app screen

OUR NEWS AND EVENTS

Stay updated on our latest news, events, and efforts to advance womn's rights across Africa

  • All
  • News
  • Releases
News 30.11.2023

Uhuru Kenyatta signs Marriage Bill into Law

By: Daily Nation A law allowing men in Kenya to marry as many women as…

News 30.11.2023

11 Years of the Maputo Protocol: Women’s Progress and Challenges

By: Faiza J. Mohamed, Equality Now Regional Africa / SOAWR Secretariat Director Eleven years ago, African states…

News 30.11.2023

Disability Rights Fund Releases Second 2014 Request for Proposals

July 10, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE               Contact: Diana…

News 30.11.2023

AU declares 2015 Year of Women’s Empowerment

By: Oxfam International, Liaison Office with the African Union The 23rd Ordinary Session of the Summit of…

News 30.11.2023

Women In Political Leadership Concept Paper

Urgent Action Fund-Africa (UAF-Africa) and The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) are organising…

News 30.11.2023

PR: 7 WHRDs and others from the Ittihadia Presidential Palace Case Attend the First Court Session

Published by: Nazra for Feminist Studies- 29 June 2014  On June 29, 2014, the first session…

News 30.11.2023

Pregnant woman faces death in Sudan for Apostasy

By: Lucy Kinder Published on The Telegraph – 15th May 2014 A heavily pregnant Christian…

News 30.11.2023

Ebola Is Killing Women In Far Greater Numbers Than Men

Published by Buzzfeed MONROVIA, Liberia — Ebola is killing Kona Kupee, who loved her husband too…

News 30.11.2023

Uganda Court Overturns Anti-Gay Law

Published by: Al Jazeera Uganda’s constitutional court has overturned an anti-homosexuality law that was branded draconian and “abominable”…

Fostering Cultures of Care
Fostering Cultures of Care
Sustaining Defenders
Sustaining Defenders
Sustaining Defenders
Sustaining Defenders
Transformative Partnerships & Philanthropy
Transformative Partnerships & Philanthropy
Transformative Partnerships & Philanthropy
Transformative Partnerships & Philanthropy
Transformative Partnerships & Philanthropy
Transformative Partnerships & Philanthropy
Feminist Knowledge Leadership
Feminist Knowledge Leadership
Feminist Knowledge Leadership
Feminist Knowledge Leadership

Our Footprint

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

  • East Africa
  • West Africa
  • North Africa
  • Central Africa
  • Southern Africa