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Highlights from the RFLD – CUSO International Meeting on Gender Equality, Human Rights Advocacy and Youth Inclusion

Women's Rights

February 6, 2025 Africa

Highlights from the RFLD – CUSO International Meeting on Gender Equality, Human Rights Advocacy and Youth Inclusion

The February 5, 2025, meeting in Porto Novo, between CUSO International and RFLD marked a significant collaboration toward promoting gender equality, youth inclusion, and human rights advocacy. RFLD President Dossi emphasized international cooperation’s role in sustainable development, showcasing local project successes. CUSO shared innovative project experiences applicable to Benin, focusing on youth and women’s active participation in addressing gender-based violence and decision-making. The meeting underscored the necessity of networking for human rights and discussed funding challenges faced by local organizations. The partnership aims to pool resources, enhancing advocacy capacity and fostering changes to improve human rights and gender equality in the region.

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Africa Day 2024: Reflecting on RFLD’s Work Empowering Women and Girls

Climate Justice

May 25, 2024 Africa

Africa Day 2024: Reflecting on RFLD’s Work Empowering Women and Girls

Celebrating Africa Day, the Women Leaders Network for Development (RFLD) highlights our mission of empowering women and girls in Sub-Saharan Africa. RFLD works to dismantle barriers to gender equality and social inclusion through promoting human right, fostering collaboration, and advocating for the rights of women in areas like SHRH, civic engagement, economic justice, climate change, and peacebuilding.

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For funders and partnersPour les bailleurs et les partenaires

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
CandidSeal of Transparency 2025Sceau de transparence 2025

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