Mission report African women's development fund

Abstract

The African Women's Development Fund is a fundraising and grantmaking initiative, which aims to support the work of African women's organization. The AWDF is the first Africa-wide grant-making organization in Africa. The vision of the AWDF is for African Women to live in a changed world in which transformed women can live with integrity and in peace. The mission of the Fund is to mobilize resources in order to fund local, national, regional and international initiatives for transformation led by African women. The AWDF supports work in five thematic areas, namely women's economic empowerment, political participation, peacebuilding, women's human rights and health, reproductive rights and HIV/AIDS. All these are also areas of concern within the global and regional platforms for action. The major achievement of the mission is that the board was able to discuss and give guidance regarding the Africa women's development fund strategic plan for 2001-2003. In addition, the advisory committee was able to discuss all the areas of concern and recommendations on how best the AWDF should respond to the clientele