AWDF

17 Mar
by sofia
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Language: English, French, or Portuguese

Countries: All countries in Africa

African Women’s Development Fund: Women’s Right & Empowerment

Deadline: Any time
AWDF will make grants in three cycles each year. Applications can be sent in at any time.
 
Grant size: Up to $ 50,000 USD. Please note that grants over $20,000 are made to only the organizations that operate on a regional basis.

Description:
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) finances local, national, sub-regional and regional organizations in Africa working towards women’s empowerment. The AWDF aims to help build a culture of learning and partnerships within the African women’s movement. The AWDF will prioritise programs which develop and promote women’s leadership and advocacy across the following themes:

  1. Women’s Human Rights
  2. Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods
  3. Governance, Peace and Security
  4. Reproductive Health and Rights
  5. HIV/AIDS
  6. Arts, Culture and Sports

Eligibility Criteria

  • Local, national, sub-regional or regional African women’s organizations are eligible to apply.
  • Applying organizations should have been in existence for at least three years.
  • Applicant Women’s organizations have to be led and managed by women.
  • Applicant Organizations have to demonstrate how their work fits into either a local, national or regional strategy for the empowerment of African women.
  • Applying organizations should have basic organizational systems and structures in place.
  • The organization should have a clear evaluation and sustainability plan for the project.

How to Apply?

  • AWDF will make grants in three cycles each year. Applications can be sent in at any time.
  • To submit your project read the guidelines and submit the concept note via website or email, fax number or postal address provided on the website.
  • Applications can be submitted in English, French, or Portuguese.
  • A hard copy of the proposal has to be sent to the postal address provided on the website.

 
The AWDF will not support the following projects:

  • Organisations that aim to convert people to any religious belief
  • Political parties or women’s wings of political parties
  • Individuals
  • Government departments
  • Scholarships and fellowships for academic studies
  • Women’s organisations which are not led by women

How to apply
Interested organisations should send in their proposals to the AWDF secretariat in Accra, Ghana, using the grant application guidelines. Applications can be sent in English, French, or Portuguese, by email, fax or post. Please note that whilst we will accept applications by email and fax, we still expect a hard copy.

Application guidelines: http://www.awdf.org/the-process/grant-making/grant-application-guidlines/

For more information: Email AWDF@awdf.org or grants@awdf.org
Tel : + 233 302 521257
Fax : +233 302 521257