Project Partners’ convening: Communicating & reporting impact session
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African Women's Development Fund (AWDF)
Remote (global)- Career category: Training
- Job type: Consultancy
- Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
- Organisation type: Funds
- Remote option: Remote (global)
- Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
- Remuneration: Remuneration not disclosed
- Deadline: 17/07/2026
- Location: Remote (global)
AWDF is a Pan-African feminist fund that resources, strengthens, and upholds women’s rights and feminist organisations and movements across Africa to make gender justice a reality for all on our continent and worldwide. We work to make gender justice a reality both continentally and globally through strategic grantmaking, capacity-building, advocacy, and feminist knowledge-building.
About the No to Backlash Project
The No to Backlash project, Supporting the Collective Resistance of Women’s and Feminist Movements in Africa project was launched as a response to rising and increasingly coordinated attacks against women’s rights across the African continent. The project is funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE). The project aims to strengthen feminist organising, reinforce collective resistance strategies, and support women’s rights organisations as they confront anti-gender narratives and actions in 10 priority countries. It is jointly implemented by the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), Fonds pour les Femmes Congolaises (FFC), and Urgent Action Fund–Africa (UAF-Africa). Together, these partners bring complementary experience in feminist resourcing, movement strengthening, rapid response, and support to women human rights defenders.
Background and rationale
Across Africa and globally, feminist movements and gender justice activists are facing a well-coordinated, well-funded, and increasingly intense backlash. These anti-rights and anti-gender movements are reshaping public discourse, influencing policy, and shrinking civic space. While backlash is not new, its current scale, sophistication, and political influence threaten to erode decades of feminist gains.
Over the past two years, AWDF, FFC, and UAF‑Africa have supported women’s rights and feminist organisations across ten African countries that are working to counter anti‑rights and anti‑feminist narratives and actors. As their projects approach their end, the consortium seeks to bring the partners together to reflect on their work, share experiences, and deepen learning, but most importantly, to strengthen their capacities to report and communicate the impact of their projects.
Purpose of the consultancy
AWDF seeks to engage the services of a consultant to plan and facilitate 2 virtual MEL capacity strengthening sessions. The goal of these sessions is to improve partners’ capacity to document and report impact, with a focus on feminist, movement-aligned approaches to MEL and storytelling.
CONSULTANT’S PROFILE
The consultant should have:
1. Registration status, based in and working in Africa
2. Leadership by women and/or gender-diverse persons
3. Expert knowledge of women’s rights advocacy, organisations, and movements in the focus countries
4. Strong knowledge and experience in quantitative and qualitative MEL processes using Feminist MEL & storytelling approaches.
5. Excellent writing, reading, and speaking proficiency in English and French are essential
6. Excellent MEL training and facilitation skills (including virtual MEL training and virtual experience), strong interpersonal skills, and a flexible attitude
7. Commitment to feminist values and principles, and human rights principles of equality and diversity
8. Available to host the sessions during the last week of July 2026
About the No to Backlash Project
The No to Backlash project, Supporting the Collective Resistance of Women’s and Feminist Movements in Africa project was launched as a response to rising and increasingly coordinated attacks against women’s rights across the African continent. The project is funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE). The project aims to strengthen feminist organising, reinforce collective resistance strategies, and support women’s rights organisations as they confront anti-gender narratives and actions in 10 priority countries. It is jointly implemented by the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), Fonds pour les Femmes Congolaises (FFC), and Urgent Action Fund–Africa (UAF-Africa). Together, these partners bring complementary experience in feminist resourcing, movement strengthening, rapid response, and support to women human rights defenders.
Background and rationale
Across Africa and globally, feminist movements and gender justice activists are facing a well-coordinated, well-funded, and increasingly intense backlash. These anti-rights and anti-gender movements are reshaping public discourse, influencing policy, and shrinking civic space. While backlash is not new, its current scale, sophistication, and political influence threaten to erode decades of feminist gains.
Over the past two years, AWDF, FFC, and UAF‑Africa have supported women’s rights and feminist organisations across ten African countries that are working to counter anti‑rights and anti‑feminist narratives and actors. As their projects approach their end, the consortium seeks to bring the partners together to reflect on their work, share experiences, and deepen learning, but most importantly, to strengthen their capacities to report and communicate the impact of their projects.
Purpose of the consultancy
AWDF seeks to engage the services of a consultant to plan and facilitate 2 virtual MEL capacity strengthening sessions. The goal of these sessions is to improve partners’ capacity to document and report impact, with a focus on feminist, movement-aligned approaches to MEL and storytelling.
CONSULTANT’S PROFILE
The consultant should have:
1. Registration status, based in and working in Africa
2. Leadership by women and/or gender-diverse persons
3. Expert knowledge of women’s rights advocacy, organisations, and movements in the focus countries
4. Strong knowledge and experience in quantitative and qualitative MEL processes using Feminist MEL & storytelling approaches.
5. Excellent writing, reading, and speaking proficiency in English and French are essential
6. Excellent MEL training and facilitation skills (including virtual MEL training and virtual experience), strong interpersonal skills, and a flexible attitude
7. Commitment to feminist values and principles, and human rights principles of equality and diversity
8. Available to host the sessions during the last week of July 2026
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