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News 30.11.2023

Addressing the Real Challenges of Transgender Kenyans

By: Audrey Mbugua A couple of weeks ago, I was privileged to attend the Women…

News 30.11.2023

Women in Africa take Space on the Decision-Making Table

Author: Mercy Njoroge Published by:  The People Daily Newspaper Renowned Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s…

News 30.11.2023

African Women Leadership Initiative

By: Strathmore Governance Centre   Over the years, it has become increasingly important to open spaces…

News 30.11.2023

Call for Action on South Sudan

Today, Urgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa), calls on women, men and young people around the world…

News 30.11.2023

Call for Abstracts: African Women in Power & Politics: Are we Rising?

While Africa presents some impressive statistics, what are the deeper individual and collective experiences of…

News 30.11.2023

UAF-Africa Condemns Abduction of Chibok Schoolgirls in Borno

8th May 2014– On 14th April 2014, more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped from the…

News 30.11.2023

Tunisia Becomes 1st in Region to Lift Key Restrictions on Women’s Rights Treaty

Published by: Human Rights Watch– 1st May 2014 (Tunis) – Tunisia has officially lifted key reservations to the international…

News 30.11.2023

Which Way for African Women in Politics?

Written By: Bertha M. Rinjeu Published on The Star, Kenya – 1st May 2014 Distributed…

News 30.11.2023

Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolgirls taken as Brides by Militants

By: Monica Mark, The Guardian – 30th April 2014 For two weeks, retired teacher Samson Dawah prayed…

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Urgent Action Fund Africa is a pan-African and Feminist Rapid Response Grant Making Fund. We have resourced more than 5,200 grants with a geographical presence in Africa’s 54 countries.

Collectively, our Board Members and Staff members are physically present in more than 15 African countries and speak more than 46 African languages

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