Reporting, analysis and field notes from a pan-African network for gender equality and development — across women's rights, SRHR, civic space, climate justice, peace and security.
Climate Justice
Drought, erratic rain and displacement push water further from women’s homes. What the science says and what RFLD asks of funders.
Climate Justice
The AU made water its 2026 theme and endorsed the Africa Water Vision 2063. RFLD explains why both need Article 15 to deliver for women.
Climate Justice
The African Commission is drafting Guidelines on the Right to Sanitation focused on women and girls. How civil society can shape them.
Climate Justice
From Resolution 300 to the 2019 Guidelines on the Right to Water: what the African Commission asks States to do for women and girls.
Climate Justice
Cameroon plans to revise its 1998 water law under a 2026 to 2030 compact. RFLD’s case study shows how women’s rights can be built in.
Climate Justice
Niger signed the Maputo Protocol in 2004 but has not ratified it. RFLD’s case study explains what this means for women and water.
Climate Justice
Women hold about 5% of state water commissioner posts in Nigeria. RFLD’s case study looks at access, governance and budgets.
Climate Justice
Ghana leads its neighbours on safe water, yet rural and regional gaps remain wide. RFLD’s case study on Article 15 and women.
Climate Justice
Benin’s 2010 water law recognises a right to water but says nothing about women. Findings from RFLD’s case study on Article 15.
Climate Justice
Senegal is revising its 1981 Water Code. RFLD’s case study shows why the new law should include a chapter on women’s rights to water.
For funders and partnersPour les bailleurs et les partenaires
Aid to women’s organisations is falling. RFLD moves funding fast to women-led organisations and defenders, in French and English, through a network of 1,143 member organisations in more than 35 African countries.L’aide aux organisations de femmes recule. Le RFLD achemine vite les financements vers les organisations de femmes et les défenseures, en français et en anglais, grâce à un réseau de 1 143 organisations membres dans plus de 35 pays africains.
RFLD currently serves as Co-Chair of the SEA-T Programme Advisory Council, mandated to ensure the programme’s direction, priorities, and resources are meaningfully aligned with the visions of African women-led civil society. The SEA-T Programme is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.Le RFLD assure actuellement la coprésidence du Conseil consultatif du programme SEA-T, chargé de veiller à ce que l’orientation, les priorités et les ressources du programme soient réellement alignées sur les visions de la société civile africaine portée par les femmes. Le programme SEA-T est financé par le ministère fédéral allemand de la Coopération économique et du Développement (BMZ) et mis en œuvre par la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. See the partnershipVoir le partenariat
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