Statement from the Africa Women’s NGO Consultative Meeting Beijing +15 Review November 16, 2009, Banjul, The Gambia We, the representatives of civil society organisations addressing women’s and human rights issues across Africa, meeting in the margins of the 8th Africa Regional Conference on Women (Beijing +15) on November 15 and 16, 2009 in Banjul, The [...]
African Governments Challenged to Live-up to Commitments in the Beijing Platform for Action Civil society organisations meeting at the Africa Women’s NGO Consultative Meeting in the margins of the Eighth Africa Regional Conference on Women (Beijing+15) in Banjul, The Gambia, are calling on African Governments to urgently accelerate implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action [...]
banjul book Launch
IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE 13th November, 2009 AWDF AT REGIONAL REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BEIJING PLATFORM FOR ACTION IN AFRICA (BEIJING+ 15) The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) will be participating in the Fifteen Year Review of the Beijing Platform for Action in Africa, to be held in Banjul, the Gambia between the 16th [...]
Young Women Campaign Against AIDS (YWCAA) Young Women Campaign Against AIDS (YWCAA) is a registered Non Governmental Organization in Kenya founded by a group of young female University graduates. The group that began as a merry-go-round in 2000 had an objective of economic empowerment through member contribution and loaning facility for members to start up [...]
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SOAWR Annual Review and Agenda-Setting Workshop Theme: “Spreading our Wings: A Multi-Sectoral Approach to Women’s Rights” 5-7 October 2009, Panafric Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
Statement from the – Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law Hon. Bahati’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill which was tabled in Parliament on October 14, 2009,and is currently before the Legal
Book Launch: “Gender Budgeting as a Tool for Poverty Reduction” The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) in partnership with the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) is pleased to announce the launch of a research book “Gender Budgeting As A Tool For Poverty Reduction”
Since 2003 the African Women’s Development Fund has been awarding grants in November/December to support the campaign for the International Day of Activism Against Gender Violence. The objective of the this grant is to enable African Women’s Organisations working to eliminate violence against women coordinate activities to commemorate the event. In addition, the grants awarded [...]
