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Please see flyer below for more details of the 11th Gender Festival organised by the Tanzania Gender Networking Platform (TGNP)

TGNP Gender Festival 2013[/tp]

[tp lang=”fr” not_in=”en”]TGNP Mtandao est heureux d’annoncer le 11ème Festival du Genre qui portera sur «Vingt années de lutte féministe de transformation pour Droits des femmes, l’égalité des sexes et la justice sociale – Où sommes-nous? Et après? “dans le vaste thème de l’égalité, la démocratie et le développement. Le Festival aura lieu du 3 au 6 Septembre.

S’il vous plaît voir ci-dessous le dépliant pour plus de détails sur le 11ème Festival du Genre organisée par la Plateforme Tanzania Gender Networking (TGNP)

TGNP Gender Festival 2013[/tp]

[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”]Any individual, non-governmental organization, group or network may submit communications (complaints/appeals/petitions) to the Commission on the Status of Women containing information relating to alleged violations of human rights that affect the status of women in any country in the world. The Commission on the Status of Women considers such communications as part of its annual programme of work in order to identify emerging trends and patterns of injustice and discriminatory practices against women for purposes of policy formulation and development of strategies for the promotion of gender equality.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Any person or organization with a communication should write by 1 August 2013. More information.

The current communications procedure of the Commission on the Status of Women has its roots in Economic and Social Council resolution 76 (V) of 5 August 1947, as amended by the Council in resolution 304 I (XI) of 14 and 17 July 1950. The mandate of the Commission on the Status of Women to consider communications has been reaffirmed and the modalities of the procedure have been further modified by the Council (see Council resolutions 1983/27 of 26 May 1983, 1992/19 of 30 July 1992, 1993/11 of 27 July 1993, 2009/16 of 28 July 2009 and decision 2002/235 of 24 July 2002).

What types of communications are sought?

Accurate and detailed information relating to the promotion of women’s rights in political, economic, civil, social and educational fields in any country anywhere in the world.

What information should be included in a communication?

It is advisable that communications should:

Identify as far as possible the woman victim, or women victims;
Indicate clearly where (the particular country/several countries) the alleged violation(s) or pattern of violations have occurred or are occurring;
Provide, when available, dates and circumstances of the alleged violations;
Explain the context by providing relevant background information; and
Provide, when available, copies of documentation.
The following are examples of categories of communications received and trends and patterns identified in recent years:
Arbitrary arrests of women
Deaths and torture of women in custody
Forced disappearances or abductions of women
Discriminatory application of punishments in law based on sex, including corporal and capital punishment
Violation of the rights of women human rights defenders to freedom of expression and assembly
Threats or pressure exerted on women not to complain or to withdraw complaints
Impunity for violations of the human rights of women
Stereotypical attitudes towards the role and responsibilities of women
Domestic violence
Forced marriage and marital rape
Virginity testing
Contemporary forms of slavery, including trafficking in women and girls
Sexual harassment of women in the workplace
Unfair employment practices based on sex, including unequal pay
Lack of due diligence by States to adequately investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of violence against women
Discrimination against women under immigration and nationality laws
Violations of the rights of women to own and inherit property
Discrimination against women in accessing international humanitarian aid
Forcible evictions of women in conflict situations

Submission of Claims

All claims must be signed and submitted in writing by e-mail or regular mail. However, the author’s identity is not made known to the Government(s) concerned unless she/he agrees to the disclosure.

Please note that the Commission on the Status of Women does not take decisions on the merit of communications that are submitted to it and, therefore, the communications procedure does not provide an avenue for the redress of individual grievances.

Where to submit a communication to the Commission on the Status of Women

Any person or organization with a communication should write by 1 August 2013 to:

CSW Communications Procedure
Human Rights Section
UN Women
220 East 42nd Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10017 USA

Or send an e-mail message to cp-csw@unwomen.org.[/tp]

[tp lang=”fr” not_in=”en”]Toute personne, organisation non gouvernementale, groupe ou réseau peut présenter des communications (plaintes / appels / pétitions) à la Commission sur la condition de la femme contenant des informations relatives à des violations présumées des droits de l’homme qui affectent le statut des femmes dans tous les pays dans le monde . La Commission de la condition de la femme estime que ces communications dans le cadre de son programme annuel de travail afin d’identifier les tendances et les modèles émergents de l’injustice et les pratiques discriminatoires à l’égard des femmes à des fins de formulation et le développement de stratégies pour la promotion de l’égalité politique.

