Introducing our new participatory fund.
Earlier this year we launched the Disability Justice Fund for Women. This fund has been designed by women with disabilities in Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania, to make sure it meets the real needs of disability justice activists in these countries.
The fund is available to grassroots organisations led by women with disabilities in the three countries – a group that are often overlooked when it comes to funding. The money will be used to support their work advocating for justice and
equality, and supporting the African Disability Protocol – a framework for disability justice in Africa.
“The fund seeks to contribute to a more just and inclusive society where all individuals, regardless of their disabilities, have equal opportunities.
The involvement of disabled women from Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania in designing the fund and selecting grantees is crucial because it ensures cultural relevance. The fund has been tailored to address the specific needs and challenges faced by disabled women in these countries.”
Since launching the fund, we have received over a thousand applications! This shows how vital this kind of resource is, and how much more support is needed for disability justice groups like these. Applications to this fund have now closed.
How was the fund designed?
Earlier this year, women with disability representatives from Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda met to discuss the needs of the disability justice movement in their communities. They paid particular focus to those groups who have least access to funding and resources, including marginalised women, those from rural areas, and girls.
They designed the fund with care to make sure it is accessible to these groups. One of the women involved in designing the fund told us:
“It was a great and unique opportunity for me as a woman with disability to be part of a grant-making mechanism that will meet the needs of women and girls with disabilities in my country and other parts of Africa. This is awesome and has never happened before. Importantly too, I was privileged to meet other women with disabilities from diverse cultures.“
Designing the fund ourselves as women with disabilities offers us the golden opportunity to design a specific grant that speaks so much to the specific needs of women and girls with disabilities at all levels especially at the grassroot.
One of the women who designed the fund.
How will grant decisions be made?
This grant is jointly designed, and decisions will be made in collaboration between the ADD International team and women with disabilities.
All applicants will hear back from us. If you have applied and not heard anything yet please get in touch at disabilityjusticewomen@add.org.uk.
Safety and Security.
If you have any concern about safety or security during the application process and you would like to speak to us, please email us on disabilityjusticewomen@add.org.uk or message on WhatsApp via +254 735 486754
Complaints and Feedback
If you wish to raise a complaint or share some feedback with ADD about this project please contact Rose Tesha, Regional Director – Africa, by email rose.tesha@add-tanzania.org or phone +255 222 780336; Cell: +255 784 316556 or +255 713 316556.
Safeguarding
ADD expects high standards of conduct and professionalism from all our employees and representatives. For more information about safeguarding at ADD, or to raise a concern regarding behaviour, please visit our safeguarding webpage.
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What is the adp?
Learn more about the African Disability Protocol, which this fund aims to support.
faqs
Read our Frequently Asked Questions to learn more about the fund.
swahili
Read information in Swahili to find out more about the fund.