Creating Spaces & Amplifying Voices: The First Ten Years of the African Women…

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…

AWDF Convening & Launch of Southern Africa Office

On 7 of October 2010, the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) convened a meeting in Johannesburg bringing together women's organisations from across Southern Africa The occasion also mark…

Women of Substance II Brochure : 10 Years of making a Difference

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Report of activities. June 2000 - December 2001

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…

Grantmaking Handbook

The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) was established in 2001, and is an institutional capacity building and programme development fund, which aims to support the work of the African Wo…

Feminist Organizing for Women's Human Rights in Africa: Current and Emerging …

There have been some significant gains for women in Africa over the past 15 to 20 years. Women are taking positions of leadership in increasing numbers in political, economic, legal and social fiel…

The Purple Ball and The Launch of the Women of Substance Awards

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Dietary Patterns in Pregnancy and Effects on Nutrient Intake in the Mid-South…

Dietary patterns are sensitive to differences across socio-economic strata or cultural habits and may impact programing of diseases in later life. The purpose of this study was to identify distinct…

Large Scale Land deals in Sub-Saharan Africa: The importance of Feminism Enga…

"This report focused mainly on land grabbing in sub-Saharan African. In the process we also presented issues pertaining to the legality of some contracts entered into between investors and rural co…

South African Engagement with Muslim Personal Law: The Women’s Legal Centre…

This case study article examines the South African context, introduces the Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) in Cape Town, South Africa as a feminist organisation, and explores the strategies of the W…