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After more than a year of unimaginable suffering, West Africa looks cautiously ahead to the end of the most devastating outbreak of the Ebola virus the world has ever known. Yet the road for the three worst affected countries is still one of tough challenges.

Whilst Liberia is celebrating a second round of being declared Ebola-free, the announcement of new cases in Sierra Leone this week is seen as a real setback to national efforts to get rid of the disease. The new outbreaks, in the northern part of the country have led to a fresh round of enforced quarantines for thousands of people.

The first case of Ebola broke out in Guinea in December 2013, but the disease went undetected for four months until it crossed the border into neighbouring Sierra Leone, reaching its peak in August 2014. To date Ebola has claimed over 11,200 lives in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Thousands of others died of other causes due to the shutdown of emergency and regular health care services as hospitals closed their doors in the wake of the epidemic.

At AWDF, our Ebola relief support for 52 women’s organizations in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, underscores our concern for women who play the role of frontline responders in emergency situations on our continent. Within weeks of the outbreak we disbursed $450,000 to these women’s groups in the three countries.

Given the brutal impact on their already battered economies and the acute shortage of healthcare professionals, getting the countries completely Ebola-free and restoring what remains of virtually non-existent healthcare infrastructure will require the efforts of regional and national governments, individuals and the international community.

Early evidence from this outbreak has shown that women were disproportionately affected. Women’s livelihoods, security and lives came under direct assault as the epidemic waged its war.

For the next two weeks, we would like to salute the courage of the healthcare professionals, doctors, workers and ordinary everyday citizens who survived the unimaginable and through whose efforts the halt in the epidemic’s advance was made possible.

Through stories, features, reports and photographs we will tell the story of the impact of Ebola on women over the past year. Women who have demonstrated courage, resilience and the ability to survive the outbreak of one of the deadliest viruses on earth.

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The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) will be organising another Resource Mobilisation Strategy Development (RMSD) Boot Camp from 14-17th September 2015, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The programme is one of AWDF’s flagship capacity building activities, which has become popular with fundraisers within grantee organisations as a critical step in developing their organisational financial sustainability. This year, 15 fundraisers from 15 organisations from South Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ghana and Uganda will be participating in the 4-day boot camp in Johannesburg.

“I am particularly excited about this event because for the first time we have Malawi and Botswana attending this important event and hopefully they will also find the skills useful for strengthening their organisation’s financial sustainability efforts.” says Nafi Chinery, AWDF’s Capacity Building Programme Specialist. “AWDF is also grateful to the African Capacity Building Foundation for their continuous financial support to this project which is aimed at financial sustainability of women’s rights organisations in Africa”

Since its inception in 2013, 43 of AWDF’s grantee organisations from across the continent have participated in the RMSD bootcamp training aimed at helping them to develop effective fundraising strategies. The training has proven to be an invaluable resource to participants, a number of whom have experienced measurable improvement in their resource mobilisation:

“Amidst the unprecedented outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, PIPA-SL Board and the Resource Mobiilsation Strategy (RMS) Committee have taken various steps towards marketing the RMS including organising four community engagement and dialogue forums targeting local authorities/stakeholders [.] [W]e have also engaged the local council authorities and have successfully discussed joint action plans geared towards marketing our RMS.” People’s Initiative for Poverty Alleviation-Sierra Leone (PIPA-SL), Sierra Leone and 2014 participant.

“Our annual operating budget before the RMS boot camp in 2014 was US$ 55,502. The RMSD training in early 2014 enhanced our capacity to increase our operating budget in three folds to US$ 171,387 [and] we are also in negotiations with donors to finance our 2015 operating budget of US$395,000.” Foundation for Integrated Development, Sierra Leone, and 2014 participant.

“We did not have efficient skills for writing good proposals and approaching partners. The RMSD boot camp gave us [the] insight that we don’t need to wait for calls for proposals [and] that we should look for funding and resources within our communities, which [can be] sources of support to our fundraising journey. We have secured new funding of US$53,295.5 from the World Bank through Akwa Ibom State Agency for the Control of AIDS (AKSACA) to provide an HIV prevention program in Akwa Ibom State” Heal the Land, Nigeria and 2014 participant.

