The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF)

Application Deadline: 11th September 2015.

The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is a grant making foundation that supports local, national and regional organizations working towards the empowerment of African women and the achievement of gender equality on the continent.

The vision of AWDF is for women to live in a world where there is social justice, equality and respect for women’s human rights. To this end, the mission of AWDF is to mobilize and disburse financial, human and material resources to support positive transformation in Africa.

The AWDF is inviting applicants working on specified areas to put in applications for support. Applicants are to send in proposals with innovative but effective strategies to address issues relating to the specified focus areas under the various listed themes:

Themes:

To achieve its vision and mission, the African Women’s Development Fund provides grant and technical support to women’s groups and organizations in Africa working on issues in line with the following themes:

Eligibility Criteria

Applicant Organisation must have been in existence for at least 3 years
The organisation must be duly registered, at least with its local government structure
The organisation must be led by a woman and have a focus on Women’s Rights
The organisation must have the needed organizational structures
The organisation must have an appreciable financial management system
The organisation must be capable of reporting back on the outcomes of the project
The organisation must be highly recommended by a donor agency, a grantee or partner of AWDF or the local government office
The applying organisation must complete the necessary application forms

Grant Size :

Grants disbursed will be in the range of $5,000 to $30.000.

Geographical Scope

Applications from the following countries are specifically encouraged to apply;
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia & Zimbabwe

How to apply

Interested organisations should send in their proposals to the AWDF secretariat in Accra, Ghana, using the required grant applications guidelines which include a financial management assessment form and an outcome form:

Application guidelines- Main grants

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Framework for Measuring Outcomes

The African Women’s Development Fund

Office: Plot 78 Ambassadorial Enclave, East Legon

Post: P.M.B CT 89 Cantonments, Accra, Ghana

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the African Women’s Development Fund

Application Deadline: May 31st 2015

When: July 27 to August 5, 2015.
Where: Uganda

The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) in collaboration with FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers Association, invites African women writers and journalists to apply for the Writing for Social Change Workshop 2015. This 10-day writing workshop, will be taking place in Uganda from July 27 to August 5, 2015.

The workshop will be facilitated by veteran BBC journalist and media expert Elizabeth Ohene from Ghana and award-winning writer Yewande Omotoso, from Nigeria/South Africa/Barbados.

This workshop is targeted at women writers, journalists and activists who wish to step-up their involvement in highlighting issues around women’s rights and social justice.

Participants will be expected to read widely from assigned selected texts, and to complete daily writing exercises. After the workshop, the participants are expected to use the knowledge acquired to write widely about social justice issues in and beyond their communities.

This workshop is part of AWDF’s efforts to amplify African women’s voices and is aimed at creating a network that will enable participants to place their articles and stories in a range of local, regional and international media.

Priority will be given to interested women journalists who wish to actively engage in women’s activism – AWDF are expecting at least 50% of the writers selected for this workshop to be full-time journalists.

AWDF will also include women from AWDF’s existing grantee organisations, and within our partner networks.

Benefits:

Full accommodation, meals and a partial travel grant will be provided to all successful applicants.
All applicants will be expected to be present for the ten-day duration of the workshop.
A Memorandum of Understanding will be signed by successful applicants to enable smooth running of the workshop.

Application Guidelines

To apply send an e-mail to; [email protected].
E-mail subject should read ‘Application for Social Justice Workshop 2015’
The body of the e-mail should contain the following:
a) Your Name
b. Your Email Address
c. A short bio (maximum 200 words)
d. A sample article about women’s rights or social justice -between 500 and 1000 words. The sample maybe unpublished or published on any media. This can be sent as an attachment or as part of the email body especially if it has images.
AWDF will not be responsible in case of any plagiarism.

Selection:

Only those accepted to the workshop will be notified by June 5, 2015.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the AWDF 2015 ‘Writing for Social Change Workshop for African Women

The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF)

Call for Proposals: 2016 African Women’s Development Fund for Empowerment of African Women ( $UD5,000 to $USD 30.000).

How to apply

African Women’s Development Fund 2015 ‘Writing for Social Change Workshop for African Women, Uganda (Fully Funded).