DATE LIMITE DE SOUMISSION: Toute personne ou organisation avec une communication doivent écrire le 1er Août 2013. Plus d’informations.

La procédure de communication actuelle de la Commission sur la condition de la femme a ses racines dans la résolution 76 (V) 5 Août 1947 du Conseil économique et social, tel que modifié par le Conseil dans sa résolution 304 I (XI) du 14 et 17 Juillet 1950. Le mandat de la Commission sur la condition de la femme à examiner des communications a été réaffirmé et les modalités de la procédure ont encore été modifié par le Conseil (voir les résolutions du Conseil 1983/27 du 26 mai 1983, 1992/19 du 30 Juillet 1992, 1993 / 11 du 27 Juillet 1993, 2009/16 du 28 Juillet 2009 et la décision 2002/235 du 24 Juillet 2002).

Quels types de communications sont recherchés?

Des informations précises et détaillées relatives à la promotion des droits des femmes dans les domaines politiques, économiques, civils, sociaux et éducatifs dans tous les pays partout dans le monde.

Quelles informations devraient être inclues dans une communication?

Il est souhaitable que les communications devraient:

Identifier autant que possible la femme victime, ou les femmes victimes;
Indiquez clairement où (le pays particulier / plusieurs pays) la violation alléguée (s) ou le motif de violations ont été commises ou ont eu lieu;
Fournir, lorsque disponibles, les dates et les circonstances des violations alléguées;
Expliquer le contexte en fournissant des informations de base pertinentes; et
Fournir, lorsqu’elles sont disponibles, des copies de la documentation.
Voici des exemples de catégories de communications reçues et les tendances et les modèles identifiés au cours des dernières années sont les suivantes:
Les arrestations arbitraires de femmes
Décès et la torture des femmes en garde à vue
Disparitions ou enlèvements de femmes forcées
Application discriminatoire des peines en droit fondée sur le sexe, y compris corporels et la peine capitale
Violation des droits des femmes défenseures des droits humains à la liberté d’expression et de réunion
Les menaces ou les pressions exercées sur les femmes de ne pas se plaindre ou de retirer les plaintes
L’impunité pour les violations des droits humains des femmes
Les attitudes stéréotypées à l’égard du rôle et des responsabilités des femmes
Violence conjugale
Le mariage forcé et le viol conjugal
Le test de virginité
Les formes contemporaines d’esclavage, y compris la traite des femmes et des filles
Le harcèlement sexuel des femmes en milieu de travail
Pratiques de travail déloyales fondées sur le sexe, y compris l’inégalité de rémunération
Le manque de diligence raisonnable par les États à enquêter de façon adéquate, poursuivre et punir les auteurs de violences contre les femmes
La discrimination contre les femmes en vertu des lois d’immigration et de nationalité
Les violations des droits des femmes à posséder et hériter de biens
La discrimination contre les femmes dans l’accès de l’aide internationale humanitaire
Expulsions forcées des femmes dans les situations de conflit

Présentation des réclamations

Toutes les réclamations doivent être signés et soumises par écrit par e-mail ou par courrier ordinaire. Cependant, l’identité de l’auteur ne doit pas se faire connaître du gouvernement concerné, sauf si elle / il consent à la divulgation.

S’il vous plaît notez que la Commission de la condition de la femme ne prend pas de décisions sur le mérite des communications qui lui sont soumises et, par conséquent, la procédure de communication ne prévoit pas une avenue pour le redressement de griefs individuels.

Où présenter une communication à la Commission sur la condition de la femme,

Toute personne ou organisation avec une communication doivent écrire le 1er Août 2013:

CSW Communications Procedure
Human Rights Section
UN Women
220 East 42nd Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10017 USA

Ou envoyez un email à cp-csw@unwomen.org.[/tp]

[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”]GENEVA (6 February 2013) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday applauded the upcoming entry into force of a key Protocol to an international treaty which will, for the first time, enable individual complaints on economic, social and cultural rights, thereby helping place all human rights on an equal footing.

