The y ear 2002 h as be en one of steady growth for an emerging philanthropic institution in Africa. We have increased our staff capacity, enhanced our grant-making systems, developed effec…
The review of the Beijing Conference 10 years after, is taking place in 2005, and for the past year or so, the various UN regions have been going through a process which will feed into the…
We acknowledge African women’s experience, skill and agency in leading positive change in all domains, and therefore focus our investments in resourcing African women’s activism, amplifying Afr…
he Leadership and Governance programme is based on our knowledge of the persistent challenges of African women’s organisations with issues related to resource mobilisation, communications, govern…
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is a pan-African, women-led, grant-making foundation supporting African women’s organisations working at local, national, and regional level to …
The first article in our series was written by Crystal Simeoni from the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), convenors of the African Feminist Macroeconomics Academy.…
From 19 to 20 August 2019, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) hosted a two-day convening on Evidence-Based Prevention of Violence Against Women in Accra, Ghana. The space was created …
The AWDF has awarded over $US 16,500,000.00 in grants in the last 10 years. Some key achievements from 2010 included the launch of the African Women's Leadership Network for Reproductive Health and…