{"id":6006,"date":"2015-07-20T23:26:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T23:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=6006"},"modified":"2015-08-25T11:26:00","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T11:26:00","slug":"awdf-womens-economic-empowerment-policy-brief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/awdf-womens-economic-empowerment-policy-brief\/","title":{"rendered":"AWDF Women’s Economic Empowerment Policy Brief"},"content":{"rendered":"The African Women’s Development Fund’s (AWDF)\u00a0Women’s Economic Empowerment Policy Brief<\/em> is an outcomes document of our\u00a0economic empowerment and livelihoods convening in Cape Town in 2013, where participants raised critical issues and contributions around the theme, and how they\u00a0affect women\u2019s economic participation, empowerment and livelihoods in Africa. This document also serves as\u00a0an important reference point for a deeper\u00a0understanding of the AWDF thematic area and the\u00a0work our organisation\u00a0does in promoting African women\u2019s economic and livelihood development.<\/span><\/p>\n

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