After crossing the required threshold of state ratifications on Tuesday, the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will enter into force on 5 May.

“The entry into force of the Optional Protocol is a major breakthrough, which will enable victims under the jurisdiction of the States parties to seek justice for violations of their economic, social and cultural rights,” Pillay said.

“The Protocol will provide an important platform to expose abuses linked to poverty, discrimination and neglect, which up until now victims have had to endure without any possible recourse at the international level. It will provide a way for individuals, who may otherwise be isolated and powerless, to make the international community aware of their situation,” the High Commissioner said.

“The entry into force of the Optional Protocol will also finally help place economic, social and cultural rights on an equal footing with all other human rights,” Pillay said. “The Protocol makes a strong and unequivocal statement about the equal value and importance of all human rights and the need for strengthened legal protection of economic, social and cultural rights in particular,” she added.

Uruguay triggered the coming into force of the Optional Protocol when, on 5 February, it became the tenth country to ratify, joining Argentina, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mongolia, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain.

The Optional Protocol was adopted four years ago, on 10 December 2008, by the UN General Assembly. It gives the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – the body which monitors the International Covenant to which the Protocol is attached – the competence to examine complaints from individuals or groups of individuals who claim a violation of rights protected under the Covenant. It also enables the Committee to conduct inquiries if it receives reliable information indicating grave or systematic violations by a State party of any of the economic, social and cultural rights covered by the Covenant.

“With the entry into force of the Optional Protocol, a jurisprudence will now be developed that will help define the scope of application of economic, social and cultural rights and outline adequate remedies for victims,” Pillay said.

The High Commissioner strongly encouraged other States among the 160 that are already party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to ratify the Optional Protocol as soon as possible. The equivalent Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights came into force 37 years ago (in March 1976), and has been ratified by 114 States.[/tp]

[tp lang=”fr” not_in=”en”]GENÈVE (6 Février 2013) – Le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les droits de l’homme, Navi Pillay, a salué mercredi l’entrée en vigueur prochaine d’un protocole clé d’un traité international qui, pour la première fois, permet des plaintes individuelles sur les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels , contribuant ainsi à placer tous les droits de l’homme sur un pied d’égalité.

Après avoir traversé le seuil requis de ratifications de l’Etat, mardi, le Protocole facultatif se rapportant au Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels entrera en vigueur le 5 mai.

“L’entrée en vigueur du Protocole facultatif est une percée majeure, qui permettra aux victimes relevant de la juridiction des États parties à demander justice pour les violations de leurs droits économiques, sociaux et culturels,” a déclaré Mme Pillay.

“Le protocole fournira une plate-forme importante pour exposer les abus liés à la pauvreté, la discrimination et la négligence, que jusqu’à présent les victimes ont eu à endurer sans aucun recours possible au niveau international. Il fournira un moyen pour les individus, qui pourraient autrement être isolés et impuissants à tenir la communauté internationale au courant de leur situation “, a déclaré le Haut Commissaire.

“L’entrée en vigueur du Protocole facultatif permettre également enfin de mettre les droits économiques, sociaux et culturels sur un pied d’égalité avec tous les autres droits humains,” a déclaré Mme Pillay. “Le Protocole fait une déclaration forte et sans équivoque sur la valeur et l’importance égale de tous les droits humains et la nécessité de renforcer la protection juridique des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels en particulier,” at-elle ajouté.

L’Uruguay a considéré l’entrée en vigueur du Protocole facultative quand, puis le 5 Février, il est devenu le dixième pays à le ratifier, rejoignant l’Argentine, la Bolivie, la Bosnie-Herzégovine, l’Équateur, El Salvador, la Mongolie, le Portugal, la Slovaquie et l’Espagne.

Le Protocole facultatif a été adopté il ya quatre ans, le 10 Décembre 2008, par l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies. Il donne au Comité des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels – l’organisme qui surveille le Pacte international à laquelle le protocole est joint – la compétence d’examiner les plaintes émanant de particuliers ou groupes de particuliers qui prétendent une violation des droits protégés par le Pacte. Il permet également à la Commission de mener des enquêtes si elle reçoit des informations fiables indiquant des violations graves ou systématiques par un État partie de l’un des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels énoncés dans le Pacte.

