“African Women and Political Participation” Lecture by H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President of the Republic of Liberia On the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary Of the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) Accra, Ghana, Friday, November 12, 2010 Madam Chair, Madam Executive Director; Your Excellency Madam Vice President of the Republic of Malawi; The Board of […]
A two-member team from AWDF and a documentary crew were in Liberia from the 3rd of August to the 7th of August to document the work and impact of AWDF in Liberia. In all the activities of 7 organisations and the testimonies of three women leaders in Liberia were recorded. The three women leaders included […]
Saiadatu Bala Ahmed is a 22-year-old married woman from Adamawa State in Northern Nigeria. Saiada as she is usually called has had her life transformed after watching the Vagina monologues play (‘V’- monologues) in Lagos. Saiada lives with her husband and 2 year old daughter in Apapa, a suburb of Lagos State. She is a […]
Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (Programme Officer, AWDF) and Thelma Owusu Boakye (Programme Assistant, AWDF) held a number of vox pops with some of the participants at the African Women in Film Forum, 16th-17th June 2010, Lagos, Nigeria. Below are a selection of Audio Files from the film forum. Your feedback, comments and thoughts are appreciated: Film […]
“Know Thyself”, a popular saying, is so real in my life. I have come to realise that lyrics of songs is my greatest source of inspiration. I have therefore programmed myself to listen to only good music every day. I tuned into a radio station this morning and I heard an unfamiliar song but the […]