Policy infrastructure
Continental public tools — the Maputo Protocol Hub, ACDEG Hub, AU Mechanisms, West Africa Legislative Platform, and Francophone Human Rights University.
Strategic partnerships
Investing in feminist infrastructure for Africa
RFLD is a pan-African feminist intermediary that combines legislative advocacy, community organising, re-granting, and open-data tools. Your partnership capitalises the architecture that 670 member organisations rely on every day.
670
Member organisations
35+
Countries
13
Years of operation
6
Flagship programmes
For US-based partners
Your gift is direct, compliant, and fully tax-deductible
RFLD holds a current NGOsource Equivalency Determination — a US 501(c)(3) public-charity equivalent certification. US foundations, Donor-Advised Funds, and individual donors may grant to RFLD directly, without expenditure responsibility and without fiscal sponsorship. Workplace-giving platforms (Benevity, Bright Funds) and employer matching are eligible.
NGOsource 501(c)(3) equivalency
ACHPR Observer Status
GIZ/BMZ SEA-T 2026 Presidency
What you're funding
Not a project. Infrastructure.
Most donors can fund a programme. Few can capitalise a system. RFLD combines four integrated functions that most organisations keep separate — and that integration is why your investment compounds.
Grassroots re-granting
The WAFF Fund and Africa Grant Portfolio move resources to 670 member organisations across francophone West Africa, with audited compliance.
Open-data tools
The DƆNÙESÈ Data Center produces real-time, gender-disaggregated compliance data across the continent — bilingual and open.
Direct programmes
PAWELE, BRAVE, Climate Justice, Health in Francophone Africa, and Ending FGM — flagship programmes delivering on the ground.
Each pillar reinforces the others. Data informs the hubs. Hubs inform programmes. Programmes generate the evidence that feeds the data. That flywheel is why long-term institutional partners stay.
Ways to partner
Four pathways, one shared agenda
Strategic Plan 2023–2028
Currently active
Tier one · Thematic
Data & policy infrastructure
$500K
over 24 months
Sustains the DƆNÙESÈ Data Center and one continental policy hub — Maputo Protocol, ACDEG, or AU Mechanisms.
- Operational costs: data infrastructure, analysts, francophone translators
- Expansion of one hub into five additional AU member states
- Quarterly open-data releases and policy briefs
- Co-branding on all publications and dashboards
Tier two · Movement
Core fundingWAFF Fund & re-granting
$2M
over 30 months
Expands the WAFF Fund from its 2025 baseline into a multi-year, multi-partner re-granting vehicle.
- Multi-year core grants to 30–50 francophone feminist organisations
- Rapid-response fund for Women Human Rights Defenders
- Compliance and financial-management training for grantees
- Annual learning convening in Dakar or Cotonou
Tier three · Institutional
Strategic Plan partnership
$5M+
over 36 months
Capitalises full execution of RFLD's 2023–2028 Strategic Plan across all six fields of intervention.
- Full cross-pillar funding: infrastructure, re-granting, programmes, and data
- Deepening of the Dakar and Accra regional offices
- Multi-year institutional stability — no project-by-project reapplication
- Annual strategic review with the Executive Team
Flexible partnerships
Other configurations welcome
Thematic grants, pooled funds, matching gifts, in-kind technical support, and board-designated gifts.
Individual giving
Every gift sustains the machinery
$50
Supports one WHRD safety briefing or digital-security tool.
$250
Funds one month of data collection for the DƆNÙESÈ platform.
$1,000
Covers one micro-grant from the WAFF Fund to a grassroots collective.
Individual gifts of any amount are welcome — one-time or monthly.
US donors: fully tax-deductible under NGOsource 501(c)(3) equivalency.
Due diligence
Transparency by default
Institutional partners receive a full due-diligence package on request — no prerequisites, no NDAs, no friction.
RFLD operates across 35+ countries and directs the great majority of every partnership to field activities. Independently audited financial statements are available to institutional partners and prospective partners alike.
Standard due-diligence package
- Audited financial statements (2021, 2022, 2023)
- 2025 Annual Report (published, publicly available)
- NGOsource ED certificate (501(c)(3) equivalency)
- Certificate of registration (Ghana, Benin, Senegal, The Gambia)
- Governance policies (ethics, safeguarding, anti-fraud, conflicts of interest)
- Strategic Plan 2023–2028
- Executive briefing call with the Director or Finance Lead
In partnership with
GIZ / BMZ
Sida
AmplifyChange
Packard Foundation
FJS
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Executive Director
Gloria Sekonou
Strategic partnerships · institutional gifts over $1M · multi-year commitments
agueh.dossi@rflgd.orgStrategy & Development
John Gbenagnon
Flexible partnerships · thematic grants · new donor relationships
gbenagnon.john@rflgd.orgFinance & Due Diligence
Major Gogo Ashifie
Audited financials · compliance · NGOsource certificate · governance
finance@rflgd.orgContinental footprint: Cotonou · Dakar (Francophone Hub) · Accra (Africa Regional) · Banjul (ACHPR Liaison). New office opening in Dakar, June 2026.