“Avec l’entrée en vigueur du Protocole facultatif, une jurisprudence va maintenant être développé qui aidera à définir le champ d’application des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels et de définir des recours adéquats pour les victimes,” a déclaré Mme Pillay.

Le Haut Commissaire a fortement encouragé les autres États parmi les 160 qui sont déjà parties au Pacte international relatif aux droits économiques, sociaux et culturels à ratifier le Protocole facultatif dès que possible. Le protocole équivalent au Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques est entré en vigueur il y a 37 ans (en Mars 1976), et a été ratifiée par 114 États.[/tp]

[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”]Professor Amina Mama, Director of Women and Gender Studies at the University of California, Davis, will on Monday 24th June 2013 give a public lecture on ‘Global Militarism and the Resilence of Women in Africa’. Please see flyer for more details[/tp]

[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”]Le Professeur Amina Mama, Directrice des Women and Gender Studies à l’University of California, Davis, donnera le Lundi 24 juin 2013 une lecture publique sur ‘Global Militarism and the Resilence of Women in Africa’. Veuillez voir les flyer pour plus de détails.[/tp]

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DECLARATION OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE OF WOMEN STAKEHOLDERS ON PAN AFRICANISM, RENAISSANCE AND AGENDA 2063

Preamble

1) WE, African women drawn from African Union Member States, Civil Society Organisations, Women Pan African Movements, Women’s Rights Organisations, Academia, Diaspora Organisations, Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the private sector and UN Agencies met in Addis Ababa-Ethiopia from 12-13th May to consult, define and strategise on women’s priorities on Pan Africanism, Renaissance and Agenda 2063.
2) RECALLING the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, Article (1) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against women (CEDAW); the Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality, the African Union Gender Policy and the Decade for African Women(2010-2020) and various regional and international Legal instruments on Women’s Rights;
3) RECOGNISING that African women and their Diaspora sisters played a critical role in the evolution of Pan Africanism, through their contributions to the anti-slavery, anti-colonial and liberation struggles. Through their efforts, women ensured that the struggles for freedom, dignity, development, peace and self-determination also addressed our aspirations for women’s emancipation, gender equality and women’s empowerment. Their aspirations found expression in the formation of strong women’s movements across Africa and the Diaspora that resulted in the development and progressive adoption of legal frameworks, policies and programmes;
4) ACKNOWLEDGE that the struggle of African women is part of a worldwide struggle of all women; that women’s emancipation is at the heart of the question of humanity itself and it is therefore universal in character;
5) CELEBRATING the key roles that African women’s movements, organisations, networks have played in advancing the liberation of Africa from colonisation and Apartheid in the pursuit of equality, peace and development for African people locally, continentally and in the international arenas, throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century.
6) RECOGNISING the role played by the pioneers of the Pan African Women’s Organisation (PAWO).
7) REALISING that over the last fifty years, Africa recorded progress in economic and social development, improving the status of women, consolidating democracy and the creation of institutions to unite and develop Africa. However, we have not yet realised our dream of an integrated, peaceful, people-centred and prosperous continent that embodies gender equality and women’s empowerment;
8) STRESS THE NEED for Africa to move with determination, boldness and dedication to eradicate poverty, underdevelopment, inequality, conflict, and disease, as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Organisation of African Unity/African Union (OAU/AU).

Towards Agenda 2063
9) SUPPORT the vision of an Africa that is integrated, prosperous, people-centred, at peace with itself, and asserting its place in the global community;
10) RECOGNIZE that neither peace nor prosperity will be fully realised without the participation and emancipation of African women.
11) ACKNOWLEDGE the value of investing in women, given the role they play in families, communities and societies, translates directly into human and social development;
12) FURTHER RECOGNIZE that women constitute more than half of Africa’s population, that over seventy five percent of our population is young and the potential and opportunities this presents for speeding up the realisation of the African Agenda;
13) COMMEND the African Union for the initiative to consult with all sectors of society, the African citizenry and the Diaspora as well as Member States, RECs and AU Organs to develop a continent-wide Agenda 2063;
14) EXPRESS our determination to ensure that the voices of women, not only those who participated in the workshop, but from all countries, the Diaspora, all walks of life and generations are heard as we frame this agenda;
15) DETERMINED to take bold actions to transform our continent and to actively mobilise women for collective participation and action to advance Agenda 2063.

