AWDF is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Afua Naa Lamle Viana Owoo, our first Communications Specialist who passed away in London on January 5, 2016 from breast cancer. Naa Lamle joined AWDF in October 2001 and led communications and media work for the Africa Launch in November 2001. She directed AWDF’s first […]
January 14, 2016 – Today, the World Health Organization (WHO), declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia and says all known chains of transmission have been stopped in West Africa. It’s a day to celebrate, yet the consequences of this outbreak – the worst the world has ever […]
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is happy to announce a new initiative led by the young feminists of our organisation. Happening this December, The Young Feminists Gathering (YFG) is a space of learning, engagement, solidarity and creativity for women between the ages of 18-35. YFG will take place each month at the AWDF Resource […]
By Aisha Ali (A Tribute to Abused Women) Sunshine, Sunshine, Shining Through Lighting up, the sky so blue Sunshine, Sunshine, is it true The tears you cry are red in hue? Smiling, Smiling, a cheery face Shining through from a secret place Hidden from view, beneath the surface A twisted, painful ugly furnace Crying, […]
Beneath Her Veil Beneath her veil lay eyes filled with fear Of man and his ways, of evil bred within good Of what lay ahead of her, what fate had dealt her A world that turned against her, blamed her, maimed her Condemned to a death so bloody, an end so violent A memory tainted […]
The Intrigue By Hilda Twongyeirwe This is a true story of Yemo (Not true name due to sensitivity of details in the story from Ethiopia) from Ethiopia. It was first published by FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers Association in Beyond the Dance in 2010 and republished by Un-cut Voices Press, Germany, in Taboo in 2015. […]
Read the original interview published on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights blog Kidist Belete is the founder of Developing Families Together (DFT), an Ethiopian grassroots organization that works in women’s empowerment, orphan protection, HIV & AIDS prevention and care, and community development . She has contributed a lot to empowering women economically and socially […]
Walls (published on Brittle Paper in 2014) By Jen Thorpe It was The force of the wall That propelled her face forward And back into the foot That kicked it. The kicker danced The dance of a victorious soldier. For he was a warrior in a long standing campaign Of dominance And hate. […]
By Fatou Wurie Read the original piece on Huffington Post here THE BACKGROUND YOU ARE MOST AWARE OF – 11 YEARS OF WAR IN SIERRA LEONE: Birth. I choose to not tell my protected friends that I was born in a small house in a small village nestled in the small corners of Africa. I […]
By Jama Jack 25th November 2015 Today marks the beginning of another 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, an annual commemoration that runs from November 25th to December 10th each year. In The Gambia, this year’s commemorations dawned with great news through an Executive pronouncement, Monday evening, banning the practice of Female Genital Mutilation […]