AWDF is a women-led grant-making foundation that supports women's organizations working to ensure social justice, equality and respect for women's rights in Africa.
The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) has had another eventful and productive year. In this report, we describe our key activities and milestones for the year, and how these add up to a…
An end of project evaluation was conducted for AWDF between July and August 2014. The evaluation was specifically focused on the performance of AWDF's Phase II Project which was part of Comic Reli…
It is AWDF's goal to ensure that it remains financially sustainable so that it can continue to support women in Africa
Over the past ten years at least 2 million Africans have lost their lives in wars and genocide. Many more have become refugees. These conflicts have placed a tremendous burden on women who suffe…
In Nigeria, as in other parts of the world, women are prone to various types o f sexual violence both within and outside marriage or the home. The sex-specific nature of the offence further makes i…
Women's political participation has always been a key strategy of women's movements to ensure that their interests are taken into account. However, the reality of women 's continued margin…
In order to further promote gender equality and women's empowerment, there is a need for women's rights organisations to adopt strategies that can target a mass base of the population if perception…