named programs · 4 · from sources
what they call their work
Economic, Environmental & Climate Justice
Supports initiatives that address natural resource governance, climate change, and social justice through an intersectional feminist lens, focusing on women's rights, land ownership, climate adaptation, and resisting extractivism, while also prioritizing the security and well-being of environmental AWHRDs.
Influence, Advocacy & Alliance Building Grants
Supports medium-term activities, processes, and projects linked to decision-making on urgent situations faced by AWHRDs and their collectives.
Rapid Response & Protection Grants
Provides urgent and timely financial and technical resources for unanticipated actions that catalyze change, transform power relations, and advance women's human rights, as well as respond to shocks or crises to ensure holistic security for AWHRDs.
Sustaining African Womn Human Rights Defenders (AWHRDs)
Centers the well-being and safety of AWHRDs and feminist activists by providing financial and technical resources to defenders at risk due to their identity and activism, covering physical, digital, psychological, economic, spiritual, and political security, and supporting movement building.
activities · 4 groups
what they do
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Women's Human Rights Advocacy & Protection 2 activities
- Advocacy support for women's human rights campaignsSupports advocacy campaigns that advance women's human rights across Africa, including efforts to curb gender-based violence and influence legal reforms such as the amendment of Zimbabwe's Labour Relations Act on sexual harassment.
- Emergency support for women human rights defenders in crisis contextsProvides direct support to women human rights defenders during urgent political and social crises, including resourcing peaceful demonstrations and protection efforts in countries such as Egypt and Tunisia since 2015.
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Women's Leadership & Empowerment Programs 2 activities
- Capacity building and solidarity support for feminist movementsProvides financial and technical resources, solidarity, and convening opportunities to women's and girls' rights organizations and movements across Africa. Includes initiatives such as co-convening feminist forums, supporting regional consortiums, and being the first African fund to support specific grassroots organizations.
- Rapid response grantmaking for women's and girls' rights defendersProvides rapid response funding to women's and girls' rights advocates, organizations, collectives, and movements across all 54 African countries to sustain their work during urgent situations, with grant processing completed within 48 hours. Has provided over 5,200 grants since inception.
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Participatory Research and Knowledge Production 1 activity
- Feminist knowledge production and research initiativesConducts documentation, research, information management, and learning initiatives focused on feminist knowledge production in Africa. Produces publications that reflect the political, socio-economic, and cultural contexts across African regions, nations, and localities.
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Uncategorized 1 activity
- Development of feminist healing and rest spacesLaunched the Feminist Republik Platform and is developing the Feminist Republik Healing Farm as a rest and rejuvenation space for women human rights defenders in Africa, advancing collective care and healing as integral to feminist activism.
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relationships · 72
who they work with
- AMwA Partner — Partnered to convene the 9th Uganda Feminist Forum.
- African Philanthropy Forum Network — Member of a network
- African Philanthropy Network Network — Member of a network
- African Women’s Development Fund Funder — Feminist and women's funder
- African Womn Human Rights Defenders Partner — Primary grantee and movement partner in feminist activism across Africa.
- African womn’s human rights defenders Partner — Collaborates with African women's human rights defenders to build a culture of learning and knowledge production.
- Agence Française de Développement Funder — Bilateral funder
- Agència Catalana de cooperació al Desenvolupament Funder — Bilateral funder
- American Endowment Fund Funder — Private foundation funder
- American Jewish World Service Funder — Private foundation funder
- Association for Progressive Communications (APC) Funder — INGO funder
- Association “Engagement Citoyen” Partner — Supported Association "Engagement Citoyen" in Tunisia, being the first African human rights fund to do so in 2011.
- Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice Funder — Private foundation funder
- Basque Agency for Development Cooperation Funder — Bilateral funder
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Funder — Private foundation funder
- Both ENDS Funder — Private foundation funder
- CARE Kenya Funder — INGO funder
- CLIMA Fund Funder — Private foundation funder
- Cairn Foundation Funder — Private foundation funder
- Center For Livelihood Advancement (CFLA) Partner — Supported CFLA in equipping women migrant workers with survival skills.
- Comic Relief Funder — Private foundation funder
- Dreilinden Funder — Private foundation funder
- Dunn Family Foundation Funder — Private foundation funder
- Dutch Government Funder — Bilateral funder
- Equality Fund Funder — Feminist and women's funder
- Feminist Republik Platform Partner — Political initiative launched by UAF-Africa to advance collective care and healing in feminist activism.
- Fenomenal Funds Funder — Feminist and women's funder
- Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres Funder — Private foundation funder
- Ford Foundation Funder — Private foundation funder
- Ford Foundation Funder — Provided the first grant of $100,000 to Urgent Action Fund Africa in 2002.
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