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News, field notes and perspectives from the work of our founder and our community.
  • Workshop

    Inside the programme for the 27th Empowering Boys workshop

    Set at Henley Business School Africa, the programme for AwqafSA Women's Fund's 27th workshop brought together more than twenty speakers — business leaders, academics, counsellors, activists and creatives — to talk with boys about character, choices and respect.

    By AwqafSA Women's Fund
  • Field notesMarch 2025 – September 2026

    From Winterveld to Azaadville: workshops across six provinces

    Between March 2025 and September 2026, the Empowering the Boychild workshops travelled from Gauteng to the Free State, Eastern Cape, North West, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape.

    By AwqafSA Women's Fund
  • PerspectiveFrom the project brief

    Why the boychild?

    Many projects have focused on girls and women while boys have been left behind. Ayşegül Kandaş explains why reaching boys early — and their parents — matters in the effort to end gender-based violence.

    By AwqafSA Women's Fund