October 8 was world sight day and I am wondering how many of us heard about it and for those of us who heard about it, what kind of consideration we gave to it. The second Thursday in October every year has been set aside globally for awareness creation on blindness, visual impairment and the [...]
A Review ByRose Mensah-Kutin (PhD) 1.0 Introduction• NETRIGHT and interest in gender budgeting. 3-year capacity building initiative to benefit members. • Awareness of a number of publications on the subject. Example: those under the South African initiative• Pleasant surprise that a new addition had been produced.• Congratulate the ACBF and all involved in the process [...]
IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE 2 October 2009 BOOK LAUNCH: “GENDER BUDGETING AS A TOOL FOR POVERTY REDUCTION” The African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) in collaboration with the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is pleased to announce the launch of a research book “Gender Budgeting As A Tool For Poverty Reduction” – Concepts, Practices & Capacity Implications. [...]
I have just been listening to the State of the Nation address by President John Ataa Mills of Ghana and there are three things he mentioned which are of interest to me. 1. The Ministry for Women and Children will be provided with extra financial resources 2. Gender centres will be established in each district [...]
I have been wanting to read ‘What’s the Point of the Revolution If We Can’t Dance’ since I got my copy at the African Feminist Forum in September. However, it has taken me until today the 6th of December to finish the book (whilst queuing for 6 hours to vote). For me the most interesting [...]
Oi, (As we say in Mozambique). I get the singular privilege of changing my identity every week for the next few weeks so this week I am Mozambican. Remember Samora Machel? Yes this is the beloved land of Samora Machel. Maputo is the capital of Mozambique and as Ghana is to the cedi and pesewa [...]
