Grantee Spotlight: Rural Women’s Movement in Swaziland An email update sent to Nafi Chinery, AWDF’s Capacity Building Officer: Feedback from Rural Women’s Movement (RWM), an AWDF grantee in Swaziland on their experiences at the recent… Read more
In Solidarity: African Women and Human Rights Organisations across Africa Women across Africa are appalled by the decision to try a Sudanese woman journalist Lubna Ahmed Hussein and two others for violating the public dress code. African women and… Read more
Scrolling the contacts list on my phone last week, I realised there was this “Old man” friend whom I have not spoken to for about two weeks (which was quite unusual). This man is 65 year old and a German has been my friend for close to 6 months…. Read more
MOTHERS DAY IS HERE AGAINWell I guess I’m like too many other daughters who are looking at the calendar and realizing that Mother’s Day is less than a week away! and I still haven’t done any preparations towards it.Sisters do you know that our Moms… Read more
The G10, is a strong national women’s movement in Kenya that is driven by the vision of a society where women wield political power. its mission seeks to connect women voices and actions to leverage an expanded and redefined political space is… Read more
IT’S ALL ABOUT YOUNG AND OLDPrivileged to attend AFF, AWID, and AWLI that happned back to back in the last quarter of last year, and being the die hard apostle of inclusion that I am, I could not help but note a somewhat disturbing trend in our… Read more
I had settled in to the flight from Entebbe to Nairobi on Monday June 30th , feeling a bit sorry for myself. I had to catch the 5am flight out of Entebbe, which meant leaving Kampala for Entebbe at 3am which in turn meant I got no sleep. The flight… Read more
My feet hurt. I arrived Washington DC Wednesday April 30th for this year’s Women’s Funding Network annual conference and the Council of Foundations Philanthropy summit. I have walked miles around the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Crystal City where the… Read more
