The African Women’s Development Fund will be hosting a thematic convening on arts, culture and sports from October 22-24th under the theme “Weavers of Intersectionality: Amplifying Women’s Rights, Social Justice and Feminist Narratives in Arts, Culture and Sport.” The first of its kind, this convening will bring together key women creatives from multidisciplinary fields of […]

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AFRICAN WOMEN’S DEVELOPMENT FUND JOB VACANCY : ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Background The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is a grant making foundation, which aims to support the work of the African women’s movement for peace, equality, sustainable development and social justice. AWDF, which is based in Accra, Ghana, requires the services of an astute, experienced, innovative, dedicated […]

The United Nations theme for International Women’s day 2016 is “Achieving Gender Parity.” On a continent with as many boundaries for women as Africa, this still seems a far away reality. Although we have done amazing work in pushing forward the agenda of women in the past 15 there is undoubtedly a long way to […]

  Sex On College Campuses – Are Women More Than A Function? By Maame Akua Marfo “There are two types of relationships on campus– there’s the hook up kind which, maybe the boy has a lot of friends and then he starts to sleep with some of them. and then there’s another kind which is […]

By Maame Akua Marfo In an empty classroom on the University Of Ghana’s Legon Campus, eight students are talking. It’s the kind of exchange one would expect on what is arguably the nation’s premier university, but the topic is far from their daily classroom discussions. The topic is their life. For International Women’s day this […]

Right in time for International Women’s Day this year we are thrilled to hear about Ghanaian Col. Constance Edjeani-Afenu’s promotion to the rank of Brig. General. It is the first time in the history of the Ghana Armed Forces that a woman has attained this rank. Edjeani-Afenu, the Deputy Military Adviser of the Permanent Mission […]

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 […]