{"id":4677,"date":"2011-06-27T17:33:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T17:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=1940"},"modified":"2015-08-13T08:22:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T08:22:55","slug":"awdf-announces-the-finalists-of-the-hawa-yakubu-legacy-fund-essay-competition-and-scholarship-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/awdf-announces-the-finalists-of-the-hawa-yakubu-legacy-fund-essay-competition-and-scholarship-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"AWDF announces the finalists of the Hawa Yakubu Legacy Fund Essay Competition and Scholarship Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<span lang=\"en\">PRESS RELEASE<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">For Immediate Release<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">AWDF ANNOUNCES THE FINALISTS OF THE HAWA YAKUBU <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">LEGACY FUND ESSAY COMPETITION AND SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The African Women&#8217;s Development Fund (AWDF) is pleased to announce the finalists of the Hawa Yakubu legacy fund essay competition and scholarship awards. On the 5<sup>th<\/sup> of July 2011, AWDF will hold an awards ceremony at AWDF House in East Legon to recognize these finalists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The legacy fund was launched on the 12<sup>th<\/sup> of November 2010, as part of AWDF\u2019s 10<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary celebrations, in memory of Hawa Yakubu, a social activist, a <a title=\"Member of Parliament\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Member_of_Parliament\">Member of Parliament<\/a> in the Fourth Republic of Ghana and a former Minister for Tourism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">On that occasion, Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia and AWDF\u2019s special guest for the 10<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary celebrations, spoke of her deep respect for the work of Hawa Yakubu and expressed delight that her legacy was being commemorated. The\u00a0\u00a0 fund was officially launched by Hon Frema Osei-Opare, Member of Parliament, Ayawaso West. Mr Bernard Moro\u00a0 delivered a short address on behalf of the Hawa Yakubu family, expressing the family\u2019s gratitude to AWDF for honouring the memory of Hawa Yakubu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The finalists who are part of the ceremony on 5<sup>th<\/sup> July are Shiraz Saadijda of the University of Ghana, Phyllis Addo of the University of Ghana and Linda Atbilla of the University of Development Studies who were selected after a rigorous competitive process. This included submitting an essay on the topic \u201c<em>Empowering Ghanaian Women For Effective Political Participation \u2013 A Reality Or Political Rhetoric<\/em>?\u201d The 3 successful finalists will be provided with a scholarship to support their academic studies and a grant to facilitate a project that benefits other young women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong>About AWDF<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The African Women\u2019s Development Fund (AWDF) is a grant-making foundation, which supports local, national and regional organizations in Africa working towards women\u2019s empowerment. AWDF through institutional capacity building and program development seeks to build a culture of learning and partnerships within the African women\u2019s movement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">The vision of AWDF is for African women to live in a world in which there is social justice, equality and respect for women\u2019s human rights.\u00a0 To this end, our mission is to mobilize financial resources to support local, national and regional initiatives led by women, which will lead to the achievement of this vision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><strong>Press Enquiries<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Programme Officer for Communications, AWDF<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Tel: +233 302 521 257<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:nana@africlub.net\/awdf\">nana@africlub.net\/awdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Website: <a href=\"..\/\">www.africlub.net\/awdf<\/a><\/span>\n\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":[65,169,930,931,932],"class_list":["post-4677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press","tag-awdf","tag-grant","tag-hawa-yakubu","tag-legacy-fund","tag-scholarship"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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