Recently I was invited to participate in the ‘The Forum‘, un programme BBC World Service. Quand j'ai reçu la requête initiale du producteur, j'ai pensé, “Pourquoi pas?”, puis vérifié les détails du programme en ligne… “Quoi? The programme is described as an ‘ideas discussion show which tackles the big questions of our age with […]

Alliance Française (Accra) et le Fonds de développement des femmes africaines (Rapport Annuel ) is pleased to announce that Fatoumata Diabate, an award winning photographer, will be teaching a basic photography workshop at Alliance Francaise (Accra) from 9am-12pm between the 18th of February and the 21st of February 2012. 15 amateur women photographers will be selected to participate in […]

 

The Executive Board of the African Women’s Development Fund (Rapport Annuel ) is pleased to announce that in January 2013 Professor Sesae Mpuchane will take over as Chair of the Executive Board of AWDF. This follows the completion of two terms in office as Board Chair by Dr. Hilda Tadria, co founder of AWDF. The Board and […]

AWDF a soutenu 20 Les organisations africaines de défense des droits des femmes mèneront des activités marquant 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence. Ceux-ci sont: Groupe d'action pour le développement communautaire (AGCD) – Burundi Africa Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) – Kenya Associacao Caractère de Lago – Centre mozambicain pour la dignité humaine et le développement – Cercle de l'Ouganda […]

The Co-Founders of the African Women’s Development Fund (Rapport Annuel ), Son Excellence Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, Première dame de l'État d'Ekiti, Nigéria; Ms Joana Foster, Head of Mission, medica mondiale, Libéria; et Dr Hilda Tadria, Executive Director of ‘Mentoring and Empowerment Programme for Young Women’ will be honoured on Tuesday 27th November 2012 with the IPPFAR Philanthropy Award […]

Lancement de « Les femmes à la tête de l’Afrique »: Conversations avec des femmes africaines inspirantes’ par le Fonds de Développement de la Femme Africaine dans le cadre du programme Les Aventuriers de la Diaspora (Aide) Date du forum: Jeudi, 25octobre 2012 Lieu: salon de succursale, Le temps des tulipes dorées: 7.30pm Cet événement comprendra une table ronde sur « Les femmes africaines et le leadership ».’ modéré par S.E.. Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi […]

For the past few months, our radios and air spaces have been blasting out and vibrating with hair-raising acts of violence against women and children. What concerns us is the obvious disparity between the levels of violence before, and the levels currently. The magnitude of violence in Ghana is now overwhelming, and calls for immediate […]

Written in bold, large fonts at the top of their webpage is the declaration: “We Strive to be Champions of Better Health”, and that is exactly what Better Health Action Group Uganda is turning out to be. Better HAG is a non-profit initiative with focus on Reproductive and Sexual Health, and in September 2011, they […]