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Are you a feminist or women’s rights organisation working in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine or Yemen, the Horn of Africa, the Sahel Region, French speaking Africa, or in Portuguese or Arabic speaking country? AWDF is a Pan African organisation and while we recognise the significant needs of women, girls and gender diverse people everywhere we work, for this cycle we are prioritising applications for work in French speaking countries.

Are you a women led organisation that has been formally registered for at least three years (before June 2020)? AWDF defines a woman-led organisation as an organisation whose Board Chair and Chief Executive/Director are both women or non-binary, and where at least 70% of the board and staff members of the organisation are women or non-binary.

If yes, AWDF invites you to submit an application today.

What, When and How?

For this round of grant making, AWDF will award grants for an amount between USD20,000 per year to USD500,000 per year.  We are able to make grants for up to 20 months in this cycle, and you can apply for one of the following three types of grants:

1. Pamoja: you can apply for a maximum of US$500,000 per annum for 20 months
2. Ananse: you can apply for a maximum of US$200,000 per annum for 20 months
3. Yalla: you can apply for a maximum of US$50,000 per annum for up to 20 months

AWDF expects to receive hundreds of applications for funding. In this cycle we anticipate awarding the following number of each type of grant:

• Three (3) Pamoja grants
• Six (6) Ananse grants
• Eleven (11) Yalla grants

You can apply for up to 50% of your verified 2022 income.  For example, if your confirmed income for 2022 was US$600,000 you can apply for a maximum of up to USD300,000 per year for 20 months. If your confirmed income for 2022 was $40,000, you can apply for a maximum of up to $20,000 per year for 20 months. 

The deadline for submitting your applications is 11.59pm GMT on 8^th August 2023.

02: 59 AM EAT on the 9^th of August 2023 – Eastern Africa Time

01: 59 AM SAST on the 9^th of August 2023  – South Africa Standard Time

Next Steps

If you are interested in hearing more about the AWDF application process and would like to join one of our potential applicant webinars, please register here. The French applicants’ webinar (with interpretation in English) will be held on Thursday 13th July 2023 at 10.00am GMT, and the English applicants’ webinar (with Arabic and Portuguese interpretation) will be held on Friday July 14^th 2023 at 10.00am GMT.

If you wish to submit an application, please complete the application process online. Guidance for the online platform can be accessed here

Read more about this Call for Applications here.

Successful applicants will hear from us in December 2023.

Important Links:

ONLINE APPLICATION PORTAL

ONLINE APPLICATION GUIDANCE DOCUMENT

WEBINAR REGISTRATION LINK

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

 

Purpose of the Consultancy

AWDF is seeking to support organisations who may want to apply to us for funding. To deliver this capacity building, we are seeking women who are expert individual/s or organisations to deliver training tailored to respond to the AWDF core thematic areas. The training for potential applicants will cover project design and proposal writing respectively.

To Apply, please click here for Terms of Reference

Please note that this consultancy is open only to Women Facilitators.

Deadline for submission: 31st August 2021

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GRANT APPLICATION GUIDELINES

World AIDS Day 2016

Despite important progress, the HIV/AIDS pandemic continues to impact the lives of women and girls, with African women still disproportionately infected and continuing to carry the work of care and support at community and family level.

HIV prevention remains a concern, as rates of new HIV infections are not declining as hoped. Young African women aged 15-24 account for 25% of new infections in sub-Saharan Africa – a statistic that shows a need to keep our focus on young women’s lives and rights.

For World AIDS Day 2016, AWDF is offering grants to support activities by African women’s organisations focused on young women’s bodily rights, HIV prevention, and intersections with violence against women. We encourage approaches that address the underlying needs to support young women to make positive choices around their bodies and health, and build societies that support their right to live free from violence in the context of HIV and AIDS.

We particularly welcome applications from organisations of women living with HIV, groups of women living with disabilities, and from young women’s groups. AWDF encourages innovation- so do send in your creative ideas!

About the World AIDS Day Grants

Every year on 1 December we commemorate World AIDS Day, as an act of solidarity with people living with HIV and AIDS, and an opportunity to remind duty bearers and society at large to keep the focus and momentum on HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.

AWDF instituted the World AIDS Day (WAD) grants programme to support women’s rights organisations to actively participate in the global campaign andkeep African women’s priorities around HIV&AIDS on the African and global agenda. The programme seeks to support women’s organisations to raise their voices and support the leadership of women living with HIV&AIDS

The WAD programme provides a maximum grant of $1000 to women’s organisations. The activities must promote women’s rights and involve women in planning and leadership of activities.

How to apply

Please follow the application guidelines below. Note that the maximum amount of grant allowed is $1,000. If you are awarded a grant, you will be expected to send in a report of your activities that contain concrete outcome(s) of the activities implemented.

