At AWDF yesterday our sisters Nafi Chinery and Gifty Anim conducted a workshop on The Paris Declaration and the Aid Effectiveness Process. I have a confession to make here ‘I didn’t know much…okay, anything about the Paris Declaration’. I guess I can add this to the ‘How to be a feminist’ feature…ensure you read up […]

Okay, I promised in my last blog that I will give you an update of the ACHRAG awards ceremony I attended honouring our very own Ama Ata Aidoo with the highest honour of the Arts Critics and Reviewers Association Ghana (ACRAG) so here we go…there I was dressed up to the nines (I even got […]

This week has flown by so quickly and so much has happenned. Today’s blog update is just a collection of my thoughts and feelings. Congratulations to ‘Auntie Ama’, you will all know her as Ama Ata Aidoo, internationally renowned author and educator. Auntie Ama is the Executive Director of Mbaasem which translates from the Ghanaian […]

Last Saturday I went with my Uncle to our local squash courts. A few months ago I had started to learn how to play squash and had really enjoyed myself hence my return to the squash court. After a game, one of the members started to chat to me ( all the members were male, […]

One of the challenges that women’s organisations persistently face is measuring impact. How do you measure self confidence, empowerment and leadership skills? The story told us by the members of the Bekuw Mea Fekuw confirm AWDF’s belief that if women are given skills, information and sustainable livelihoods, we in Africa can have vibrant, prosperous and […]

AFRICAN WOMEN CAN CHANGE AFRICA FOR THE BETTER if supported.Does this statement make any sense to you? It does make sense to me. Why? Because, I see women highly involved in activities in all spheres of life, be it economic, social, or what have you, giving their best for the betterment of all – men, […]

On a recent site visit my colleague Rissi and I set off to interact with the members of Association Delwende des Femmes. Being a Sunday morning 1 was anticipating a very quiet day. Riding through the enviable traffic less city of Ouagadougou, I was counting my blessings at such sheer luxury of riding through a […]

There we were in the middle of war scarred Freetown, Sierra Leone discussing women’s rights and HIV & AIDS in West Africa. The meeting convened by ActionAid International (AAI) and The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), brought together women living with HIV & AIDS and other activists from 7 countries in West Africa (Liberia, Nigeria, […]

Today I visited two of our grantees, Women Unite Against Aids in Ghana (WUAGG) and the Nana Yaa Memorial Reproductive Health Centre. WUAAG describes its vision as enabling women infected or affected by HIV/AIDS to live a life of dignity in a supportive and enabling environment. It was a real privilege to be able to […]

‘It is because of poor marginalised women that AWDF exists’. Those were the words of Bisi Adeleye- Fayemi in speaking to her staff about the plight of the female Liberian refugees who had been arrested after several high profile demonstrations in Ghana. In AWDF’s headquarters in Ghana we recently had a visit from a delegation […]