{"id":3507,"date":"2014-02-28T15:02:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T15:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=3507"},"modified":"2014-02-28T15:02:52","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T15:02:52","slug":"awdf-x-brand-woman-africa-x-alliance-francaise-international-womens-day-press-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/awdf-x-brand-woman-africa-x-alliance-francaise-international-womens-day-press-event\/","title":{"rendered":"AWDF x Brand Woman Africa x Alliance Fran\u00e7aise: International Women\u2019s Day Press Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next Friday, March 7, AWDF and our new partner, Brand Woman Africa, will be hosting an International Women\u2019s Day celebration at the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise d\u2019Accra. In anticipation of this artistic adventure, the press and several artists who will be featuring their work, were invited to the AWDF headquarters for a small meet-up. Despite the heat, everyone had a chance to share a bit of themselves and we heard from AWDF CEO, Theo Sowa; BWA Founder, Anita Erskine-Amaizo; AfterSchool Ghana Founder, Kinna Likimani; and Alliance Fran\u00e7aise Director,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Patrice Gilles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"From right: Patrice Gilles, Theo Sowa, Anita Erskine-Amaizo, Kinna Likimani\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">From right: Patrice Gilles, Theo Sowa, Anita Erskine-Amaizo, Kinna Likimani<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1778-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Philanthropy is not something that others 'do' to Africa. We have African philanthropy to celebrate.&quot; - Sowa\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cPhilanthropy is not something that others \u2018do\u2019 to Africa. We have African philanthropy to celebrate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2013 Sowa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1786-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Gilles recognizes the importance of feminism and the strength of the African woman.\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Gilles recognizes the importance of feminism and the strength of the African woman. Alliance Francaise d\u2019Accra has loved working with AWDF and hopes to continue the partnership to bring more attention to the issues that are important to the fund.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1795-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;People overlook the arts, but art is what brings out the issues...I want to get African women to write their stories...get them to move their stories out of their stomachs and onto paper...when you put your thoughts onto paper, that is a radical act.&quot; - Likimani\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cPeople overlook the arts, but art is what brings out the issues\u2026I want to get African women to write their stories\u2026get them to move their stories out of their stomachs and onto paper\u2026when you put your thoughts onto paper, that is a radical act.\u201d \u2013 Likimani<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1802-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Likimani recognizes her friend, Alba Simprim, for her contributions to the art world and for being brave enough to share her thoughts through art.\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Likimani recognizes her friend, Alba Simprim, for her contributions to the art world and for being brave enough to share her thoughts through art.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1811-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Women are always saying, 'I look up to you,' and 'I want to be you.' And I say that if you want to be like me you would have to stop the clock and literally go back in time and crawl into my mother's womb...You can be you, and be better than me.&quot; - Erskine-Amaizo\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cWomen are always saying, \u2018I look up to you,\u2019 and \u2018I want to be like you.\u2019 And I say that if you want to be like me you would have to stop the clock, go back in time and literally crawl into my mother\u2019s womb\u2026You can be you, and be better than me.\u201d- Erskine-Amaizo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1813-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;We want the world to know that we are self-sufficient. With or without external help, we can actually do it...I want [BWA]'s story to be told from the perspective of the young African woman whose life we were able to change.&quot; - Erskine- Amaizo\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cWe want the world to know that we are self-sufficient. With or without external help, we can actually do it\u2026I want [BWA]\u2018s story to be told from the perspective of the young African woman whose life we were able to change. I\u2019m excited about the future of the modern African woman\u201d \u2013 Erskine- Amaizo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1794-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"French-Haitian musician, Cae, voices her excitement for next week's event and how privileged she feels to be  able to work with all of the women involved.\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">French-Haitian musician, Cae, voices her excitement for next week\u2019s event and how privileged she feels to be able to work with all of the women involved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1787-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"Sena Ahadji is another artist who will be at IWD March 7. She is a woman of many talents and finds inspiration in others and wishes to provoke peoples' imaginations. \" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sena Ahadji is another artist who will be at IWD March 7. She is a woman of many talents and finds inspiration in others and wishes to provoke peoples\u2019 imaginations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1821-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Closing remarks: &quot;We have to remember that we still have a long way to go. We still see that it's MEN, MEN, MEN! If you want true success, you have to include women. It is only when African women reach their potential that Africa reaches its potential.&quot; - Sowa\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Closing remarks: \u201cWe have to remember that we still have a long way to go. We still see that it\u2019s MEN, MEN, MEN! If you want true success, you have to include women. It is only when African women reach their potential that Africa reaches its potential.\u201d- Sowa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1851-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"AWDF staff members get to know Cae and Kinna. From right: Likimani, Grace Amenyogbeli, Cae, Gertrude Annoh-Quarshie, Zeytuna Abdella Azasoo\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">AWDF staff members get to know Cae and Kinna. From right: Likimani, Grace Amenyogbeli, Cae, Gertrude Annoh-Quarshie, Zeytuna Abdella Azasoo<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #5c44a3;\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1830.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3741        \" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1830-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"AWDF Finance Assistant, Mavis Gardiner, surrounded by her co-workers and friends who make the efforts of the organisation possible.\" width=\"550\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"color: #23262a;\">AWDF Finance Assistant, Mavis Gardiner, surrounded by her co-workers and friends who make the efforts of the organisation possible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"color: #23262a;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1865-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"AWDF family, including Sionne Neely in blue who has been dedicating a lot of time and hard work to International Women's Day this year.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"color: #23262a; text-align: center;\">AWDF family, including Knowledge Management Specialist, Sionne Neely in blue, who has been dedicating her time and hard work to International Women\u2019s Day this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"color: #23262a; text-align: center;\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"color: #23262a; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1883-1024x639.jpg\" alt=\"Theo Sowa poses with three of the featured artists, Cae, Zohra Opoku and Alba Simprim. Likimani has said that &quot;bringing culture to AWDF has made all of the difference.&quot;\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"color: #23262a; text-align: center;\">Theo Sowa poses with three of the featured artists, Cae, Zohra Opoku and Alba Simprim. Likimani has said that \u201cbringing culture to AWDF has made all of the difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"color: #23262a; text-align: center;\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"color: #23262a; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140228182518im_\/http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSCN1856-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>AWDF, Brand Woman Africa, Alliance Fran\u00e7aise and the African women artists hope to see you all next Friday, beginning at 6 PM. International Women\u2019s Day deserves to be celebrated, whether you know about feminism or not. Come show your support for these women, it is sure to be a night to remember.<\/p>\n<p>Photos by Emily Barnard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Friday, March 7, AWDF and our new partner, Brand Woman Africa, will be hosting an International Women\u2019s Day celebration at the Alliance Fran\u00e7aise d\u2019Accra. In anticipation of this artistic adventure, the press and several artists who will be featuring their work, were invited to the AWDF headquarters for a small meet-up. 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