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RFLD JUNE NEWSLETTER

The Women Leaders Network for Development – Réseau des Femmes Leaders pour le développement (RFLD) is a women-led organization working to end discrimination, violence against women and girls, and promote gender equality and human rights in Africa.

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The Women Leaders Network for Development – Réseau des Femmes Leaders pour le développement (RFLD) is a women-led organization working to end discrimination, violence against women and girls, and promote gender equality and human rights in Africa.

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Journalism is Not a Crime

RFLD Empowers West African Journalists in Upholding Human Rights
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Photo: Knowledge is Power: RFLD-Supported Training Equips Beninese Women with Tools to Combat VAWG

RFLD-Supported Training Equips Beninese Women with Tools to Combat VAWG

In a powerful demonstration of solidarity and commitment to ending violence against women and girls (VAWG), the Reseau des Femmes Leaders pour le Developpement (RFLD) and the Consortium for Human Rights and Media in Sub-Saharan Africa (CHARM AFRICA) joined forces to witness firsthand the impactful work of their subgrantee, the Coalition des Défenseurs des Droits de l'Homme du Bénin (CDDH Benin).
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Article published on ORTB - Media: RFLD for an inclusive and equitable press in Africa

On the initiative of the Network of Women Leaders for Development (RFLD), journalists from West Africa were trained from July 01 to 03, 2024 in Porto-Novo, Benin, on "reporting and engagement with the African Commission". This training should enable media men to participate in the development of civic space, important for an inclusive and equitable press.
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RFLD Empowers Togolese University Students in Human Rights Defense

In a significant stride towards bolstering human rights protection in Togo, the Reseau des Femmes Leaders pour le Developpement (RFLD), under the CHARM Africa Program funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), awarded a grant to the Réseau Ouest Africain des Défenseurs des Droits Humains (ROADDH) in Togo. This grant facilitated a crucial training program for university students in Lomé, focusing on the key mechanisms for protecting human rights defenders.
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Photo: RFLD Champions Maputo Protocol Implementation at Multi-Sectoral Approach Training in Nairobi

RFLD Champions Maputo Protocol Implementation at Multi-Sectoral Approach Training in Nairobi

In a significant stride towards bolstering human rights protection in Togo, the Reseau des Femmes Leaders pour le Developpement (RFLD), under the CHARM Africa Program funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), awarded a grant to the Réseau Ouest Africain des Défenseurs des Droits Humains (ROADDH) in Togo. This grant facilitated a crucial training program for university students in Lomé, focusing on the key mechanisms for protecting human rights defenders.
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Towards Justice and Healing: A Powerful Report on Women's Human Rights in West Africa

The report "Towards Justice and Healing", published in June 2024 by the Réseau des Femmes Leaders pour le Développement (RFLD), focuses on the situation of women survivors of human rights violations in West Africa. This in-depth, 254-page analysis explores the challenges and progress made in 15 countries in the region towards justice, empowerment and healing for these women.
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Fund the women who defend rights in Africa, nowFinancez maintenant les femmes qui défendent les droits en Afrique

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

  • 1,143member organisationsorganisations membres
  • 35+African countriespays africains
  • N°553ACHPR observer statusstatut d’observateur CADHP
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Economic justice and climate justiceJustice économique et justice climatique

Women cannot be safe or equal without land, income and a voice in climate decisions. Economic and climate justice run through every RFLD programme, from ending violence to political leadership and health.Les femmes ne peuvent être en sécurité ni égales sans terre, revenus et voix dans les décisions climatiques. La justice économique et climatique traverse chaque programme du RFLD, de la fin des violences au leadership politique et à la santé.

Economic justiceJustice économiqueLand, work and the care economyLa terre, le travail et l’économie des soinsInheritance and land rights, decent work, credit for women and gender-responsive budgets.Droits successoraux et fonciers, travail décent, crédit pour les femmes et budgets sensibles au genre. Climate justiceJustice climatiqueWomen leading adaptationLes femmes à la tête de l’adaptationWomen-led adaptation, land rights, climate finance that reaches grassroots groups and a just transition.Adaptation menée par les femmes, droits fonciers, finance climatique qui atteint les groupes de base et transition juste. ProgrammeProgrammeRFLD Climate ActionRFLD Climate ActionOur programme for women’s leadership in the climate transition across sub-Saharan Africa.Notre programme pour le leadership des femmes dans la transition climatique en Afrique subsaharienne.
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