Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, co founder of the African Women’s Development Fund, has been appointed as a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the African Leadership Centre in the School of Global Affairs, King’s College London in 2017. She is one of the three Co-Founders of the African Women’s Development Fund (Rapport Annuel ) and served as the first Executive […]

The Manda coaching program is an opportunity for young women in second level leadership to come together and learn from and with each other. On 11th October, the 4th CEO Forum was held in Accra, Ghana and brought together young leaders from across the continent whose organisations are making positive changes within their communities. Le […]

La Cour de la CEDEAO aujourd'hui, 12 Octobre 2017, a rendu son arrêt dans l'affaire opposant Dorothy Njemanze à 3 autres contre la République fédérale du Nigeria. L'affaire était centrée sur les violents, cruel, inhumain, traitement dégradant et discriminatoire que les plaignants ont subi de la part des agents des forces de l'ordre à Abuja au Nigeria. Les femmes par leur nom, Dorothy […]

Son rôle actif au sein du Forum féministe africain et du forum féministe ougandais a contribué à façonner ces deux espaces. Elle était une voix constante pour la progression, et savait que l'avenir du mouvement féministe reposait sur l'inclusion. Marren était la directrice exécutive de l'Initiative de soutien sous-régional de l'Afrique de l'Est pour la promotion de la femme (EASI), […]

Are you interested in learning more about African feminist theories? Do you want to learn how to be a feminist researcher? Do you want to know more about how to use Wikipedia to tell African women’s stories? Join the AWDF staff for an afternoon of trainings, conversations and deep critical thinking about African feminist theory […]