Funded Groups 2006: Women's Rights

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MAJOR GRANTS

African Women's Development Fund
Accra, Ghana.
Grass roots grants for African women's groups.
£120,000
www.awdf.org

Akina Mama Wa Afrika
London.
Funding for leadership training programme for African women in Africa.
£100,000
www.akinamama.org

Association for Women's Rights in Development
Toronto, Canada.
Core costs for international membership organisation for those working to support women in development.
£125,000
www.awid.org

Astra
Poland
Reproductive & sexual rights network in Central & Eastern Europe
£45,000
www.federa.org.pl

CAMFED
Cambridge, UK.
Educational network and advocacy group for girls' education in Ghana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
£150,000
www.camfed.org

Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance
Giza, Egypt
Project on CEDAW and Shari'a law
£33,500
www.cewla.org

Center for Reproductive Rights
New York.
Legal advocacy for international reproductive rights.
£75,000
www.reproductiverights.org

Centro de Derechos Humanos
Santiago, Chile
Women's rights training project in Latin America
£50,000
www.cdh.uchile.cl

Chinese Working Women's Network
Hong Kong
To promote the awareness of rights for women workers in China
£45,000
www.cwwn.org

European Women's Lobby
Belgium
Women's rights advocacy at the EU
£40,000
www.womenlobby.org

Fahamu
UK
Campaign for ratification and implementation of Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa
£70,000
www.fahamu.org

Fawcett Society, The
London.
Campaigns on, and researches all aspects of women's rights in the UK.
£50,000
www.fawcettsociety.org.uk

Female Prisoners Welfare Project
London, UK
Support and advocacy for women foreign nationals in UK prisons
£50,000
www.affect.org.uk

FORWARD
UK
Project on advancing rights-based approaches to end FGM and child marriages
£50,000
www.forwarduk.org.uk

Hearth Psycho-Social Center (VATRA), The
Albania
Support for a shelter for trafficked women, and anti-trafficking advocacy
£25,000

Karat Coalition
Poland
Core support for economic justice in women's rights in CEE region
£20,000
www.karat.org

Kings College London - International Policy Institute
London, UK
Training & Mentoring Program on Peace & Security for African Women
£73,000
http://csdg.kcl.ac.uk

Kvinna Till Kvinna
Sweden
Women's rights programmes in Israel and Georgia
£115,000
www.iktk.se

LACWHN
Santiago, Chile
Core support
£75,000
www.reddesalud.org

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
UK
Establish research group on violence against women
£115,000
www.lshtm.ac.uk

Mama Cash
Amsterdam.
International women's rights fund. Global granting to grass roots groups.
£550,000
www.mamacash.nl

Masimanyane Women's Support Centre
Eastern Province, South Africa
Core support for anti-violence against women work
£50,000
www.masimanyane.org.za

Medica Mondiale
Koln, Germany
Support for advocacy and training on sexual violence during and after conflict
£50,000
www.medicamondiale.org

Prisoners' Education Trust
Surrey, UK.
Funds to buy 100 education courses specifically for women prisoners in the UK.
£25,000
www.prisonerseducation.org.uk

Raising Voices
Kampala, Uganda
Skills building and technical exchange on preventing violence against women
£50,000
www.raisingvoices.org

Surf
UK
Gender justice programme in Rwanda
£80,000
www.survivors-fund.org.uk

Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
London.
A grant to their network of women filmmakers to produce a series of films on rights problems facing women.
£100,000
www.tve.org

Tostan
Washington, USA
Program on ending FGM in Senegal
£156,000
http://tostan.org

Urgent Action Fund - Africa
Kenya
Core support and sub-granting for women's rights in conflict areas and women's human rights defenders
£60,000
www.urgentactionfund.org

Womankind Worldwide
London.
International women's development & rights network. Core funding and for their programmes in S. Africa and Afghanistan.
£250,000
www.womankind.org.uk

Women Living Under Muslim Laws
London.
International support and advice network for women living under Muslim laws.
£125,000
www.wluml.org

Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE)
Kampala, Uganda
Core support for work on women's rights, conflict and security
£120,000
www.isis.or.ug

Total Donations - £3,042,500

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