 

HEREBY DECLARE AS FOLLOWS:

That our aspirations for a peaceful, integrated, people-centred and prosperous continent mirrors the vision of the founders of Pan Africanism. In pursuance of these aspirations, we

1. COMMIT to the transformation of gender inequality in the economy; the creation of wealth and the promotion of sustainable, participatory and equitable economic development and growth through opportunities for women:
a. In agriculture, pastoralism and agro-processing,agro-business including the development of agricultural research and sciences;
b. Land rights, ownership and inheritance rights, and the development of vibrant rural economies;
c. Improve the quality and packaging of our value added products, and ensure effective branding and marketing of African products to compete in domestic and global markets;
d. Promote gender sensitive financial and non-financial business development services;
e. Promote women’s access to and control of productive assets, including land, finance and other resources;
f. Invest in the scaling up of African women entrepreneurship to generate employment, create wealth and sustainable livelihoods;
g. Enhance women access to knowledge, ownership, and the production of technology, research and innovation for value addition and development;
h. Accelerate Africa’s infrastructure revolution, including the rapid expansion of energy; transport; adequate, affordable and decent shelter; water and sanitation; and ICT infrastructure that is modern, sustainable, responds to women’s needs and with the participation of women;
i. Promote women’s trade including access to markets, removal of legal and social barriers to women’s participation in trade and facilitate intra-Africa trade;
j. Contribute towards the integration agenda, encouraging free movement of peoples, goods and services, promote harmonised inclusive and gender sensitive policies and interventions with a view to encourage women owned businesses that are regional, continental as well as global;
k. Sustainable management of natural resources in a transparent and accountable manner, to ensure more equitable distribution of proceeds, towards value-addition and beneficiation for industrialisation and the development of communities and infrastructure. In this regard, we must strengthen women’s participation in decision-making, ownership and control of natural resources;
l. Mitigate the negative impacts of natural and man-made disasters on women and girls through the implementation of disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies;
m. Ensure that women and gender variables are factored in economic analysis, economic modelling, economic policies and their implementation, monitoring and evaluation;
n. Mobilise the diverse voices of women, including feminist economists, grassroots development and community activists, academics and intellectuals in the development of alternative economic models to promote sustainable, gender sensitive and equitable economic development and globalisation.

1) COMMIT TO ACHIEVE Gender EQUALITY by the end of the Decade of African Women, by
a. Advocating for equal representation and participation of women in all institutions of society, public, civil and private and for the removal of all forms of discrimination based on gender;
b. Advocating for full gender parity by the end of the Decade
c. Promoting women’s role in leadership and governance through policies such as affirmative action and quotas; electoral law and campaign financereforms; women’s participation in political parties; mentoring and advocacy as well as the inclusion of the gender parity principle in national constitutions;
d. Mentoring young women to build capacity, self confidence and support their engagement, representation and participation in key policy and decision making institutions and structures;
e. Positioning African women; build solidarity and capacity in-order to influence and exercise power in strategic decision making spaces at the local, national, regional and global levels;
f. Promoting inter-generational dialogue, solidarity and leadership;
g. Promoting democratic and ethical governance leadership across all sectors in Africa;
h. Strengthening the accountability of governments and institutions in promoting gender equality;
i. Positioning women within the decentralised governance agenda and local governance
j. Recognising the importance of political will and sustained commitment from our political, social, economic, civil society, spiritual and cultural leadership across the continent for the implementation of Agenda 2063;

