Call for proposals Now OPEN! - Deadline 27 May 2025
We invite women’s rights and feminist organisations, collectives and actors who are often excluded from funding opportunities such as nascent or grassroots organisations and unregistered groups and movements to apply for our open funding opportunities.
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As a feminist fund, we resource, support and nurture African women’s rights organisations and feminist movements to sustain themselves.
The AWDF Story: An African Feminist Journey
By amplifying and celebrating African women’s voices and achievements, AWDF supports efforts that combat harmful stereotypes, and promote African women as agents of change.
Our support goes beyond grant making, and includes capacity building, knowledge sharing and movement building.
African Women's Writers Workshop series
AWDF Knowledge Circle @ Women Deliver 2023
AWDF staff retreat
We are a Pan-African grant making organisation that supports the realisation and fulfilment of African women’s rights through funding of autonomous women’s organisations on the continent.
Our impact
US$ 12 M
Amount awarded in 2024
US$ 111 M
Total grants awarded since inception
1,773
Number of organisations supported since inception
52
Number of countries we work with (47 African countries; 5 Middle East Countries (Palestine, Iraq, Yemen, Jordan, Lebanon)
We envision and work towards creating an Africa, and a world, where gender justice, freedom and dignity are achieved for all
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