This year’s would be AWDF’s third installment of the programme.

Students at University of Ghana (AP Photo/Gabriela Barnuevo)

Read published article here: on Qz.com

BY Amba Mpoke-Bigg

Over the past couple of decades Ghana has won a hardearned reputation as a stable and settled democracy.

Yet, as news broke last week that a young university graduate from Ghana had left home to join Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS), it was hard not to dread the prospect of a mass exodus, or worse, deadly jihadist violence on our shores.

Those concerns were heightened when an investigative report by popular local radio station Starr FM reported that ISIS agents in Ghana are enticing unemployed youths with promises of cash and a gateway to heaven.

“They are promised initial spending fee and luxurious life before they travel to Syria and Iraq. Again their immediate families are assured quality life after they have left, so many of the young guys are considering it, especially in the Zongos (a slang term for neighborhoods populated by majority northern Ghanaian Muslims),” it quoted an interviewee as saying.

Twenty-five year old Nazir Alema Nortey, a graduate of one of Ghana’s leading universities sent a WhatsApp message to his family telling them he left the country earlier this month to join the Islamic extremist group, leaving behind a devastated family. The University Of Science and Technology graduate, is described by his father as a gentle, well-mannered man. Nortey was an active student on campus and showed no signs of being radicalized. He had a girlfriend. He was an ordinary man. Sketchy details of a second recruit, identified only as Rafiq also emerged this week at an official media briefing but there are already unconfirmed reports of a third—a young woman whose name has been given as Shakira Mohammed.

“Anyone is a potential recruit,” National Security Co-ordinator, Mr Yaw Donkor, told reporters at the briefing.

Donkor said would-be members were being headhunted from mainly tertiary institutions in Ghana where students were drafted into WhatsApp and Facebook social media forums in which radical discourse and indoctrination took place.

Among the many questions a shocked nation is asking itself is what might happen if radicalized youth return home. A look at what’s happening across Africa and around the world shows a sharp rise in the number of youth joining ISIS.

Ghana prides itself on its stable democracy and social harmony, but it was surely only a matter of time before the specter of Islamist militancy touched our shores given how close we are to troubled regional neighbours like Nigeria to the east, Mali to the northwest and Niger and Chad to the northeast. These are all now hotspots for militant Islam and terrorist activity.

Boko Haram, which has launched massive attacks in Nigeria since 2009, is the most troubling. The group which initially had links to al-Qaeda, pledged allegiance to ISIS in March. With little in place in terms of anti-terrorism measures in Ghana, what is there to stop us following the lead of our volatile neighbours?

Back in June there were angry demonstrations in Accra when city authorities ordered security forces to raze part of one of the largest slums, largely inhabited by Muslims, leaving thousands homeless.

One placard brought home the frustration: “Before 2016 , you will see Boko Haram in Ghana,” the sign read.

While some are blaming the internet and the accessibility of radical social media sites, there is an increasing possibility Islamic disaffection with Christian fundamentalism might be on the rise.

Christians make up 70% of the population of Ghana and Muslims 18%, according to official census figures from 2000. This has been disputed by Ghanaian Muslim leaders and other official sources who set the number at between 18% to 30%. Relations between the two religions have been peaceful in Ghana. But it’s often noted development and education have spread much faster in the predominantly Christian south than in the mainly Muslim north.

Ghana’s main political parties are not organised primarily on religious or ethnic lines, as happens elsewhere on the continent, and the country has had several Muslim vice presidents. Yet in the wake of these revelations the potential for Islamophobia against its Muslim minority is real.

We need to ask ourselves what the attraction is for an ordinary, middle-class Ghanaian young man, or woman, in joining the most dangerous jihadist group in the world. Words like radicalization seem almost incongruous with moderate Muslim youth. Yet it is true that education and liberalism aren’t foolproof armour against radicalization.

Neither can the economic factor be overlooked, given that Ghana, once Africa’s star economy, has turned to the International Monetary Fund to help it resolve its financial crisis.

President John Mahama says growth needs to be at least 8% to provide jobs for its young people, but growth has shrivelled in the past two years and it is expected to stand at 3.9% in 2015—below average for subSaharan Africa.

