{"id":6614,"date":"2015-08-21T13:06:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T13:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=6614"},"modified":"2015-08-28T10:59:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T10:59:12","slug":"awdf-appoints-jessica-horn-as-new-director-of-programmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/awdf-appoints-jessica-horn-as-new-director-of-programmes\/","title":{"rendered":"AWDF APPOINTS  JESSICA HORN AS NEW DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<span lang=\"en\"> AWD<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6615 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/AFF2010_HiResJPEG300dpiAdobeRGB-DSC_1064-299x450.jpg\" alt=\"AFF2010_HiResJPEG300dpiAdobeRGB-DSC_1064\" width=\"88\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/AFF2010_HiResJPEG300dpiAdobeRGB-DSC_1064-299x450.jpg 299w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/AFF2010_HiResJPEG300dpiAdobeRGB-DSC_1064-681x1024.jpg 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 88px) 100vw, 88px\" \/>F is Delighted to announce the appointment of Jessica Horn as icts new Director of Programs Beginning October 1, 2015. Ms Horn&#8217;s ground breaking work, commitment to feminist philanthropy, and vividly innovative communications strategies-have-been integral to social change and social justice leadership on the African continent.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jessica is a founding member of the African Feminist Forum Working Group, a board member of Urgent Action Fund-Africa, and sits on the International Grants Committee of Comic Relief. In 2012 She Was named an African woman changemaker by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ariselive.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ARISE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Magazine and as one of Applause Africa&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.applauseafrica.com\/people\/427\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40 Africans Changemakers under <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">40. Her research and analysis has-been published in professional journals The Lancet and Feminist Africa, and media platforms Al Jazeera, openDemocracy and The Feminist Wire.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&#8220;AWDF is Delighted That She Will Be joining our team and look forward to her leadership AWDF Taking forward into yet Reviews another phase of our journey Promoting and Achieving African women&#8217;s rights and global social justice&#8221; AWDF&#8217;s CEO Theo Sowa said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><i><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jessica&#8217;s work under her consultancy, Akiiki Consulting, HAS led to ground-breaking initiatives, Including in social justice philanthropy, with the establishment of <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhai-eashri.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UHAI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> -EASHRI- the first African-led fund Supporting the rights of sexual minorities. She Was a leader in early thinking around funding models for <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/youngfeministfund.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FRIDA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; The Young Feminist Fund and aussi managed funding for Women&#8217;s Rights and Minority Rights at the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sigrid-rausing-trust.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sigrid Rausing <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trust, one of the Largest private human rights funders in Europe, overseeing substantial businesses growth in Both funding portfolios.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><i>&#8220;Jessica Horn HAS Worked for over 15 years Supporting activist organizations, funders and the UN, to Deepen analysis, shape policy and funding, and refine interventions to defend women&#8217;s rights to health, bodily autonomy and freedom from violence. This includes 10 years in women&#8217;s rights and social change philanthropy as a donor Grantmaker and in advisory and governance roles. &#8220;<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms Horn join AWDF from the Stephen Lewis Foundation Where She Has served as Senior Advisor to AIR (The African Institute for Integrated Responses to Violence Against Women &amp; Girls and HIV \/ AIDS).<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ms Horn replaces Sarah Mukasa, Who served in the position for nine years. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6615,"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":[7,9,8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-event","category-news","category-press"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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