent savait toujours ce qui était nécessaire et indispensable pour renforcer les mouvements dont nous avons besoin pour le changement social. Il nous manquera énormément”.

Quant à Françoise Moudouthe, PDG de l’AWDF, elle dit : “Durant le peu de temps que j’ai déjà effectué à l’AWDF, j’ai observé l’impact que Innocent a créé en étant un vrai allié avec notre organisation et les mouvements féministes à travers l’Afrique“.

Nous adressons nos plus sincères condoléances à son épouse Josephine et à toute la famille, ainsi qu’à ses collègues de la Fondation Ford.

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BUILDING TRANSNATIONAL FEMINIST SOLIDARITY

AWDF and Black Women radicals are co-hosting a webinar on Health equity and power: Building transnational feminist solidarity on Thursday, March 25th, 2021, at 4:00–6:00 PM EAT/9:00–11:00 AM EST/1:00-3:00 PM GMT.

The webinar will bring together a diverse panel of speakers, namely; Weema Askri: African Queer Youth Initiative; Dr Ana Mocumbi: Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission; Dr Caldwell L. Kia: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Jaimee Swift: Black Women Radicals, Pontso Mafethe: AWDF and moderated by Nana Afua Brantuo: George Washington University.

This ground-breaking conversation will contribute to and deepen the debate on critical constructs that shape inequitable health policies and programmes for African, African descendant women and gender-expansive persons.

The transnational event cuts across structural geopolitical boundaries to showcase similarities in the challenges encompassing activism and the need for solidarity to harness our voices, resources and platforms for equitable women’s health futures.

Through a digitised tribute, the event will draw on current research and analysis of cross-cutting issues like non-communicable diseases and significant barriers to dignity in health-seeking such as poverty, state-driven violence and discrimination.

In addition, the tribute highlights a selection of individual and collective stories of women in Africa and the diaspora whose inspirational past and current initiatives dare to challenge these constructs.

The Health Equity and Feminist Solidarity event will build on existing African feminist power and collective to continue reflection and passion towards transnational identity and solidarity.

Look out for post-event resources which we will share on all our platforms.

Please email dinnah@awdf.org if you have specific questions about the event.

To register for the event, please click here

Feminist Mental Health Knowledge Series

AWDF invites African women researchers, artists and vloggers to document information, experiences, insights, practices and approaches that promote mental health and emotional wellbeing in communities and groups of women across the continent. We are particularly keen on innovations around feminist collective care and self-care in the digital era, humanitarian, postconflict, rural and urban areas; work or stories that explore how mental health and wellbeing intersect with further marginalisations women face due to their queerness, disability and class status; approaches that work and the role of African women in stirring activism and solidarity for effective mental health and emotional wellbeing programmes and services across communities in Africa.

For Full Details About this Consultancy, Click Here

Submissions must be received no later than 20 March 2021

Feminist Charter Audio-Visual Production

Objective and Scope of Work
AWDF is seeking the services of a multimedia communications and design consultant to translate the African Feminist Charter text format into audio version and produce an interactive visualised digital summary of the Charter. The Charter was developed by the African Feminist Forum Working Group in 2006 and adopted by over 100 African feminists in Accra that year. The charter articulates the African feminist movement’s politics and vision and is currently translated in six languages. The target audience for the final product are African women’s organisations, practitioners and individuals in the women right’s movement.

Interested in this Consultancy, Click Here

Submissions must be received no later than 25 March 2021

Grants Administration Consultant

AWDF has launched call for applications for the Leading from the South (LFS) and main grants which closes on 14th April, 2021. We are expecting to receive high volume of applications in response to the call for application that has been put out.

AWDF is therefore looking for a short term Grants Administration consultants (2) to support the initial screening and processing of the expected applications. This is to ensure that every application is effectively screened and followed up to provide equal opportunity for every applicant.

To Apply for this Position, Click Here

Submissions must be received no later than 26th March, 2021.

In line with AWDF’s Mission, qualified African women are encouraged to apply