Unemployment data in Ghana is not collected, but Desmond Biney, director of the Unemployed Graduates Association Of Ghana sets the figure for unemployed graduates over the last five years at around 287,000. Current membership of the group which was set up as an advisory and placement service has doubled in the last two years.

And in further evidence of the impact of current economic conditions, Ghanaians have joined the hundreds of thousands of migrants risking their lives on the Mediterranean to seek work in Europe.

It is important not to overstate the problem. So far this is a tiny handful of people in a nation of 26 million. But for the majority of Ghanaians their decision to join ISIS should set alarm bells ringing. The question that needs answering is: how far will they go?

Aspen New Voices Fellowship Announces Call for 2016 Nominations

The Aspen Institute seeks nominations for one-year non-resident media skills and coaching program for next generation of global development leaders from the developing world

WASHINGTON, DC September 1, 2015– The Aspen Institute’s New Voices Fellowship today announced a call for nominations for the 2016 Fellowship class. The Fellowship initiative, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, offers development experts from Africa and other parts of the developing world a year-long program of media support, training, research and writing under the guidance of experienced mentors and trainers.

Candidates for the 20 Fellowships awarded next year must be experts in fields relating to global development. The Fellowship welcomes specialists from all development fields, and this year is particularly interested in professionals with backgrounds in food security, polio and/or infectious diseases and development finance.

Fellows must be from a developing country, and ideally work and live in their country of origin or another developing country.

Over the course of a year, the Fellowship works to prepare and support Fellows to become recognized thought leaders, helping amplify their insights and ideas rooted in experience on the ground. They will be given training and support to speak at major events; write conversation-starting op-eds and think pieces for major outlets; and build their social media platforms. The Fellowship is non-resident, but includes travel to training workshops as well as opportunities for travel to select international conferences.

Current Fellows have had their work featured in media sites ranging from the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and Al Jazeera to the Huffington Post, Africa Report, and AllAfrica.com. Fellows have been interviewed by news organizations including the BBC, CNBC, and National Public Radio (NPR) and been invited to speak at events including TED and the Aspen Ideas Festival

Application to the Fellowship is by nomination only through the program website at http://www.aspennewvoices.org/Nominations. The nomination period will close on November 1, 2015 and the incoming class will be announced in January 2016.

The New Voices Fellowship

The New Voices Fellowship at the Aspen Institute is a groundbreaking initiative designed to bring more expert voices from the developing world into the global development discussion. Launched in 2013 with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the New Voices Fellowship is part of Aspen Global Health and Development. For more information, visit www.aspennewvoices.org.

The Aspen Institute

The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues. The Institute is based in Washington, DC; Aspen, CO; and on the Wye River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. It also has offices in New York City and an international network of partners. For more information, visit www.aspeninstitute.org.

Contact: Andrew Quinn

Director, New Voices Fellowship

The Aspen Institute

202-736-2291

Andrew.Quinn@aspeninstitute.org

As part of the 2015 African Women Writers Workshop, The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) and Uganda Women Writers Association- FEMRITE- held a Public Dialogue on Friday July 31st in downtown Kampala, Uganda. That evening, the workshop participants, 22 African women writers, joined members of Uganda’s literary, art and activist community for a discussion on the status of African women in decision making spaces. The overall theme of the event was ‘African Women & Public Policy: Are We Getting It Right?’

The dialogue was led by a panel of noted African women thinkers including AWDF’s CEO Theo Sowa, Dr Tabitha Mulyampiti, a senior lecturer in the department of women and gender studies at Uganda’s Makerere University, writer and lead workshop facilitator Yewande Omotoso and the workshop participants.

It was a lively debate, which was well attended. Following the event AWDF CEO Theo Sowa gave an interview to the Ugandan radio station Power FM. You can listen to the interview and report on the event below:

WRITING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE.mp3

[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”] AWDF is Delighted to announce the appointment of Jessica Horn as icts new Director of Programs Beginning October 1, 2015. Ms Horn’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.

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 ARISE Magazine and as one of Applause Africa’s 40 Africans Changemakers under 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.

“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’s rights and global social justice” AWDF’s CEO Theo Sowa said.

