The AWDF Main Grants Programme is pan-African and supports local, national, sub-regional and regional organisations in Africa working towards women's empowerment

Contact:

The African Women’s Development Fund
Plot Number 78, AWDF House
Ambassadorial Enclave
East Legon, Accra, Ghana

Ph. +233 (0) 302 521257/+233 (0) 302 923626/+233 (0) 302 28 722006

Email:,

SAWW awards Desmond Tutu Scholarships annually to qualified, financially disadvantaged students in South Africa. And grow the seeds of South Africa’s future through educating women

Contact:

24 Woodrow Av
Toronto,  ON
M4C 4S2

Ph. 416. 691.9406 
Fax: 416. 691.5916

 

National professional organization (open to students, professionals, and small business owners) for black women in IT in South Africa.  Holds workshops and skills training programmes, networking events, conferences, incubation activities, mentoring, and awards for women in IT.

Code4CT is a holiday program for high school girls in Capte Town. The participants will learn how to build websites and solve challenges. At the end of the program, theywill pitch the website theybuilt to clients.

2015 TechWomen Eligibility Requirements

An applicant must:

• Be a woman with a minimum of two years of full-time professional experience in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields and/or a career requiring significant expertise/knowledge/application of technology;
• Have a university degree;
• Be proficient in written and spoken English;
• Demonstrate a willingness to participate in exchange programs, welcome opportunities for mentoring and new partnership development, and exhibit confidence and maturity;
• Be citizens or permanent residents of Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, the Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tunisia, Yemen or Zimbabwe at the time of application, and while participating in the program;
• Not have applied for an immigrant visa to the United States, or participated in a visa lottery in the past five years;
• Be able to obtain a U.S. visa;
• Not hold U.S. Citizenship or be a U.S. legal permanent resident.

Preference will be given to applicants who:

• Have demonstrated themselves as emerging leaders in STEM fields;
• Have limited or no prior experience in the United States;
• Have a record of voluntary or public service in their communities;
• Have demonstrated entrepreneurialism and commitment to innovation.

Application deadline: February 10, 2015

GenderIT.org emerged from the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) Women's Networking Support Programme's (WNSP) advocacy work in information and communications technologies (ICTs). The need to have examples of national policy, gender-sensitive language, tools for lobbying, and an understanding of the impact of poor or positive policy all within easy access has been expressed by ICT advocates and policy makers alike.
GenderIT.org is the result of months of researching, classifying, interpreting and monitoring ICT policies which affect women around the world, but specifically in four regions – Africa, Asia-Pacific, Central Eastern Europe and Latin America.

The Monitor has three main objectives:
* To develop an information resource/knowledge sharing site for gender and ICT advocates, civil society organizations and policy makers that wish to be active in gender and ICT policyi.

* To raise awareness among civil society organizations, specifically in women’s movements, regarding gender and ICT policy issues.
* To empower women’s organizations and networks in collaboration with other civil society actors to take action on ICT policy issues and develops ICT policy that meets their needs. To encourage them to lobby for an information society that builds social justice and human rightsi, at the national, regional and global level.

GenderIT.org welcomes all feedback and content submissions from our readers. We rely on you to help us monitor current Information and Communication Policy landscape.

Graça Machel Scholarships

Postgraduate study in South Africa for women

The call for applications will open on 18 June 2012.

The application form and guidelines will be made available on this website as soon as the call for applications opens. Please do not send us application forms from previous years - they will not be considered.

What we offer:

Full tuition, stipend, mentoring and other support for Honours, masters and PhD study at South African universities.

Are you eligible?

To apply you must be:

 a woman

• a national of and resident in one of the SADC countries: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
• in possession of a good first degree or about to graduate in the year of application

Full tuition, stipend, travel costs, mentoring and other support for postgraduate study in South Africa or the United Kingdom.

Contact:

Hazel Bober,
(SA Contact Number-Tel: 011 4613 3876 (11:30-18:30)

Fax:   086 666 4481

For Female studenst in developing countries who are currently studying at South Africa at the University of Cape Town

Administered by University of Cape Town.

Offers undergraduate, postgraduate scholarships.

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/research/grants/index.html

http://www.monash.edu.au/scholarships/

Railsbridge holds free weekend workshops for women to learn Ruby on Rails.

Welcome to the Journey of She’s the Geek. Some might say it is a blog but we see it as a community of women who share love, passion and inspiration for all that is good. Monique Ross and René Parker are the co-founders of She’s the Geek but everyone can be a contributor.

˜We would like to take a moment and share some insight into how it all began. The journey has not only been inspiring, motivating, loving, significant, magnificent, life changing, encouraging, sensational and fun but also the journey has been shared with all of you.

˜We have had and still have many people who have supported, participated and encouraged us along the way and the future of She’s the Geek is dedicated to all of you.
2010 SA Blog Awards Winner – Best Science and Technology Category.

Mission: To educate and empower women through the use of various computer, mobile and social technologies that is always fun and in turn having them leave a legacy for the next generation.

Vision: To empower women locally and globally through technology and innovation
Objectives:
Provide training, consulting, guest posts, technology reviews, talks and everything related to women and technology.

The Association of South African Women in Science and Engineering (SA WISE) is a dynamic association for all those who support the idea of strengthening the role of women in science and engineering in South Africa.

SA WISE aims to strengthen this role by inter alia:

• raising the profile of women scientists and engineers
• highlighting and addressing problems faced specifically by women in these fields
• lobbying for the advancement of women in science and engineering
• providing leadership and role models for young people wishing to enter the fields of science and engineering

An important function of SA WISE is to improve communication among women scientists and engineers, with e-mail being the preferred medium of communication. Members are encouraged to send ideas and information to SA WISE. SA WISE also maintains contact with other assocations of women in science and engineering world-wide

All women and girls confidently exercise their information and communication rights to create social capital and wealth that positively impacts on their lives.

Women’sNet is a South African based non-governmental organisation that strengthens women and girls movements for social change through the strategic use of information communication tools and advocacy that promotes access, the right to information and freedom of expression. Women’sNet achieves this through the following:

 - Women and girls are empowered to use, control and adapt new information and communication tools, skills and knowledge to meet their own needs and to claim their rights.

 - By collaborating with networks and campaigns Women’sNet successfully advocates for policy change that promotes gender justice, internet rights and freedoms.

 - Women’sNet is a key player in advocating for universal access to affordable, secure and gender aware information and communication technology services.

 - Women’sNet is an effective, innovative lead agent for social change with knowledgeable and skilled people.

 - Women’sNet is a learning organisation with systems to monitor and evaluate our interventions in order to increase our impact and deepen our practice.

Women'sNet Approach

The Women'sNet model rests on three pillars, information/content generation linked to networking and capacity bui lding. Examples of how content development has gone hand-in-hand with capacity development of women's organisations include the work done in preparation of the Violence Against Women site, the human rights site, and the governance site. In the context of building networks for action, this is a tried and tested developmental model for ICT work, and has underpinned all Women'sNet capacity development and content generation activities.

This model en sures Women'sNet's sustainability and the sustainability of South African women's organisations in the long term. Without the engagement with women's organisations and efforts to build their capacity, content flow to the Women'sNet site will be impeded. As it is, most women's organisations lack the capacity and resources to use and engage with ICTs without some facilitation by Women'sNet. Furthermore, without women's organisations' active participation in content generation, Women'sNet loses its authenticity and uniqueness.

Contact us:
Postal Address: PO Box 62577, Marshalltown, 2107
Phone number: +27 21 782 8816
Email: women@womensnet.org.za