Applicants must fit AWDF’s general grantee guidelines (women-led, African women’s rights organisations).

Questions to answer:

1. CONTACT INFORMATION

1. Name of Organization
2. Address (Postal and Physical)
3. Telephone and Fax number
4. E-mail address, and World Wide Web address (if any)
5. Contact person’s name and title
6. Who completed this proposal? Please sign and date
7. How did you learn about the African Women’s Development Fund?

2. ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION

1. What are your organization’s main goals?
2. When was your organization formed/
3. Who started your organization and why?
4. Is your organization local, national, sub – regional, or regional?
5. Who are the main beneficiaries of your organization’s activities?
6. Is your organization women-led?
7. Is your organisation a women’s rights organisation? Do you identify as feminist? (please explain)

3. Activities and / or programs

1. What are your organisations key programme areas?
2. Describe your organizations present activities and /or programs
3. How does the project you are apply for fit into those plans?

4. Structure

1. State number of board members, staff, volunteers and members if any. How many are women?

5. Finance

1. What is your annual operating budget for the last 3 years (please indicate the total amount raised each year)?
2. Who are your donors for the current year?

6. Grant Request Information

1. What activities do you plan to conduct on World AIDS Day with funds from the African Women’s Development Fund? Please tell us specifically and clearly what activities the grant will be used for.
2. How much money are you applying for?
3. What are the key messages that you will use for the World AIDS Day activity?
4. What are the objectives of the activity?
5. What are the expected outcomes – what do you hope to achienve?
6. Who do you plan to involve directly (direct beneficiaries)? How they will benefit?
7. How many people do you expect to reach indirectly through the project (indirect beneficiaries). How they will benefit?
8. Where will the project take place?
9. Provide a detailed budget for the project, if you have prepared the budget using your local currency; please include the US dollar equivalent.

APPLICATIONS SHOULD NOT EXCEED 4 PAGES

NOTE:

• Please attach a reference letter from one of your donors, an AWDF grantee or a government agency or local authority where the project will be implemented.
• You also must complete a financial management form and an outcome forms

Applications are due by September 12^th 2016

Applications should be submitted by email to:

The Grants Administrator, The African Women’s Development Fund

Email: awdf@africlub.net/awdf / shirley@africlub.net/awdf

If you are not able to send the application by email you may submit it by post to: The African Women’s Development Fund, PMB CT 89, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana

Or in person / by courier at: Plot 78 Justice Sarkodie Addoo Avenue, East Legon, Accra, Ghana.

Along with the Application, please attach the Outcomes Framework and Financial Management Assessment. Both forms as well as the Application are available below for download.

Framework for Measuring Outcomes

Financial Management Assessment Guidelines

WAD Application

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JOURNEE MONDIALE DE LUTTE CONTRE LE SIDA 2016: Droits A L’integrite Corporelles Des Jeunes Femmes, la Prévention du VIH et ses liens avec Les Violences Faites Aux Femmes.

CANEVAS DE DEMANDE DE SUBVENTION

JOURNEE MONDIALE DE LUTTE CONTRE LE SIDA 2016

Malgré les nombreux progrès, la pandémique du VIH continue d’avoir un impact sur la vie des femmes et des filles. De plus en Afrique, les femmes sont disproportionnellement infectées et continuent de prendre soin de leurs familles et communautés.

La prévention du VIH demeure un souci majeur du moment où les taux d’infections ne descendent pas comme on l’aurait souhaité. 25% des nouvelles infections en Afrique subsaharienne sont attribuées aux jeunes femmes africaines âgées de 15 à 24 ans. Ce sont là des données statistiques qui montrent qu’il ne faut pas négliger la vie et les droits des jeunes femmes

Pour commémorer la Journée Mondiale de Lutte contre le Sida de 2016, l’AWDF souhaite financer des projets sur les droits à l’intégrité corporelle des jeunes femmes, la prévention du VIH, et ses liens avec les violences faites aux femmes. Nous désirons voir des initiatives qui vise à répondre aux besoins fondamentaux des jeunes femmes, leur permettant ainsi de faire des choix positifs relatifs à leur corps et santé et bâtir une société qui cherche à promouvoir leurs droits à l’abri de toute forme de violence dans le contexte du VIH/SIDA.

Nous souhaiterons recevoir des projets des organisations de femmes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA, des groupements des femmes handicapées et de jeunes filles, donc veuillez nous envoyer vos idées ingénieuses.

Les subventions de projets pour la commémoration de la Journée Mondiale de Lutte contre le SIDA

Tous les 1^er décembre de chaque année nous célébrons la Journée Mondiale de lutte contre le SIDA et cette commémoration marque un acte de solidarité pour les personnes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA. C’est aussi une occasion pour rappeler à nos gouvernements et à la société en général de ne pas négliger la question de la prévention du VIH, du traitement, des soins et soutien.

