African Women Development Fund Grant Application 2024 | Apply Now
The African Women Development Fund invites women leaders across Africa to submit their application forms for grants in the current African Women Development Fund Grant program. If any of the below describes your interest, then you are eligible to apply for this grant.
Are you a woman leader? Do you run women’s rights protection groups or organizations? Are you passionate about advancing women’s rights and creating systemic change?
If the above and more describe your interest in women, then you are eligible to apply for an African women’s development fund grant for the advancement of your organization and the betterment of women under your fold.
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In this post, you will find details of AEDF including the requirements, application portal, and how to apply for this grant.
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What is the African Women Development Fund(AWDF)
The AWDF is a grantmaking foundation that supports local, national, and regional women’s organizations working towards the empowerment of African women and the promotion and realization of their rights. By specializing in grant-making and focused tailored movement-building programs, AWDF works to strengthen and support the work of African women’s organizations.
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Who Can Apply For AWDF Grant?
The African Women Development Fund grant is meant for anyone passionate about advancing women’s rights and creating systemic change, if you are one of such persons, then you can apply for a grant in one or more of the thematic areas listed below:
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Categories of African Women Development Fund Grant
Applications are currently open in the following grant areas
- ECONOMIC SECURITY & JUSTICE
- BODY & HEALTH RIGHTS
- LEADERSHIP, PARTICIPATION & PEACE
You can apply for one or more of the above grant areas if your organization or group stands for any of the above.
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How to Apply
AWDF is happy to invite applications for grants from all eligible women-led and women’s rights groups and organizations in Africa and parts of the Middle East (Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, and Yemen).
Interested and eligible organizations for this grant program are to complete their application online via the AWDF application portal here. The announcement for the grant can be found by clicking on apply. News about the June/July grant is available here. Find more grants here
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African Women Development Fund 2024 Grant Cycles
The AWDF grant application cycle has commenced with the first application phase already open on February 27, through April 2nd. This grant section is focused on the following category of organization;
- Organizations working in French-speaking African countries
- Organizations working in two or more African countries
- Organizations led by young women
- LBTQI-led organizations
- Organizations led by women living with disabilities
- Sexual violence and Women Rights Organisations
There are two major options open in this cycle and they are;
- The main grant is for African women-led organizations registered and operating in Africa.
- The Kasa! is for African women-led organizations registered and operating in Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal and working in the fight against sexual violence.
How to Apply for African Women Development Fund Grant 2024
All interested and eligible candidates who wish to apply for this grant can do so by visiting the AWDF grant application website. This cycle application link can be found here. Good luck
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Application Deadline
This is an annual grant with several grant cycles yearly hence, fresh opportunities are opened from January – to February, April – to May, and June – to July. You can always check the portal for a fresh opening using the link above.
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Am interested
We are in Agriculture, and would like to apply for a grant
As an agro based organization, use this link to see the current USADF agro grant https://updatefly.com/us-african-development-foundation-agricultural-grant/
Safe Health for all Zambian is rural community based organisation Zambia.As an organisation working with women clubs the funds will help the women to uplift the standard of living in the community during Covid-19.
Please kindly forward me grant formUSADF Agriculture Grant fund Application form.
The link for the Agro grant is here https://updatefly.com/us-african-development-foundation-agricultural-grant/
Am kobusinge Judith aged 44 Ugandan and single mother who always empowers my fellow women to work hard for the good of there children. I empower them to be creative and not to undermine any Job. I started on a cosmetics company called SANEX cosmetics which has helped women to get jobs in the company. The challenge I have no enough space for running the business and transport to transport products to the customer. I thank God that my products are loved every where but the little I get from as profit I use on hiring car for transport. Thanks so much
Thank you Judith for sharing your story, do well to apply for this funding opportunity and hopefully you will be selected. Also check other programs listed here you never can tell when your luck will shine. I wish you the best of luck
Interested
Kindly help me on how to apply
Click on the link on how to apply section of this post to complete your application online. This is completely free
I am a woman in leadership organising women to honour their economic empowerment through small business enterprises in this time of Covid 19 pandermic, show- casing spotlight activities on girl child and women protection known as ” Nkhaza Yayi” in the Local language. I am sure this funding will benefit and justify many.
I read your post was so interesting and this help if it’s true share. Accordingly it will help women to get engaged in in petty business
Thanks for the comment. On this site, we don’t share fake funding opportunities which is why we take time to verify any opportunity before posting here. It is important to note that this grant can not be given to all applicants at once hence, you have to make effort to apply first and then hope that your application is selected. I wish you good luck as you try.
I’m a social worker having passionate to see the young and elderly Woman to hve a better living those who who are vanurable
Am in interested in the women development fund,so that the money can assist my group in developing women agendas
This is a good initiative. I, am a widow, and a leader of a widow’s group.
We really need this.
Am in the same association, that need widow s to be empowered to reduce stress for widows looking after families
We arm at empowering women we want every woman to be doing something productive for example we give one woman money to start a business after two months of making profit the same women will give the same amount to another woman and so on and so on
Lovely work you are doing there. You can share this link with your women fold to give them more funding opportunity or you can apply as a group and disburse the money to members if you eventually emerge as winner in the grant program. Keep up the good work.
Am so happy to see that people all over the world would want to see women empowered and independent across the globe…i wish to recommend all the people involved in all renowned groups world wide to never give up on women .
Good initiative for the rural women,are this grants available in zambia
Yes, women from Zambia are eligible to apply for this grant.
Hey it’s good but how can l join this group
Thanks for the comment, kindly click on the application link on how to apply section of this post to complete your application online. Note that this is 100% free.
Can We from south sudan also apply for it
Ho w can I apply what are the requirements
I am social worker who is passionate in ensuring sustainable growth young women in my Society.
I own a microfinance institution and would like to employ youths who who are done with their universities/colleges and are unemployed. I cant employ all of them but with more capital a difference could be made, as the growth of the organization entails absorbing more employees.
Hello Linda, please kindly share more details about your institution with us and employment requirements and process so it can be written for those interested to apply. Use this link Contact Us