It really is a great pleasure to be here for the signing of the ACBF/AWDF phase 2 grant agreement. AWDF is delighted with this opportunity to continue our relationship with ACBF – and for many reasons. Of course we welcome the grant from ACBF… Read more
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Press Release Immediate Website: http://www.acbf-pact.org African Capacity Building Foundation signs second phase grant with the African Women’s Development Fund to upscale women’s participation in policy development and… Read more
On Thursday 16th February 2012, the African Women’s Development Fund, (AWDF) formally introduced Nneka Egbuna, internationally acclaimed musician and activist, as AWDF’s Ambassador for the Arts during a short ceremony at AWDF House in Accra,… Read more
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We are delighted to have you with us at AWDF this morning to welcome Nneka Egbuna in her role as AWDF’s Arts Ambassador. AWDF was founded 11 years ago by three inspirational women – Hilda Tadria, Joanna Foster and Bisi Adeleye Fayemi, who… Read more
At a hotel in Entebbe this week, I was subjected to an experience that I would not wish upon my worst enemy. I am a recently retired (but not tired) almost 70 year old married mother of two and grandmother of seven. For many years, I have… Read more
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Thank you for your support to the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF). As of December 2011, AWDF has awarded US$ 19,190,870 to 800 women’s rights organisations in 42 African… Read more
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Friday, (November 25), signed the gender-based violence bill passed into Law recently by the State House of Assembly, in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. The Assembly had passed the bill into Law on… Read more
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The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) instituted a World AIDS Day programme in 2003 as part of its commitment to combating HIV & AIDS, and in particular the disproportionate effect of HIV & AIDS on African women. To mark World Aids Day… Read more
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Barclays Bank Ghana Treasury Supports Nana Yaa Memorial Trust For Good Quality Reproductive Health Accra, Ghana, 25th November 2011 – As part of its Make a Difference Day (M.A.D.D),… Read more