L’AWDF a créé un programme de subvention pour la journée mondiale de Lutte contre le SIDA pour permettre aux organisations de droits de femmes de participer activement à la campagne mondiale et de maintenir sur le l’agenda mondial les priorités des femmes en Afrique. Ce programme vise donc à appuyer les organisations de femmes pour amplifier leur voix et renforcer le leadership des femmes vivant avec le VIH/SIDA.

Dans le cadre du programme de la Journée Mondiale de Lutte contre le SIDA, les subventions octroyées sont d’un montant maximum de 1.000 Dollars et les activités prévues dans le projet doivent promouvoir les droits des femmes et assurer leur implication dans la planification et la gestion de ces dernières.

Comment postuler?

Merci de suivre le canevas ci-dessous. Nous vous informons que le montant maximum de la subvention allouée sera de 1000$ et que vous devrez nous faire parvenir un rapport de votre projet précisant les résultats concrets des activités réalisées.

Les organisations qui postulent remplir les critères d’éligibilité pour être qualifié comme bénéficiaires de l’\AWDF. (Être une organisation gérée par les femmes et une organisation africaines de droits des femmes.)

Afin de pouvoir étudier votre demande de subvention pour des activités dans le cadre des 16 jours d’activisme contre les violences basées sur le genre, merci de suivre attentivement les directives ci-après. Veuillez noter que seuls les projets dont les stratégies d’exécution seront les plus efficaces et innovatrices seront retenus.

COORDONNEES

1. Nom de l’organisation
2. Adresse (postale et physique)
3. Numéro de téléphone et de fax
4. Adresse Email et adresse internet (si possible)
5. Nom et position de la personne à contacter
6. Qui a rempli cette demande ? Merci d’apposer la date et la signature
7. Comment avez-vous entendu parler du Fonds Africain pour le Développement de la Femme ?

INFORMATIONS SUR L’ORGANISATION

1. Quels sont les objectifs principaux de votre organisation ?
2. Quand votre organisation a-t-elle été formée ?
3. Par qui votre organisation a-t-elle été formée et pour quelles raisons ?
4. Votre organisation est-elle locale, nationale, sous régionale ou régionale ?
5. Qui sont les principaux bénéficiaires des activités de votre organisation ?
6. Votre organisation est-elle dirigée par des femmes ? Est-elle féministe ? (Si oui, merci de donner quelques caractéristiques le prouvant)

ACTIVITES ET / OU PROGRAMMES

1. Quels sont les domaines de programme clés de votre organisation ?
2. Décrivez les activités et / ou programmes actuel(le)s de votre organisation.
3. En quoi le projet pour lequel vous demandez une subvention s’intègre-t-il dans ce schéma ?

STRUCTURE

1. Nombre de membres du Conseil d’Administration, d’employés, de bénévoles et de membres s’il y en a.

FINANCE

1. Quel est votre budget de fonctionnement annuel au cours des trois dernières années ?
2. Qui sont vos bailleurs de fonds pour l’année en cours ?

INFORMATIONS SUR LA DEMANDE DE SUBVENTIONS

1. Quelle est le montant de la subvention que vous sollicitez ?
2. Dans quel(s) but(s) faites-vous une demande de subvention pour les 16 jours d’activisme contre les violences faites aux femmes auprès du Fonds Africain pour le Développement de la Femme? Merci de décrire précisément et clairement les activités pour lesquelles la subvention sera utilisée.
3. Quels sont les objectifs du projet ?
4. Quels sont les résultats attendus ?
5. Selon vous, combien de personnes bénéficieront directement du projet ? De quelle manière?
6. Selon vous, combien de personnes bénéficieront indirectement du projet ? De quelle manière?
7. Où se déroulera le projet ?
8. Veuillez joindre le budget de votre projet. Si votre budget a été réalisé en monnaie locale, merci d’inclure la conversion en dollars US.

LA DEMANDE NE DOIT PAS EXCEDER 4 PAGES

NB:

• Merci de joindre une lettre de recommandation à votre dossier. Celle-ci peut venir de l’un de vos bailleurs de fonds, d’un bénéficiaire de l’AWDF, d’un organisme gouvernemental ou encore d’une autorité locale du lieu où le projet se déroulera.
• Vous devez également remplir le formulaire de gestion financière et de résultats.

Délai de soumission des demandes: 12 septembre 2016

Prière d’envoyer vos demandes à l’adresse suivante:

L’Administratrice des subventions

The African Women’s Development Fund / Fonds Africain pour le Développement de la Femme

Email: awdf@africlub.net/awdf / shirley@africlub.net/awdf

Tel: +233 (0) 289 669 666

Website: www.africlub.net/awdf

Si vous ne pouvez pas envoyer votre demande par email, veuillez l’envoyer par voie postale à l’adresse suivante :

The African Women’s Development Fund,

PMB CT 89, Cantonments

Accra, Ghana

Ou en personne / par courier à l’adresse suivante:

Plot 78 Justice Sarkodie Addo Avenue

East Legon, Accra, Ghana.

