{"id":6675,"date":"2015-08-27T17:54:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T17:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=6675"},"modified":"2015-08-28T14:12:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T14:12:37","slug":"awdf-femrite-july-2015-public-dialogue-on-african-women-and-public-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/awdf-femrite-july-2015-public-dialogue-on-african-women-and-public-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"AWDF\/ FEMRITE July 2015 Public Dialogue on African Women and Public Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/thoughts-from-second-awdf-african-women-writers-workshop-in-kampala-uganda-july-27-aug-5th\/\">2015 African Women Writers Workshop<\/a>, The African Women&#8217;s Development Fund (AWDF) and Uganda Women Writers Association- FEMRITE- held a \u00a0Public Dialogue on Friday July 31st in downtown Kampala, Uganda. 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