Jessica’s work under her consultancy, Akiiki Consulting, HAS led to ground-breaking initiatives, Including in social justice philanthropy, with the establishment of UHAI -EASHRI- the first African-led fund Supporting the rights of sexual minorities. She Was a leader in early thinking around funding models for FRIDA – The Young Feminist Fund and aussi managed funding for Women’s Rights and Minority Rights at the Sigrid Rausing Trust, one of the Largest private human rights funders in Europe, overseeing substantial businesses growth in Both funding portfolios.

“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’s rights to health, bodily autonomy and freedom from violence. This includes 10 years in women’s rights and social change philanthropy as a donor Grantmaker and in advisory and governance roles. “

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 & Girls and HIV / AIDS). Ms Horn replaces Sarah Mukasa, Who served in the position for nine years. [/tp]

[tp lang=”fr” not_in=”en”] AWDF is pleased to announce the appointment of Jessica Horn its new Director of Programmes at 1 October 2015. The innovative work of Ms. Horn in engaging in feminist philanthropy communication strategies were an integral part of social change and leadership for social justice in Africa.

Jessica is a founding member of the African Working Group of Feminist Forum, a member of the Board of Urgent Action Fund-Africa, and serves on the International Comic Relief Grants Committee. In 2012 she was named African woman ‘changemaker’ by ARISE Magazine and as one of the 40 Africans among 40 Changemakers by Applause Africa’s. Its research and analysis was published in professional journals The Lancet and Feminist Africa, the Al Jazeera media platforms, and openDemocracy The Feminist Wire.

“AWDF is thrilled that she is joining our team and we are delighted that its leadership leads AWDF forward into a new phase of our journey to the promotion and realization of the rights of African women and global social justice,” said the Theo Sowa CEO of AWDF.

The work of Jessica as his counsel Akiiki Consulting, has led to pioneering initiatives, including philanthropy for social justice, with the creation of UHAI -EASHRI- the first African funds directed to support the rights of sexual minorities. She was a leader in the early days of reflection on the funding models for FRIDA – The Fund young feminists and also managed funding for women’s rights and minority rights in the Sigrid Rausing Trust, one of the largest private funders of human rights in Europe, overseeing substantial growth in two portfolio funds.

“Jessica Horn worked for over 15 years in supporting militant organizations, donors and the UN in order to deepen the analysis, shape policy and funding, and refine interventions to defend the rights of women to health, bodily autonomy and freedom from violence. This includes 10 years on the rights of women and the change of social philanthropy as a funder and governance donor and advisory roles. “

Ms. Horn joined AWDF after the Stephen Lewis Foundation, where she served as Senior Advisor AIR (The African Institute for integrated responses to violence against women and girls and HIV / AIDS). Ms. Horn replaces Sarah Mukasa, who operated at this position for nine years. [/tp]

[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”]The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) has published a Women’s Economic Empowerment Policy Brief, a comprehensive document on the Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods of African Women.

This policy document is based on the critical contributions and outcomes of the 2013 AWDF convening on Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods in Cape Town, South Africa, from the 3^rd-4^th of May, ahead of the World Economic Forum Africa meeting, “Delivering on Africa’s Promise”. The conversation brought together stakeholders – donors, grantee partners, researchers and policy makers- to discuss the recognition of African women’s economic empowerment as central to women’s equality and broader development goals of economic growth and poverty reduction. The document captures the daily struggles of African women and the steps they are taking to improve their lives economically.

“We hope that this document will influence discussions and decisions around recognising and improving women’s economic participation and development in Africa and globally.” says Nafi Chinery, AWDF’s Capacity Building Programme Specialist.

Click here to download the complete policy brief[/tp]

[tp lang=”fr” not_in=”en”]Le Fonds de développement des femmes africaines (AWDF) a publié la Note sur la politique pour l’autonomisation économique des femmes, un document exhaustif sur l’autonomisation économique et les moyens de subsistance des femmes africaines.

