{"id":9007,"date":"2018-03-07T15:20:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T15:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=9007"},"modified":"2018-03-07T15:20:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T15:20:41","slug":"beyond-tie-dye-rethinking-african-womens-economies-and-the-role-of-funders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/beyond-tie-dye-rethinking-african-womens-economies-and-the-role-of-funders\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Tie Dye: Rethinking African Women&#8217;s Economies and the role of Funders."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Jessica Horn, AWDF&#8217;s Director of programs was interviewed by News Deeply! See an excerpt below-and follow the read the entire interview.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t talk to Jessica Horn about tie dye. The director of programs for the\u00a0<a class=\"m_-2449768330086814238m_1520962081761330239gmail-preview-link\" href=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1520508639530000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEk16y_DHw_c2G6Ra9uGOt0UsZUGg\">African Women\u2019s Development Fund<\/a>\u00a0doesn\u2019t have time for women\u2019s advancement projects that lean on an age-old standby: artisanal\u00a0crafts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the most common post-conflict reconstruction initiatives in economic empowerment is teaching women to make soda soap and to do tie dye,\u201d she says. \u201cNow you\u2019re flooding the market with sub-standard tie-dyed cloth. Who\u2019s going to buy\u00a0it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To become real economic players, equal to men, Horn says, women need a say in the decisions that affect them. Which is why every project the African Women\u2019s Development Fund supports has to meet at least two goals: increased income generation and greater political\u00a0participation.<\/p>\n<p>At the Bond conference in London, News Deeply spoke to Horn about the relationship between economics and politics, and the trouble with \u201cwomen\u2019s\u00a0work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the entire interview click here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2oQb5ai\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2oQb5ai<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Horn, AWDF&#8217;s Director of programs was interviewed by News Deeply! See an excerpt below-and follow the read the entire interview.\u00a0 Don\u2019t talk to Jessica Horn about tie dye. 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