The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is a grant-making foundation which supports local, national and regional organisations in Africa working towards women’s empowerment. Through institutional capacity building and programme development, AWDF seeks to build a culture of learning and partnerships within the African women’s movement. The vision of AWDF is for African women to live [...]
Continue →The International Workshop on Resource Mobilisation (IWRM-Africa 2010)
Greetings from The Resource Alliance . You are hereby invited to The International Workshop on Resource Mobilisation (IWRM-Africa 2010) which is scheduled to take place from 24th to 27th November, 2010 at the prestigious 5 Star Speke Resort andConference Centre, Munyonyo in Kampala Uganda -on the shores of one of theWorld’s largest lakes, Victoria. The [...]
Summit Communique: African Women Economic Summit Investing in Women Differently
The African Women’s Economic Summit, held in Nairobi on the 19th and the 20th of March 2010, at the initiative of New Faces New Voices (NFNV), in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB), resulted in the following conclusions and actions. For Africa to succeed and compete in the global economy, and reach the growth [...]
Communique by the African Women Leaders’ Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health
The African Women Leaders’ Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health was launched in Lweza, Uganda to coincide with the 15th General Assembly of the AU Heads of States Summit in Kampala, Uganda in July 2010. The Network seeks to strengthen women’s collective voice by providing leadership to reposition sexual and reproductive health and in particular, [...]
About AWDF
Our values
Values and Principles: We believe in the personhood of African women, and that their rights are an inalienable, indivisible and integral part of universal human rights. We believe in acknowledging, valuing and rewarding women’s paid and unpaid labour in the private and public. We believe in solidarity, partnerships, networking, and commitment to young women’s leadership [...]
Continue →Thematic focus
WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS AWDF funds the work of organisations which prioritise the following areas: Protecting and promoting women’s human rights. Mobilisation of support for women’s rights at grassroots level through networking and empowerment of community based organisations (CBOs). Research on harmful traditional practices and forms of violence against women, which infringe their basic human rights. [...]
Continue →News From the Blog
A two-member team from AWDF and a documentary crew were in Liberia from the 3rd of August to the 7th of August to document the work and impact of AWDF in Liberia. In all the activities of 7 organisations and the testimonies of three women leaders in Liberia were recorded. The three women leaders included [...]
Today was the finale for the XVIII International Aids Conference and an appropriate time to reflect on all that I have learnt, seen and heard over the past week. This is the second International Aids Conference I have attended; I remember feeling very impressed when I attended the previous International Aids Conference that took place [...]
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