10 Years of Leadership and Empowerment for African Women “Heartfelt congratulations to you, AWDF Sisters, on reaching your tenth year! You have succeeded in your goals; you have weathered the global economic crisis; you have… Read more
Continue →AWDF has premises available to rent
AWDF as part of its investment into its long term sustainability is pleased to announces the availability of premises to rent. Details are as follows: A five bedroom house located at Plot no. 78, Ambassadorial Enclave, East Legon, Accra, Ghana… Read more
Podcast: Thokozile Makhanya of Biowatch speaks on food sovereignty, and resisting genetically modified organisms
Podcast with Thokozile Makhanya, Board Member of Biowatch a public interest organization that publicises, monitors and researches issues of genetic modification, and promotes biological diversity and sustainable livelihoods. In this podcast Thoko… Read more
Statement to the African regional meeting of the 2013 World Economic Forum
We the undersigned participants at a strategic meeting on Women’s Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods, held in Cape Town on 3-4 May under the auspices of the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), wish to communicate the following key… Read more
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Supporting Livelihoods, Changing Lives…
Between 2001 and 2012, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) disbursed US$4,247,740.24 in grant-making to women’s rights and national organisations across the African continent. The majority of this funding has supported small community based… Read more
A tribute to Bob Howard, Philanthropist and Donor to the African Women’s Development Fund
Bob Howard was an activist, lawyer and long term philanthropist whose social activism brought change to the lives of many people in the USA and different parts of Africa. He was an early and loyal supporter of the work of the African Women’s… Read more
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… Read more
Continue →Thematic focus
For full details of AWDF’s thematic focus and the types of work we support please click: Thematic Areas Matrix Updated Women’s Human Rights Mary Robinson, President of Realising Rights Ethicial Initiative launching AWDF’s Compendium… Read more
Continue →News from AWDF
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We the undersigned participants at a strategic meeting on Women’s Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods, held in Cape Town on 3-4 May under the auspices of the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), wish to communicate the following key… Read more
Between 2001 and 2012, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) disbursed US$4,247,740.24 in grant-making to women’s rights and national organisations across the African continent. The majority of this funding has supported small community based… Read more
The ‘Creative Centre for Communication and Development’ (CCCD) based in Zimbabwe is a grantee partner of the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF). CCCD specialises in utilising information and communication technologies (ICT) to advance women’s… Read more
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