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Op-Ed : Ghana’s frustrated youth are vulnerable to the radical call of ISIS

Students at University of Ghana (AP Photo/Gabriela Barnuevo) Read published article here: on Qz.com BY Amba Mpoke-Bigg Over the past couple of decades Ghana has won a hardearned reputation as a stable and settled democracy. Yet, as news broke last week that a young university graduate from Ghana had left home to join Islamic State […]

Disability Rights Scholarship Program

The Disability Rights Scholarship Program provides awards for master’s degree study to disability rights advocates, lawyers, and educators to develop new legislation, jurisprudence, policy, research, and scholarship to harness the innovations and opportunities offered by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). With the knowledge and networks gained through the […]

AWDF/ FEMRITE July 2015 Public Dialogue on African Women and Public Policy

As part of the 2015 African Women Writers Workshop, The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) and Uganda Women Writers Association- FEMRITE- held a Public Dialogue on Friday July 31st in downtown Kampala, Uganda. That evening, the workshop participants, 22 African women writers, joined members of Uganda’s literary, art and activist community for a discussion on […]