{"id":3481,"date":"2013-12-02T13:16:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T13:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=3481"},"modified":"2013-12-02T13:16:05","modified_gmt":"2013-12-02T13:16:05","slug":"african-grandmothers-tribunal-a-report-by-the-stephen-lewis-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/african-grandmothers-tribunal-a-report-by-the-stephen-lewis-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"African Grandmothers Tribunal: A Report by the Stephen Lewis Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<em>Let\u2019s talk again about possible futures. What would the world look like if more grandmothers were given opportunities and support to help them to take on leadership roles? With 100,000 more women like Mariam sitting on local land councils, would property grabbing come to an end? With the counselling, support <\/em><em>and encouragement of 100,000 more women like Zodwa, how much more quickly might we overcome stigma and fear, and get more people into treatment? Would the advocacy of 100,000 more women like Magret bring wife inheritance to an end? We\u2019d surely be a lot closer to reaching those goals<\/em>.\u201d Theo Sowa, African Grandmothers Tribunal: Seeking justice at the frontlines of the AIDS conference<\/p>\n<p>Read the full report <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131202172004\/http:\/\/africangrandmotherstribunal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/GrandmothersTribunal-Report-REVISED.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and check out the special edition of Stephen Lewis Foundation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131202172004\/http:\/\/stephenlewisfoundation.org\/assets\/files\/Newsletters\/SLF_Grassroots_2013Fall_web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Grassroots newsletter<\/a> dedicated to the trial with features, highlights and reflections on the Grandmothers Tribunal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3541 \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20131202172004im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/African-Canadian-Grandmothers-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"2009 Grandmothers Gathering event in Swaziland organised by the Stephen Lewis Foundation, African Women's Development Fund and Swaziland Positive Living\" width=\"717\" height=\"479\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLet\u2019s talk again about possible futures. What would the world look like if more grandmothers were given opportunities and support to help them to take on leadership roles? With 100,000 more women like Mariam sitting on local land councils, would property grabbing come to an end? With the counselling, support and encouragement of 100,000 more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","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":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>African Grandmothers Tribunal: A Report by the Stephen Lewis Foundation - The African Women&#039;s Development Fund (AWDF)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/african-grandmothers-tribunal-a-report-by-the-stephen-lewis-foundation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"African Grandmothers Tribunal: A Report by the Stephen Lewis Foundation - The African Women&#039;s Development Fund (AWDF)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cLet\u2019s talk again about possible futures. 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