Programmes & Partnerships — RFLD · Six fields of intervention, flagship programmes, and seven institutional funders

RFLD's complete portfolio

Programmes &
partnerships.

The complete RFLD portfolio — six fields of intervention, five flagship programmes, three pieces of operational infrastructure, and seven institutional funders. Anchored in continental law, delivered through 670 member organisations across 15+ African countries.

Fields of intervention Six

Flagship programmes Five

Member organisations 670 across 15+ countries

Institutional funders Seven

RFLD's strategic frame

Six fields of intervention.

RFLD's work is organised around six fields of intervention — each anchored in continental legal frameworks (the Maputo Protocol, the African Charter, the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance) and translated into operational work through the flagship programmes that follow.

Field 01 · Maputo Article 14

SRHR · DSSR

Sexual and reproductive health and rights — bodily autonomy, GBV response, family planning, safe abortion, and adolescent SRHR. Operationalised through the BRAVE flagship.

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Field 02 · ACDEG & ACHPR

Civic Space

Defence of the political and legal space in which civil society operates — assembly, expression, association, and the freedom to organise. Continental advocacy through ACHPR mechanisms.

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Field 03 · ACHPR Resolution 602

Protection of HRDs · Peace & Security

Protection of human rights defenders — particularly women human rights defenders — and continental engagement on peace and security. RFLD holds Observer Status with the ACHPR.

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Field 04 · Maputo Articles 19 & 21

Economic Justice & Climate

Economic and social rights, climate justice, and women's role in sustainable development. Operationalised through the Climate Justice flagship — including 48 community-managed solar boreholes.

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Field 05 · ACDEG Article 8 · Maputo Article 9

Participatory Governance

Women's full and active participation in political and decision-making processes. Operationalised through the PAWELE flagship — equipping women leaders, transforming norms, training institutions.

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Field 06 · Maputo Articles 5, 6, 20

Ending FGM & Harmful Practices

Ending the practices that perpetuate harm to women and girls — FGM, child marriage, widowhood rites, breast ironing, ritual servitude, son preference. Anchored in the Maputo Protocol.

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The operational engines

Five flagship programmes.

Flagship programmes are the operational vehicles through which RFLD translates the six fields of intervention into action. Each flagship has its own architecture, its own continental legal anchor, and its own theory of change. Each is described in detail on its own page.

Flagship · SRHR · DSSR

BRAVE

Bodily Rights And Violence Eradication. RFLD's flagship on bodily autonomy and the eradication of violence against women — the operational engine of the SRHR field of intervention.

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Flagship · Participatory Governance

PAWELE

Programme for African Women's Empowerment, Leadership, and Equality. RFLD's flagship on women's political participation — leadership development, community engagement, institutional advocacy, evidence and research.

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Flagship · Economic Justice & Climate

Climate Justice

RFLD's flagship on women, climate, and the environment — including 48 community-managed solar-powered boreholes funded directly by RFLD across francophone West Africa, plus cookstove and biogas programmes.

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Campaign hub · 6 February

Ending FGM Campaign

RFLD's continental campaign hub for the abandonment of female genital mutilation — the 2022 Recueil de Témoignages manual, the 16-episode podcast, field updates, and the Adama Barrow open letter.

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Resource hub · Continental

Maputo Protocol Hub

The continental reference: AU ratification tracker, the Protocol translated and audio-recorded in four indigenous African languages (Haoussa, Zarma, Yoruba, Goun), and three published guides — Barometer, Practical Guide, Illustrated Booklet.

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Cross-cutting tools

Operational infrastructure.

Three pieces of cross-cutting infrastructure support every flagship and every field of intervention: the WAFF Fund regranting mechanism, the DƆNÙESÈ Data Center open-data platform, and RFLD's role in the multi-partner CHARM consortium.

Regranting infrastructure

WAFF Fund

RFLD's feminist-fund regranting mechanism. In 2025, the WAFF Fund regranted €250,000 to 10 organisations across francophone West Africa — direct funding to grassroots feminist movements.

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Open-data infrastructure

DƆNÙESÈ Data Center

RFLD's open-data platform — the West Africa Legislative Platform, the ACDEG Hub, the AU Mechanisms reference, and continental data on civic space, harmful practices, and SRHR.

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Consortium membership

RFLD's role in CHARM

RFLD is one of seven partners in the Sida-funded CHARM consortium (Consortium for Human Rights and Media in Africa) — Phase III 2026-2027, led by DefendDefenders. RFLD brings francophone Africa expertise.

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Who supports the work

Seven institutional funders.

RFLD's programmes are supported by seven institutional funders spanning bilateral development cooperation, private philanthropy, and pooled regranting funds. Each relationship is listed below — without preferential elevation, in alphabetical order.

Pooled fund · UK

AmplifyChange

Pooled fund supporting SRHR advocacy across the Global South — including RFLD's safe-abortion and bodily-autonomy work.

Bilateral · France

Expertise France

The French government's international technical cooperation agency — supporting institutional and governance work.

Private foundation · USA

Foundation for a Just Society (FJS)

Supporting RFLD's work on women human rights defenders and on inclusion across all dimensions of identity.

Bilateral · Germany

GIZ / BMZ

The German government's development cooperation — including selection of RFLD into the SEA-T Flagship Cohort (1 of 12 organisations, 2026 G20 Presidency).

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Pooled fund · Netherlands

Hivos

Pooled fund supporting human rights, civic space, and women's rights advocacy — including RFLD's work in francophone West Africa.

Private foundation · USA

David & Lucile Packard Foundation

Supporting RFLD's reproductive health, family planning, and population work across francophone Africa.

Bilateral · Sweden

Sida

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency — currently funding RFLD through two programmes: the NAFASI sub-grant (Magamba-led) and Phase III of the CHARM consortium (DefendDefenders-led, 2026-2027).

Plus · WAFF Fund partners

WAFF Fund partners

RFLD's WAFF Fund is itself a regranting mechanism, channelling resources from larger funders to grassroots feminist organisations across francophone West Africa.

Engage with the work

Get in touch.

For partnership opportunities, programme enquiries, member organisation collaboration, donor due diligence, or media enquiries — please reach the appropriate channel below.

Strategic partnerships

John Gbenagnon · Director of Strategy & Development

gbenagnon.john@rflgd.org

Gloria Sekonou · Executive Director · Founder

agueh.dossi@rflgd.org

Media enquiries

Communications team

communications.info@rflgd.org