Qui a cassé l'histoire en premier? Image de Sylvia Nalubega, UGA, octobre/2021, via AWDF/AfriRep C'est le mois de mars 2018 en Ouganda. La conversation sur les agressions sexuelles courantes fréquente les médias, société civile, et des espaces publics de conversation dans le cadre de la dynamique de la Journée internationale de la femme. Une importante publication d'information mène une campagne sur les réseaux sociaux demandant aux femmes de partager leurs relations sexuelles. […]

AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE FOR AFRICAN WOMEN’S ORGANISATIONS Are you an African women’s rights organisation, activiste, praticien, chercheur, conteur, artiste, écrivain ou un individu / organisation qui se soucie profondément de la prévention de la violence contre les femmes (VFF)? AWDF is excited to introduce this Introductory Guide for African Women’s Organisations which offers critical insights for you and your work. […]

Prudence Mabele is the Executive Director of the ‘Positive Women’s Network‘ (POSSÉDER) en Afrique du sud, une organisation qui soutient les femmes vivant positivement. À ce jour, PWN a reçu 210 000 USD de subventions du Fonds de développement des femmes africaines (Rapport Annuel ). Cela a inclus un financement pour soutenir l'expansion du « Community Home Based Care » de PWN’ programme, bursaries for staff to […]

In recent months, AWDF has noticed with deep concern, a rise in the frequency of violence-related deaths and injuries, and domestic violence cases being reported by the various Ghanaian mediahouses. Not only does it seem that violence has increased, it also seems that it comes in a wider variety of instances, some increasingly brutal and […]

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 […]

At the last Association of Women in Development Forum (AWID), I was one of a group of feminists that participated in a ‘Feminist Tech Exchange’, and since then I have been even more excited about the opportunity that technology holds for women’s empowerment – women can publish and share their own stories via the vast […]