Participatory fund for

women with disabilities – Africa

Introducing the opportunity

18 March 2024
Welcome and Introductions.
 What we will discuss today.

2:00-2:10 Welcome interlude and introductions - Rose

2:10- 2:45 Presentation on PGM approach by ADD - Vanessa
African Disability Protocol – Rose
Project and design team role- Zara
Q&A session – Rose, Njahira and Zara
2:45-2:55 Brief on nomination process – Njahira/Zara
 What we will discuss today
2:55-3:05 Wellness break and breakout rooms
3:05-3:25 Breakout rooms by country
3:25 - 3:45 Matters arising from breakout rooms
How to get the word out
3:45- 3:55 Important dates and announcements
3:55-4:00 Closing interlude
 ADD International Safeguarding

• This is a safe space. We recognise that we are a diverse group.

• Please respect one another and avoid confrontational language.
• Respect preferred pronouns, listen and learn, be supportive, use
inclusive language, acknowledge diversity and respect privacy.
• Avoid assumptions, avoid invasive questions, no offensive jokes or
language, don't dismiss experience, avoid invalidating identities.
• Treat each other with the same respect and considerations we
would extend to anyone else.
• Creating inclusive environment will benefits us all.
 ADD International Safeguarding

If you have any concerns about behaviour or safety you can

raise them directly with:
• Rose in Tanzania on +255 (0) 713316556
• Scovia in Uganda on +256 (0) 773 596539
or through the ADD website www.add.org.uk/safeguarding
Participatory fund for
women with disabilities – Africa

Vision
 About ADD International.

ADD is a participatory grant-maker for disability justice. That means

grant-making that shifts resources and power to persons with disabilities.

Our Vision is for a world in which ableism no longer exists, and disabled
people can access their full rights and experience justice
Our Mission is to resource disability justice activists, organisations and
movements, nurture lived-experience leadership, and influence fairness in
funding so that disability justice movements thrive.
 ADD's approach to participatory grant-making (PGM).

We want to shift resources and power to persons with disabilities

- so they can work on the issues they prioritise, in ways they choose, and
speak for themselves.

For us, participatory grant-making gives decision-making power

about funding, at every stage, to the very groups that funding aims to serve
➢ Designing the fund
➢ Allocating the money
➢ Spending the money
 ADD's approach to Participatory Grant-making
(PGM) : Our principles

ADD's participatory grantmaking (PGM)

• Shifts power to persons with disabilities for lived experience leadership

• Shifts the flow of resources to persons with disabilities

• Nurtures movements and collaborative strength as well as individual groups/organisations
• Works for the inclusion of those who are usually most excluded

• Reduces barriers and burdens and provides responsive accompaniment

• Fosters learning, trust and care, including safeguarding and both local and mutual accountability

• Is used to influence funders to do more of this kind of funding

• Supports persons with disabilities to generate progress on the issues that matter to you
 Long term vision -
Participatory fund for
women and girls with disabilities

To establish a grantmaking fund in which women and girls with disabilities in Africa lead. You:
• Design the fund so it works for women and girls with disabilities, your groups and movements

• Allocate the money so it matches your priorities

• Spend the money so you control your own budgets and activities, and speak for yourselves

This leads to

• Stronger movements of women and girls with disabilities.

• Effective collaborations, that include women and girls who are most often excluded

• Progress on issues that matter to women and girls with disabilities

Participatory fund for
women with disabilities – Africa

Goals for this phase of the fund

 Phase 1: Funding from OSF – until September 2025
A. Strengthening movements
B. Ratification of African Disability Protocol

• In this first stage, we have funding from OSF until September 2025
• It focusses on 3 countries: Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda
• This funding has two main goals
• 1. Strengthening movements of women and girls with disabilities,
- within and between the 3 countries
• 2. Achieving ratification of the Africa Disability Protocol in the 3 countries

(We will continue to seek funds to expand and continue the Fund beyond this)
African Disability Protocol (ADP)
 African Disability Protocol- ADP

❑ The ADP is the first human rights treaty addressing discrimination faced by
people with disabilities in African countries.
❑ It goes beyond existing African human rights instruments by addressing issues
such as harmful practices, beliefs, and superstitions that
disproportionately impact persons with disabilities.
❑ By adopting a social and human rights approach, the ADP recognizes the
unique lived experiences of persons with disabilities in Africa.
❑ Its creation was influenced by the African Union’s commitment to the rights of
persons with disabilities, which began with the declaration of the African
Decade for Persons with Disabilities in 1999.
❑ The ADP was adopted during the 19th Extraordinary Session of the African
Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR).
 ADP and UNCRPD

Complementing the UNCRPD

❑

- By addressing disability rights within African continent

- Tailor its provision to unique challenges faced by persons with disabilities
in African countries
❑ Legal framework
- Is a strategic framework for delivering inclusive and sustainable
development in Africa. It aligns with the pan-African principles of unity,
self-determination, freedom, progress, and collective prosperity.
- Is based on the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ rights and
focuses on the rights of persons with disabilities
 ADP and UNCRPD

❑ Inclusive Policies and Laws

- Member states of the African Union are expected to make disability
laws and policies based on the ADP.
- The ADP serves as a guide for African countries to promote disability
rights, accessibility, and social inclusion.
- It emphasizes the importance of inclusive education, health care and
employment opportunities for persons with disabilities
 ADP Application and Implementation

❑ States Parties shall ensure the implementation of this protocol

- Submit periodic reports to the African Commission accordance with article 62 of the
African Charter

- Establish or designate national mechanism including independent national institutions,

to monitor the implementation of the rights of persons with disabilities

- The African Commission shall have the mandate to interpret the provision of
the Protocol in accordance with African Charter

- The African Commission may refer matters of interpretation and enforcement or disputes
arising from application and implementation of the Protocol to the African Court on Human
and Peoples rights

- Article 5 and section 34(6) of the Protocol establishing the African Court, mandate the
Court to hear disputes arising from the applications and implementation of this Protocol.
 ADP Ratification

❑ For the ADP to become legally binding, it requires ratification by at least 15

member states of the African Union.
❑ Once ratified, the ADP aims to tackle ingrained issues of disability
discrimination, ensuring that everyone can access health, education, and
employment without stigma
❑ November 2023 Country Rapporteur cited 16 signatures and 10 ratifications
from member states. Working Group on the Rights of Older Persons and
Persons with Disabilities in Africa - 77OS | African Commission on Human and
Peoples' Rights (au.int)
The process for this project
 The Process
• Information session (this)
• Grant Design team selection
session (3rd April)
• Additional gatherings to be
confirmed
Information
Design
• In-person grant design team
meeting ( Uganda week 29th
April)
Action and
• Grant Decision making evaluation phase
team assembled
• Proposals assessed • Women with disabilities
• Grants given out carry out projects
• Programme and process
evaluated
Grant Giving
 Nomination of design team brief
• 2 women with disabilities from each country
• Terms of reference (TOR) for design team
• Completion of Nomination form by 25th March
• Selection meeting set for 3 rd April
• Availability for residential meeting of design team week of 29 th
April in Uganda
 Breakout rooms
Assignment
Uganda - Zara, lead - Scovia scribe and chats moderation

Tanzania - Njahira, lead - Asteria scribe and chats moderation

Ghana - Rose, lead- Elineca scribe and chats moderation

 Breakout rooms

How do we ensure we are having nominations from your country

especially from women who are often excluded?

Should design team be anonymous?

How would you like us to do the selection?