{"id":11530,"date":"2019-06-14T12:14:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T12:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=11530"},"modified":"2019-06-14T12:14:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T12:14:44","slug":"emerging-stars-at-women-deliver-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/emerging-stars-at-women-deliver-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging Stars at Women Deliver 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11532 \" src=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/women-deliverr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/women-deliverr.jpg 600w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/women-deliverr-450x389.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Edith Asamani<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 6000 delegates from around the world participated in this year\u2019s Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver, Canada. It was a time of sharing, learning and networking with discussions focused \u00a0on diverse topics including education, economic and political empowerment, good governance, women and girl empowerment. World leaders, journalists, influencers, advocates, academics, activists, journalists were all present at the conference. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the panel discussions, competitions were held to award grants to deserving individuals and organisations who were leading on promoting gender equality and reducing gender based violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ghanaian campaigner on sexual reproductive health rights, <\/span><b>Edith Asamani<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, emerged the winner of a 30,000 Euro grant for advocacy to end gender based violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The panel which included the <\/span><b>African Women\u2019s Development Fund<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>\u00a0Global Fund for Women <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">selected Edith, who works with the African Youth and Adolescents Network (AfriYan), out of 6 contenders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edith Asamani says the \u00a0grant will enable AfriYAN Ghana to push to reduce sexual and gender-based violence. She added that it provides an opportunity for a youth-led network to lead change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/news\/2019\/June-10th\/ghanaian-wins-30000-grant-to-champion-reproductive-health-rights.php\">FOR FULL ARTICLE, CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11531 \" src=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/women-deliver-2019.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1046\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Edith Asamani More than 6000 delegates from around the world participated in this year\u2019s Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver, Canada. It was a time of sharing, learning and networking with discussions focused \u00a0on diverse topics including education, economic and political empowerment, good governance, women and girl empowerment. 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