FORWARD is an Action for Women’s Health Awardee

Today, we’re excited to share that we’ve been selected as the only UK based awardee of Action for Women’s Health.

FORWARD was identified from among over 4,000 organisations from 119 countries, offering solutions across the lifespan for women. After a rigorous peer and expert review process, 80+ organisations including FORWARD have been awarded funding from a $250 million global open call, many of whom have historically lacked access to major funding streams. This funding will have real impact for women across geographies, life stages, and identities.

FORWARD’s Executive Director Naana Otoo-Oyortey: “This strategic multi-year funding will enable FORWARD to invest in scaling up and consolidating our work and sustain a lasting ecosystem for gender equality, wellbeing and empowerment of girls and young women in Africa and the UK. We will expand our leadership training and movement building reaching 500 young women; strengthen capacity of 20 young women’s organisations and partner organisations to deliver effective programmes so women and girls thrive and are free from violence and develop evidence to drive systems change at multiple levels. We are so thrilled that we are one of the Action for Women’s Health awardees, this is huge for us and it will make a lasting difference to the lives of African women and girls.”

Action for Women’s Health is funded by Pivotal, a group of impact organisations founded by Melinda French Gates, and managed by Lever for Change, an organisation with a track record of identifying bold ideas to solve the world’s most pressing problems.

More information about the initiative and awardees is available at: https://leverforchange.org/open-calls/action-for-womens-health