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The Donor Network on Women is made up of foreign and local funders who work in South Africa supporting a range of women's initiatives in an effort to redress gender imbalances in relation to power, access and control of resources.

Background

The Donor Network on Women started in 1997 with a small group of donors who wished to focus specifically on women, gender and development issues. The founding members were the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, INTERFUND, the Ford Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, the Gender and Development (GAD) Fund -Oxfam Canada and NOVIB, and the Transitional National Development Trust (TNDT). Participation has expanded and now includes the British Council, Heinrich Boll Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, IDRC, AUSAID, DFID, UNDP and the WHEAT Trust.

What we do

  • Seminars

The Donor Network on Women is an informal network which aims through a seminar series to educate and inform donors about topical issues pertaining to the lives of women in South Africa. Recent seminar titles illustrate the kinds of issues we are interested in Click here for reports on these events:

  • What are the factors which contribute to women becoming economically self-sufficient? ( May 2003)
  • Experiences of older women in the context of HIV/AIDS, violence and poverty : challenges for donors (October 2002)
  • Addressing sexual violence against girls in schools ( April 2002)
  • Men, Girls and HIV/AIDS Confronting the Challenges ( November 2001)
  • HIV/AIDS and Women: Challenges for Donors (April 2001)
  • Roundtable discussions
  • HIV and AIDS and our workplaces (November 2003)
  • Donor responses to HIV/AIDS in the context of gender inequalities and challenges facing girls and women (November 2002)
  • Challenges facing grant-making Trusts focusing on Women's Development and Gender Equity (March 2002)

What we don't do The Donor Network on Women is NOT a decision- making funding entity. If you are reading this website and are interested in sending a funding proposal to one of the DNW members you need to make contact with each individual agency directly.

Membership Donors with an interest in 'women and development issues' in South Africa are welcome to contact DNW about joining the network.