Saiadatu Bala Ahmed is a 22-year-old married woman from Adamawa State in Northern Nigeria. Saiada as she is usually called has had her life transformed after watching the Vagina monologues play (‘V’- monologues) in Lagos. Saiada lives with her husband and 2 year old daughter in Apapa, a suburb of Lagos State. She is a […]
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (Programme Officer, AWDF) and Thelma Owusu Boakye (Programme Assistant, AWDF) held a number of vox pops with some of the participants at the African Women in Film Forum, 16th-17th June 2010, Lagos, Nigeria. Below are a selection of Audio Files from the film forum. Your feedback, comments and thoughts are appreciated: Film […]
The display of youthful exuberance, intelligence, confidence and beauty attracted me to this young lady sitting in the mist of older ladies and who occasionally would chip in useful information about the organisation’s activities at a meeting with some staff members of Heal the Land Initiative, a grantee of AWDF at Akwa Ibom state in […]
I arrived in Lagos on Sunday, 13th June ahead of the first African Women in Film Forum (AWIFF), which is being convened by AWDF in conjunction with Lufodo Productions. On previous trips to Lagos I have only spent a few hours before continuing to my final destination so quite pleased that this time I will […]
“Know Thyself”, a popular saying, is so real in my life. I have come to realise that lyrics of songs is my greatest source of inspiration. I have therefore programmed myself to listen to only good music every day. I tuned into a radio station this morning and I heard an unfamiliar song but the […]
25-year-old Nana Abena Akrasi is the founder of Young Women Empowerment Initiative (YWEI) in Ghana. In her own words, ‘Young Women Empowerment Initiative runs projects that will enhance young women’s lives and address challenges young women face.’ One of these projects, ‘Young Single Mothers/The Soya Project’ was recently awarded ‘Best Project’, by the National Union […]
Le Fonds Africain de Développement de la Femme (AWDF) participera à la 54ème session de la Commission sur la condition de la femme à New York, Etats-Unis, ainsi que plusieurs événements parallèles, le 27 Février -8th Mars 2010. Le lundi 1er of Mars 2010, AWDF tiendra le lancement à New York d’une nouvelle publication passionnante Voice, […]
PRESS RELEASE 16 February 2010 A Black Day in the History of Justice in Egypt Justice in Egypt received a blow to its essence when the general assembly refused to allow judges of the State Council (Administrative Courts) the option to appoint women to judiciary positions. 380 members participated in the vote. 334 members refused […]
Over the past two decades there have been conscious global efforts to promote women’s participation in politics. Some of these efforts include the Beijing Conference held in 1995 with the main agenda being women’s empowerment. The international community has also underscored the importance of women assuming positions of power and influence, not only because their […]