From dusty villages in Kenya to the urban centers in Mexico, teenagers across the world are organizing, setting up feminist groups in community centers, schools, universities and online, running ca…
Who can access and use the land? The answer to this age-old question is changing fast in many parts of rural Africa. Land that used to be allocated within the community by chiefs is now increasin…
Efforts to address the gender dimensions of governance, peace and security in Africa have registered some success. At the same time, fundamental challenges remain. These challenges continue to rele…
This is the visual representation of the critical work done by AWDF and its partners in the first decade of its existence. AWDF in the past ten years has created innovative spaces such as the…
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…
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 …
World AIDS Day, which is observed on December 1st of every year, was instituted in 1988 by the World Health Organization as part of efforts to keep the issue of HIV&AIDS constantly on the age…