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Since the start of operations in 2001, AWDF has provided over US$19 million in grants to 1014 women\u2019s organisations in 42 African countries. 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a remport\u00e9 le Prix Caine en 2007<br \/>\nMamle Kabu, auteure de \u00abLa Fin de Skill &#8216;nomin\u00e9 pour le Prix Caine en 2009, et dont le livre\u00ab La Fille Kaya \u00bba remport\u00e9 le prix Burt 2011 pour la litt\u00e9rature africaine au Ghana<br \/>\nKuukua Dzigbordi Yomekpe, dont l&#8217;essai &#8220;l&#8217;audace de rester c\u00e9libataire: c\u00e9libataire femmes noires dans l&#8217;\u00e9glise noire&#8221; a remport\u00e9 le Althaus-Reid Award Marcella<br \/>\nFamia Nkansa dont le po\u00e8me \u00abCela ne veut pas un g\u00e9missement pour l&#8217;Afrique\u00bb a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9 dans la Quarterly Arts Noire par le Comit\u00e9 l&#8217;Universit\u00e9 de Stanford sur le noir perfoming Arts.<br \/>\n\u00c0 20 heures le 8 Mars, Journ\u00e9e internationale de la femme, les \u00e9crivains-dessus participeront \u00e0 un slam de livres \u00e0 l&#8217;Alliance Fran\u00e7aise (Accra) avec de la musique par DJ Kess, DJ femme de t\u00eate du Ghana, aux c\u00f4t\u00e9s des \u00e9crivains et des po\u00e8tes talentueux, y compris:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Boakyewaa Glover, auteur de \u00abcercles\u00bb<br \/>\nFranka Andoh, dont la courte histoire \u00abMansa\u00bb a \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9e pour\u00a0le Prix Caine pour l&#8217;\u00e9dition africaine \u00e9criture 2009<br \/>\nNana Akosua Hanson, un po\u00e8te, \u00e9crivain et actrice<br \/>\nNana Boateng Nyarko qui \u00e9crit de la po\u00e9sie a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e dans de nombreuses anthologies y compris les \u00abR\u00e9flexions\u00bb et \u00abd&#8217;invocation de la pluie &#8216;<br \/>\nPoetra Asantewa, une artiste de spoken word qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e sur Metro TV, TV3 et la OneShow.<br \/>\nRejoignez les femmes du monde sur le 7 et 8 Mars \u00a0pour \u00abParler d&#8217;une r\u00e9volution\u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">A propos du Fonds Africain de d\u00e9veloppement de la femme<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Au cours des dix derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, le Fonds africain de d\u00e9veloppement de la femme (AWDF) a ouvert la voie pour les droits des femmes et de la philanthropie \u00e0 travers le continent africain. AWDF est un\u00a0organisme de subvention Africain, \u00e0 but non lucratif. Depuis le d\u00e9but des op\u00e9rations en 2001, AWDF a fourni plus de 19 millions de US $ en subventions \u00e0 1 014 organisations de femmes dans 42 pays africains. Les processus d&#8217;octroi de subventions de AWDF sont sp\u00e9cialement con\u00e7ues pour r\u00e9pondre aux besoins des femmes africaines et les activit\u00e9s comprennent la mise \u00e0 disposition des petites et grandes subventions aux organisations de femmes africaines, le soutien au renforcement des capacit\u00e9s et un fort accent sur la sensibilisation et le renforcement des mouvements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">AWDF:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (Programme Officer for Communications)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Tel: +233 302 521 257 (Ghana)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:nana@africlub.net\/awdf\">nana@africlub.net\/awdf<\/a>, Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\">www.africlub.net\/awdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Alliance Fran\u00e7aise, (Accra):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Zipporah Magere Dawson (Head of Culture)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Tel: +233 302 760 278<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:culturel@afaccra.com\">culturel@afaccra.com<\/a> , Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afaccra.com\/\">http:\/\/www.afaccra.com\/<\/a><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[218,253,235,248,170,171,211,222,255,208,237,244,215,980,212],"class_list":["post-2800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press","tag-boakyewaa-glover","tag-charlotte-oneil","tag-famia-nkansa","tag-franka-andoh","tag-international-womens-day","tag-iwd","tag-kuukua-dzigbordi-yomekpe","tag-mama-c","tag-mamle-kabu","tag-monica-arac-de-nyeko","tag-nana-akosua-hanson","tag-nana-nyarko-boateng","tag-poetra-asantewa","tag-press-release","tag-women-of-the-world-talking-about-a-revolution"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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