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Background

In 2014, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) launched a feminist coaching project on leadership for women leaders of its grantee organisations. In 2015, the project was expanded to include strengthening governance frameworks within participating organisations. The project is based on our knowledge of the persistent challenges of African women’s organisations with issues related to resource mobilisation, communications, governance, leadership transition, safety and wellbeing. Given these constraints and the external context women’s organisations work in, they tend to focus on narrow short-term advocacy or urgent service-delivery projects, with little capacity to expand alliances, envision innovative strategies and be forward thinking.

This coaching project seeks to develop the individual leadership skills and values of participating CEOs/EDs as well as those in second level management. It is also aimed at strengthening the institutional and governance structures of participating organisations and providing an enabling framework fortheirrelevance and sustainability. At AWDF, we believe that a well-grounded leader in feminist values, ideology and clarity of purpose can accelerate the process of social justice and development effectively. Therefore, investment in both individual leaders and governance frameworks of African women’s rights organisations is vital.

By September this year, the third batch of 10 AWDF grantee organisations and 20 women leaders will be completing the coaching project. So far, these grantees are reporting improvements in leadership and communication styles, effective staff management and active engagement of their board members. Leaders have improved their visibility and fundraising abilities through written articles and their media appearances.

Project Duration & Methodology

This is a 9-month coaching project on leadership and governance from December 2016– August 2017. The project is targeted at CEO/EDs/Programme Managers/Coordinators and those in second level management of AWDF grantee organisations within the age bracket of 18 – 45 years.

The coaching project will entail the following:

1. Attending a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) forum. This is a 3 day event for orientation, skills sharing, strategy development and networking for participating leaders, coaches and AWDF. This event will be held in Kenya from 15- 17 November 2016.
2. Engaging in one-on-one coaching via phone calls, email, Skype conversations and occasional inperson meetings with their personal coaches from December 2016 – August 2017
3. Governance strengthening activities for boards of participating organisations.
4. Writing of opinion pieces or articles by leaders about their work and development.
5. Participating in at least one AWDF skill building training/workshop where necessary.

 

Who Should Apply?

Interested organisations should fulfil the following criteria in order to be considered for this project:

✓ Be an AWDF grantee and should have received grants from AWDF in the last 3-5 years
✓ The organisation should have an existing board which will be available for the governance strengthening trainings.
✓ The organisation should have a minimum of 3 full-time staff
✓ The organisation should have access to reliable internet and be able to use Skype and email.
✓ The organisation should have functioning office space with basic office infrastructure.
✓ The organisation should work in any of these areas; Violence against Women (VAW), Health and Reproductive rights (HRR), Economic Empowerment and Livelihood (EEL) areas and with women especially young women.
✓ Two staff members from an organisation’s leadership. That is one CEO/ED/programme Manager/Coordinators and one staff from the next level in management.
✓ Applying leaders should be within the ages of 18 – 45 years.
✓ Leaders should be able to communicate in either English, French or Amharic.
✓ Leaders should be able to communicate via internet, Skype, telephone and email.
✓ Leaders who have demonstrated the potential to develop.

To be considered for the project, your organisation is required to send your application to the AWDF Capacity Building Unit at Nafi@africlub.net/awdf; Ayesha@africlub.net/awdf; cbsintern@africlub.net/awdf justifying why you and your organisation should be selected for the project. All applications MUST be received by 8th August 2016

 

Please include the following in your application:

❖ Names and positions of 2 staff from your organisation who will be participating in the project
❖ Why your organisation should be considered (highlighting on leadership & governance issues).
❖ Your last grant from AWDF, the year and for what project.
❖ Which level(s) your organisation typically engages in i.e community, national or regional
❖ Challenges you hope to overcome in the process
❖ How the project will enable you achieve your individual and organisational objectives.
❖ Include a written recommendation from your board endorsing you and your participation in the project
❖ Any other information to strengthen your application is welcome.

Participation in this project is by application only. As only a specific number of grantee organisations will be chosen to participate in the project, there are no promises of automatic qualification for applying organisations. This is a non-paying project and participants are required to commit only about 10% of their total work time to the process.

Please note that the individual leadership coaching project is reserved for ONLY women leaders. Deadline for Submission is 8 th August 2016. The full application should be sent to Nafi Chinery, Capacity Building Programme Specialist at Nafi@africlub.net/awdf and cc: Ayesha@africlub.net/awdf, cbsintern@africlub.net/awdf

Thank you.

To download a copy of this call click here: Annoucement for Women Leadership and Governance Coaching Project 2016