Six fields. Four flagship programmes. One continental system.
RFLD is a pan-African feminist network combining legislative advocacy, community organising, re-granting, and open-data tools — delivered through six integrated fields of intervention across 35+ African countries.
RFLD operates as a pan-African feminist intermediary, anchored in francophone West Africa and operating continent-wide. Our mandate combines four functions most organisations keep separate: public policy infrastructure, grassroots re-granting, open-data tools, and direct programme delivery.
This integration is our differentiator. Our DƆNÙESÈ Data Center generates evidence; that evidence informs our continental policy hubs; those hubs shape our programme design; and our WAFF Fund moves resources to the 670 member organisations who translate policy into community reality.
Founded in 2013 and formally registered across Senegal, Ghana, Benin, and The Gambia, RFLD has grown into one of the most credentialed feminist organisations on the continent — selected by GIZ/BMZ as one of twelve African feminist organisations for the SEA-T flagship cohort, recognised as ACHPR Observer, and certified NGOsource 501(c)(3) Equivalent for US philanthropy.
Policy Infrastructure
Maputo Protocol Hub · ACDEG Hub · AU Mechanisms · West Africa Legislative Platform · Francophone Human Rights MOOC
Grassroots Re-granting
WAFF Fund (€250K to 10 orgs in 2025) · Africa Grant Portfolio · Rapid-response grants for Women Human Rights Defenders
Open-Data Tools
DƆNÙESÈ Data Center · African Digital Safety Compendium · Maternal Health tracker · Gender-Responsive Budgeting · Climate Action Platform
Direct Programmes
PAWELE (political leadership) · BRAVE (SRHR) · Climate Justice · Health in Francophone Africa · Ending FGM
Where law meets community — and data meets delivery.
SRHR · DSSR
Advocacy and community mobilisation for sexual and reproductive health and rights. Bodily autonomy, maternal health, access to services — without discrimination or coercion.
Civic Space
Defending freedom of association, assembly, and expression. Documenting and countering shrinking civic space — including digital civic space, internet shutdowns, and the criminalisation of legitimate civic action.
Protection of Human Rights · Peace & Security
Direct protection support for Women Human Rights Defenders at risk — relocation, legal aid, digital security, rapid response. Includes WPS work with women mediators and survivors of conflict-related violence across ECOWAS and the Sahel.
Economic Justice & Climate
Gender-responsive budgets, land rights, climate adaptation led by women — recognising that economic marginalisation and environmental vulnerability are inseparable.
Participatory Governance
Women's political leadership, ACDEG implementation, legislative tracking across ECOWAS, and budget monitoring — building a generation of women policymakers.
Ending FGM & Child Marriage
Community-led abandonment of harmful practices, survivor-centred advocacy, and Maputo Protocol implementation — engaging traditional and religious leaders as partners.
Named. Resourced.
Continental in reach.
Women's Political Leadership
Equipping women with policy advocacy, governance literacy, and electoral campaign skills across francophone Africa.
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Sexual and reproductive health and rights advocacy — training community organisers and defending bodily autonomy.
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Gender-responsive climate finance, land rights for women farmers, and leadership in adaptation strategy.
Explore →Health in Francophone Africa
Maternal health, malaria eradication, and SRHR delivery systems across francophone health ministries.
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Public infrastructure.
Open. Bilingual. Built for scale.
Eleven open tools maintained by RFLD as public goods for African civil society — producing gender-disaggregated data and legal-policy reference material across the continent.
AU Mechanisms Demystified
Guides for CSOs navigating the African Union.
ACDEG Hub
Leading civil society hub for ACDEG monitoring and advocacy.
Maputo Protocol Hub
Tracking ratification, domestication, and implementation.
African Digital Safety Compendium
Continental reference on technology-facilitated gender-based violence.
Francophone Human Rights MOOC
Online human rights learning hub — grassroots-accessible.
Gender-Responsive Budgeting
Ecojustice in Africa — budget monitoring tools.
West Africa Legislative Platform
The only consolidated women's rights legislation database for ECOWAS.
Maternal Health Data
MNCH tracker across francophone Africa.
Ending Malaria
Health and MNCH data focused on malaria eradication.
My Health, My Right
Francophone SRHR resource hub.
Climate Action Platform
Gender-disaggregated climate data for francophone Africa.
Legislative Database
Consolidated legal archive for women's rights legislation.
€250,000 allocated in 2025 to 10 feminist organisations.
The Women's Africa Feminist Fund is RFLD's re-granting vehicle — moving institutional resources to grassroots feminist collectives across francophone West Africa with full compliance infrastructure. Proven capacity to move resources to the frontline.
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Transparency
by default.
RFLD adheres to international standards of organisational governance. In 2025, we managed $1,768,026 across 15+ countries, with 85% of funds directed to field activities. Audited financials, safeguarding policies, and compliance documentation are available to partners on request.
Global Compliance Standards
NGOsource 501(c)(3) Equivalency Determination enables direct US grantmaking. Registered in four countries across Africa.
PSEAH Safeguarding
Strict policies against sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment — protecting staff, grantees, and the communities we serve.
External Auditing
Annual independent audits available to institutional partners on request as part of due diligence packages.
AU Recognition
ACHPR Observer Status · Member of the Working Group of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders.
From policy to community.
Four offices.
35+ countries of active delivery.
Anchored in francophone West Africa. Operating continent-wide through our 670 member organisations.
Active programme delivery across: Benin · Burkina Faso · Côte d'Ivoire · The Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Liberia · Mali · Niger · Nigeria · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Togo — plus regional engagements across the African Union's 55 member states through our policy hubs.
Capitalise the infrastructure.
RFLD welcomes institutional partners, philanthropic funders, and individual donors invested in the long-term future of feminist infrastructure across Africa.
RFLD · Capacity Statement 2023–2028 · NGOsource ED · ACHPR Observer · GIZ/BMZ SEA-T · rflgd.org