2020 Virtual Events



Afriwomen 2019
During the Commission on the status of women in March 2019 AWDF-USA convened its annual gathering for its Afriwomen hangout event. Over 30 African women gathered and discussed the importance of mentorship in career, youth philanthropy, mental health and well being. The event was attended by various AWDF-USA board members along with African women from across the diaspora as well as the continent.
AFRI-WOMEN HANGOUT 2018
More than 20 women gathered at the American Jewish World Service for a morning of intergenerational community building and mentorship conversations.
PASSIONATE LEGACIES
In March 2016 we hosted “Passionate Legacies,” a gala in New York City to celebrate 15 years of AWDF’s operation as an organization. We were grateful to have a number of legendary African women leaders in attendance
AWDF'S IMPACT
As of 2017, our sister organization AWDF has provided more than $34.2 million in grants to 1,323 women-led and women-serving organizations in 45 countries in Africa and the Middle East. These are some of the human faces that have benefitted from that work.