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African Women's Development Fund

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The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) is a fund-raising and grant-making initiative, which aims to support the work of the African Women's movement.

Off the Pitch: African Philanthropy Comes Into Its Own

07/13/2010

Philantopic: Nongovernmental organizations and philanthropic foundations are reshaping the continent's social and economic landscape.

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Forum Tackles Films’ Unfair Portrayal Of Women

06/17/2010

Daily Independent: African Women’s Development Fund launches a forum to challenge the negative portrayal of women in Nigerian films.

The CIDRZ Foundation

In most of Africa, women are the poorest of the poor. Their health is often neglected until they are in crisis, unable to care for themselves or others. Even in childbirth, women are often left unattended. But through efforts of the CIDRZ Foundation, women's health in Africa is becoming a top priority, not just in treatment but also in research.

First Do No Harm

05/10/2010

The Huffington Post: The Executive Director of Equality Now says doctors must protect women and girls from the harmful practice of female genital mutilation.

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Media Should Advance Women's Voice in Leadership

05/10/2010

allAfrica: A symposium co-sponsored by African Women's Development Fund focused on the role of the media in encouraging public acceptance of women's leadership.

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Americans’ Role Seen in Uganda Anti-Gay Push

01/04/2010

New York Times: Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice is among groups working hard to protect Uganda's homosexual population from discrimination.

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African Activism Against Female Circumcision Is Focus of New Film

11/18/2009

VOA News: The village-by-village effort of education and persuasion activists have taken to dissuade female genital mutilation is tackled in a film made for Equality Now.

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Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi

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Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi

Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the African Women's Development Fund. AWDF is a fundraising and grantmaking organization launched in 2001 that supports African women's organizations committed to advancing women's human rights and their political and economic empowerment.

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Women Leaders Ask Where Is Our Money

06/22/2008

InterPress News Service Agency: Even though seven out of eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) impact on women, both donors and governments receiving aid overlook the need to make resources available for gender empowerment.

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