October 2026 · Human Rights
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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.
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One year of impact, in four and a half minutes
From Banjul to Dakar, Porto-Novo and Lomé, the first year of the initiative told with its figures, its places and the women who carried it. Narrated, with music and subtitles.
Film · 4 min 30
Un an d’impact, en quatre minutes et demie
De Banjul à Dakar, Porto-Novo et Lomé, la première année de l’initiative racontée par ses chiffres, ses lieux et les femmes qui l’ont portée. Avec voix off, musique et sous-titres.
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Thirty articles, from the first SEA-T convenings in August 2025 to the 89th Session of the African Commission in October 2026.
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Trente articles, des premières rencontres SEA-T en août 2025 à la 89e session de la Commission africaine en octobre 2026.
- Watch: the five interventions from our ACHPR 89 panel on women human rights defenders
- Partners who come to see the work: the African Commission, Sweden, Germany and GIZ at RFLD's offices
- Two Special Rapporteurs, one week in Dakar: how RFLD carried women's voices to the African Commission
- SEA-T Programme Director Konstanze Ricken visits RFLD's office in Dakar
- Defending without being exposed: what the panel at the 89th Session of the African Commission discussed
- RFLD at the 89th Session of the African Commission: our programme in Dakar
- How the SEA-T sub-grants work: a model for intermediary grant-making
- Defending without being exposed: RFLD panel with the Special Rapporteur at the 89th Session
- RFLD Francophone Academy: 15 free certified courses on women's rights
- RFLD update: our panel joins the African Commission's main agenda in Dakar
- Advocacy Nexus, Benin, 13 to 15 July 2026: francophone West Africa strengthens the digital resilience of its defenders
- 30 women human rights defenders from 9 countries to meet in Benin for the Advocacy Nexus 2026
- The Dakar WHRDs roundtable, in the words of African media: 30 articles, 6 countries, 3 languages
- ACHPR, Sweden and Germany convene at the RFLD Dakar office on the protection of women human rights defenders
- Protecting women human rights defenders in West Africa
- RFLD Senegal: gender equality and women's participation in inclusive democracy
- Lomé: how 30 women leaders prepared for political participation in Togo
- Dakar: how thirty women leaders prepared for political participation in Senegal
- AIHRDFWA, Benin 2026: in Porto-Novo, fifty women rewrite the rules of power
- This week: RFLD equips 110 women leaders across francophone West Africa
- RFLD assumes the presidency of the GIZ Africa SEA-T Advisory Council for 2026
- Advancing Agenda 2063: RFLD launches an initiative on women's political leadership in West Africa
- Invitation to the RFLD webinar for the Africa Regional HUB
- From Dakar to Accra: RFLD brings together 70 women human rights defenders
- Afrofeminist Initiative consultation for human rights development in Dakar, 10 to 12 November 2025
- RFLD and GIZ strengthen their partnership to empower feminist civil society in francophone West Africa
- Consultation with the ACHPR Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders
- Call for trainers for the Afrofeminist Initiative for Human Rights Development
- Voices for collective action: African leaders unite at the SEA-T convening in South Africa
- From advocacy to action: RFLD's mission to the SEA-T Afrofeminist Forum
From the fieldSur le terrain
News from the partnershipActualités du partenariat
October 2026 · Human Rights
Partners who come to see the work: the African Commission, Sweden, Germany and GIZ at RFLD’s offices
October 2026 · Women's Rights
Two Special Rapporteurs, one week in Dakar: how RFLD carried women’s voices to the African Commission
For BMZ, GIZ and co-fundersPour le BMZ, la GIZ et les cofinanceurs
Plan the next phase with usPréparons la phase suivante ensemble
We can share the logical framework, progress reporting and audited accounts with partners on request.Nous pouvons transmettre le cadre logique, les rapports d’avancement et les comptes audités aux partenaires sur demande.
John Gbenagnon
Director of Strategy and DevelopmentDirecteur de la stratégie et du développement
gbenagnon.john@rflgd.org
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