Ce document de stratégies est basé sur les contributions critiques et les conclusions de la convocation AWDF de 2013 sur l’autonomisation économique et les moyens de subsistance qui s’est tenue à Cape Town, Afrique du Sud, du 3 au 4 mai, avant la réunion du Forum économique mondial en Afrique,“Delivering on Africa’s Promise”. La conversation a rassemblé des acteurs – donateurs, les partenaires des bénéficiaires de subventions, les chercheurs et décisionnaires – qui ont débattu du fait que l’autonomisation économique des femmes africaines est essentielle pour l’égalité des femmes mais aussi pour de plus larges objectifs dont le développement de la croissance économique et la réduction de la pauvreté. Le document rend compte des luttes quotidiennes des femmes africaines et des mesures qu’elles prennent pour améliorer leur vie économique.

“Nous espérons que ce document saura influencer les discussions et les décisions autour de la reconnaissance et de l’amélioration de la participation économique des femmes ainsi que leur développement en Afrique et dans le monde.” déclare Nafi Chinery, spécialiste des programmes en renforcement des capacités à AWDF

Cliquez ici pour télécharger la note complète sur la politique d’autonomisation[/tp]

1. About the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF)

AWDF is the first African-wide grant-making foundation which was established to provide grants, capacity building and technical assistance to African women’s organizations. The vision of AWDF is for African women to live in a world in which there is social justice, equality and respect for women’s human rights. 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. AWDF raises money and makes grants for the support of non-profit African women’s organizations working for social justice, equality, and peace.

2. AWDF’s Resource Centre

AWDF established the Resource Centre in 2008 as part of the mission to strengthen knowledge production, documentation and information developed by and about African women. It. The Resource Centre hosts over 3,000 materials, including books, journals, newsletters, leaflets, magazines, films, music and other sources of knowledge and information. The materials address our six (6) thematic areas as well as feminism, philanthropy, the African women’s movement, capacity building and more. The centre serves as a resource base for students, researchers, policy makers, activists, media personnel, development workers, writers and other stakeholders. The centre is located at AWDF’s office in East Legon, Accra.

3. Development of the AWDF Resource Centre Management System

A consultant is required to develop a comprehensive, web-based management system with digital tracking for over 3,000 material items.

The deliverables for this project are as follows:

1. The user-friendly system should work with a scanner and allow for expansion up to 10,000 records.
2. It should also feature the ability to input information per record (through a drop down feature, i.e. magazine, book, film, etc.) along with pertinent informations such as title, author, year of publication or release, ISBN number, country, and brief profile information. A feature photo will be uploaded per record.
3. The system should also allow for cross-searching by visitors via keyword, author’s name, title, collection, country or year.
4. The homepage should be attractive yet simple in design with the collections listed as well as the latest additions to the Resource Centre. There should also be a tab for News and Events for the administrators to easily upload relevant information about the centre for visitors.
5. The system should also have a back end that allows administrators to track resources within collections, number of copies available, as well as a system to monitor library loans of materials to staff members. Therefore, a log-in panel will be necessary for administrative use (up to 5 persons).
6. There should be a way to monitor the statistical evidence of the system, particularly the number of unique visits to the system each day and month, in addition to which items and collections are being visited.
7. Finally, the consultant should also develop a brief Resource Centre Management System manual to accompany the software. Relevant staff members will also need to be trained on the administration procedures of the management system.

The system should be developed within a timeframe of six weeks with completion of the system and manual by Monday September 28, 2015.

Project Features should include the following:

• Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) with thumbnail document image support i.e.
• Ability to attach audio, video and document files.
• Ability to conduct Simple Resource Centre material search
• Ability to conduct advanced Resource Centre material search
• Bibliographic/catalog database management with book cover image support
• Resource Centre Material Loan and Return transactions
• Renewal of Resource Centre materials
• Reservation of Resource Centre materials
• Upload of material item pictures
• Printing of barcodes for catalogued Resource Centre materials
• Patron Login (Private area to view borrowed materials as well as their return or due dates)
• System backup facility
• System Log facility (To view activities of connected Users of the System)
• Add, copy, edit, and delete item records
• Print item records or list of records
• Quick return facility
• Reporting and statistics utility
• Holiday (days that nobody can issue items to staff) settings
• Barcodes generator utility
• Barcode Label Printing

