Congratulations to Gifty Anti, Hostess of GTV’s ‘The Standpoint’. Gifty is receiving an award this evening at the ‘Creative Industry Women Honors’, an event being organised by the Musicians’ Union of Ghana. Gifty is one of Ghana’s most recognised broadcasters and very well known for her passion for women’s rights. Her programme, ‘The Standpoint’ is […]
I missed the first couple of minutes of ‘The Witches of Gambaga’ documentary when it was premiered in Dakar, Senegal during the 3rd African Feminist Forum, yet in minutes I was gripped… the documentary took me back to Gambaga which I had visited in January 2010 during an AWDF monitoring and evaluation visit of grantees […]
At the last Association of Women in Development Forum (AWID), I was one of a group of feminists that participated in a ‘Feminist Tech Exchange’, and since then I have been even more excited about the opportunity that technology holds for women’s empowerment – women can publish and share their own stories via the vast […]
21st September 2010, at my desk, Oak Plaza Hotel, Accra, Ghana My day began at 4am when the Akina Mama onsite coordinator called my room to let me know that I have to be ready for my TV interview and that Sister Darkoa was going to chauffeur myself and Solome to GTV (Ghana Broadcasting Corporation) […]
A two-member team from AWDF and a documentary crew were in Liberia from the 3rd of August to the 7th of August to document the work and impact of AWDF in Liberia. In all the activities of 7 organisations and the testimonies of three women leaders in Liberia were recorded. The three women leaders included […]
Today was the finale for the XVIII International Aids Conference and an appropriate time to reflect on all that I have learnt, seen and heard over the past week. This is the second International Aids Conference I have attended; I remember feeling very impressed when I attended the previous International Aids Conference that took place […]
A couple of images I took today at the XVIII International Aids Conference in Vienna, of AWDF’s grantee partners. Nana Sekyiamah Programme Officer (Fundraising & Communications)
A young, energetic graduate responds to a call to volunteer her time and skills as an HIV peer educator and it becomes a life saver even though it did not appear so at that time. Then 27 years old and newly married, Ihe Nkeiru had just completed the University and was ready to undertake her […]
When a friend suggested to Blessing Dickson, 17 years then that she accompanies her to an educational session at the offices of Girls Power Initiative (GPI) she was very reluctant. Not only was the meeting place a bus ride away, which she could not afford but also she really did not understand the essence of […]