Year: 2019
Calling all African Women Writers: African Women Writers Workshop 2019!
Calling all African Women Writers: African Women Writers Workshop 2019!
THE AFRICAN WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT FUND (AWDF)INVITES AFRICAN WOMEN WRITERS AND JOURNALISTS TO APPLY FOR THE AFRICAN WOMEN’S WRITERS WORKSHOP 2019. THIS 10-DAY WRITING WORKSHOP TAKES PLACE IN GHANA, FROM 21ST OCTOBER 2019 TO 30TH OCTOBER 2019.
The workshop will be facilitated by award-winning writer Yewande Omotoso, and internationally acclaimed journalist, Sylvia Vollenhoven.
This workshop is targeted at women writers, journalists and activists who wish to step-up their involvement in highlighting issues around women’s rights and social justice and who wish to improve and practice their personal writing skills. Participants will be expected to read widely from assigned selected texts, and to complete daily writing exercises. After the workshop, the participants are expected to use the knowledge acquired to write widely about social justice issues in and beyond their communities. Participants will also be required to produce at
least two articles, blogs or longer pieces for use by AWDF.
To apply, send an e-mail to communications@africlub.net/awdf with the following:
· Contact details including name, email address, telephone
number
· A short bio (maximum 200 words)
· A sample article written by the applicant, about women’s rights or social justice -between 500 and 1000 words. The
sample maybe unpublished or published on any media. AWDF will not be responsible for any cases of alleged plagiarism
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL CALL/APPLICATION GUIDELINES
Change of Staff
Change of Staff
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Dear AWDF Grantees and Partners,
This is to inform you that Ms Rissi Assani-Alabi, Grants Programme Officer – Francophone, no longer works with AWDF and therefore would no longer be engaging with you in the capacity of an AWDF staff member.
For any communication with regards to your grant or the work AWDF does please direct all your questions and or comments to Beatrice Boakye-Yiadom, Grants Manager at beatrice@africlub.net/awdf.
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Chères bénéficiaires et partenaires de l’AWDF,
Nous vous informons que Mlle Rissi Assani-Alabi, Administratrice de Programmes pour l’Afrique Francophone ne travaille plus avec l’AWDF et ne sera donc plus en contact avec vous en capacité de personnel de l’AWDF.
Pour toute communication concernant votre subvention et/ou le travail effectué par l’AWDF, veuillez adresser un mail à Beatrice Boakye-Yiadom, Chef de Département-Subventions sur beatrice@africlub.net/awdf
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