4. Qualifications and Selection of Consultant

Submissions for this consultancy will be assessed against the following criteria:

• Demonstration of understanding of the scope of work and responsibilities requested in this call for expressions of interest.
• Demonstrable experience of having undertaken and managing similar projects.
• Cost efficiency
• Capacity to deliver within required deadlines

All interested applicants should submit a CV, a link to a similar management system developed by the consultant, and a proposal/work plan (not exceeding 4 pages) of how the AWDF Resource Centre Management System will be created. Email completed applications to Sionne Neely (sionne@africlub.net/awdf), Knowledge Management Specialist at the African Women’s Development Fund. The deadline for submissions is Thursday, July 30, 2015.

[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”]The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) Chief Executive Officer Theo Sowa will be speaking at the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development , taking place this week from 13th-16th July, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mainly, she will be participating in a panel discussion dubbed ‘Rethinking Philanthropy’s Contribution to the Financing for Development Agenda’ that centres on how to leverage and deploy philanthropic and public resources more efficiently to achieve the post 2015 agenda faster.

She will also be representing AWDF at other side events coordinated by other participating organisations at the conference. The fist is ‘Supporting Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health in Post 2015’ organised by Advance Family Planning (AFP), an advocacy initiative designed to help developing countries achieve universal access to reproductive health.

Following that is the International Planned Parenthood Federation’s (IPPF) discussion ‘The Addis Ababa Accord: Making it Meaningful for Women and Girls.’ This event will explore the implications of the new Financing for Development agenda for women and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights, in order to ensure that the most marginalized women and girls are not left behind.

AWDF has been actively involved in the Financing for Development agenda in Africa. Ahead of the July conference, AWDF, in partnership with the Post 2015 Women’s Coalition and African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), organised a regional strategic meeting for African feminist organisations. Held in Nairobi, Kenya from 6th-8th May, the main aim of the regional meeting was to facilitate collective action and create a space for organizing in anticipation of the upcoming July conference.

Read the outcomes and policy recommendations document from the Nairobi meeting here:

Policy Recommendations – FfD[/tp]

[tp lang=”fr” not_in=”en”]Theo Sowa chef de direction Fonds de développement des femmes africaines (AWDF) prendra la parole lors de la 3e Conférence internationale sur le financement du développement, qui aura lieu du 13 au 16 Juillet à Addis-Abeba, en Ethiopie. Elle participera principalement à une discussion de groupe intitulée «La contribution de la philanthropie: Repenser le financement du programme de développement» qui se concentre sur la façon d’exploiter et de déployer des ressources philanthropiques et publiques de manière plus efficace pour atteindre les objectifs de “Post 2015” plus rapidement.

Elle sera également la représentante d’AWDF à d’autres événements coordonnés par d’autres organisations participant également à la conférence. L’objectif de “Post 2015” et organisé par Advance Family Planning (AFP) vise à soutenir la santé reproductive et la santé de la mère, du nouveau-né, de l’enfant et de l’adolescent , il s’agit d’une initiative de mobilisation pour aider les pays en développement à avoir un accès universel à la santé reproductive.

Suivant le rapport de la Fédération internationale pour le planning familial (IPPF) “L’accord d’Addis Abeba: rend les choses significatives pour les femmes et les filles“. Cet événement sera un moyen d’explorer les implications du nouveau programme de financement du développement pour les femmes, la santé et les droits sexuels et reproductifs des jeunes filles, afin d’assurer que les femmes et les filles les plus marginalisées ne sont pas laissés pour compte.

AWDF a été activement impliqué dans le programme de financement du développement en Afrique. Avant la conférence de Juillet, AWDF, en partenariat avec la Coalition des femmes de “Post 2015” et le Réseau de développement et de Communication des femmes africaines (FEMNET), a organisé une réunion stratégique régionale pour les organisations féministes africaines. Tenue à Nairobi, au Kenya, du 6 au 8 mai, l’objectif principal de cette réunion était de faciliter l’action collective et créer un espace pour l’organisation en prévision de la prochaine conférence de Juillet.

Lire les résultats et les recommandations politiques document de la réunion de Nairobi ici:

Recommandations politiques – du financement du développement[/tp]