2) PROMOTE, PROTECT and ADVANCE Women’s Human Rights, by
a. Grounding the African women’s agenda on rights framework to ensure individual and collective accountability for women’s rights and gender equality;
b. Upholding the rule of law and access to justice by repealing all laws and legal obstacles that undermine women’s full citizenship and constitutional rights and by realigning national legal frameworks with the continental and international legal commitments by adopting enforcement measures;
c. Strengthening justice systems at national and continental levels to ensure they are responsive to women and girls needs and rights;
d. Advocating for the full ratification, domestication and implementation of the Protocol to the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights and other regional and international instruments as critical to the protection and promotion of women’s rights;
e. Promoting and support women’s knowledge of their rights and the law as well as their access to legal aid;
f. Promoting women’s rights, gender equality and awareness in society through the integration of citizen and women’s rights in the school curriculum and civic education;
g. Supporting and work with youth and men champions of women’s rights and gender equality;
h. Strengthening regional and international cooperation in protecting women’s rights and access to justice in instances where citizens are not within the immediate jurisdiction of their countries; protect immigrants and tackle the growing rate of trafficking of young girls and women across Africa;
i. Engaging and developing the capacity of legislators, administrators of justice as well as the legal practitioners across the continent in effectively protecting, promoting and advancing African women’s rights at national and continental levels;
j. Promoting a multi-sectoral approach to accelerate the ratification, domestication and implementation of existing commitments on women’s human rights;
k. Continueing to actively engage women’s human rights organisations and experts in the development and implementation of the African Agenda 2063;

3) PROMOTE PEACE, SECURITY AND GENDER JUSTICE and

a. Move beyond militaristic notion of security and shift towards human security
b. Advocate for the reduction of military spending and for the re-allocation of freed resources to socio economic development priorities;
c. Mainstream gender across the African Union Peace Support Operations, security, law enforcement and justice organs;
d. Demand full and equal participation of women in peace and security structures, missions, interventions and representation in key decision making positions on conflict prevention, management, resolution, peace-building and transitional justice processes in line with the AU policies and instruments as well as United Nations Peace and Security Resolutions on women peace and security;
e. Develop and adopt a continental African framework on women peace and security;
f. End persisting violence against women and girls and end impunity in conflict and post-conflict situations;
g. Guarantee the security of women during and post elections;
h. Address the escalating rate of domestic violence and increase safety measures for women in public and private spaces;
i. Institutionalise psychosocial and economic support to survivors including reparations for victims and survivors as well as addressing post traumatic stress disorder resulting from violence and armed conflict;
j. Support the provision of services to survivals of conflict and ensure comprehensive witness protection;
k. Encourage peace education amongst all sectors of society, especially for young men and women;
l. End the proliferation of arms, child soldiers, drugs, human trafficking, and the protection of the rights of refugees and internally displaced persons;
m. End all forms of institutionalised and socialised violence against women, underage girls and young women; especially child marriage and female genital mutilation;
n. Build the capacity of the police, judiciary and traditional leaders to transform harmful and cultural socialisation and practices to deal with victims of abuse and rape;

 

4) PROMOTE Human Development by

a. Investing and improving the quality of education and training systems, and strengthen efforts towards gender equality in education by the end of the African Women’s Decade;
b. Promoting a skills revolution to drive Africa’s modernisation, sustainable industrialisation, green economy and agricultural revolution for the acceleration of infrastructural and economic development;
c. Strengthening our health systems through gender equity in access to and awareness of health care, women’s sexual reproductive health rights and choices, and ensure drastic reduction in child and maternal mortality in all our countries;
d. Strengthening social policy and social security protection of the vulnerable, women, children, the elderly, people with disabilities and marginalised communities;
e. Recognizing the role of community, sectoral and grassroots organisations and networks in contributing to mobilisation, capacity building and social capital for development;
f. Committing towards the mobilisation of women in rural, peri-urban and urban areas, and harness the knowledge and contributions of grassroots women;
g. Accelerating the implementation of Africa’s commitments on health, especially the elimination of major killer diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Cancer;
h. Improving access to reliable, safe and affordable modern and sustainable sources of energy;
i. Strengthening data collection systems to ensure quality data for gender planning, monitoring and evaluation of initiatives, programmes on gender and the empowerment of women;
j. Supporting quality and relevant tertiary and vocational education and training, including science, technology, engineering and mathematics for girls and young women;
k. Recognising and harness the existing expertise and provide opportunities for employment in the region including the use of indigenous language.

 

5) PROMOTE Science and Technology, Research and Innovation and

a. Promote the formulation and implementation of policies and programmes on science, technology, engineering and mathematics and technology education for girls and boys;
b. Accelerate women’s access to and control of technology to reduce their care burden and release them to unleash and realise their potential;
c. Promote the innovative use of science and technology to advance women’s economic opportunities and for the eradication of poverty and the development of infrastructure and industrialisation;
d. Build, develop, document and protect African indigenous knowledge and culture, as a driver of and contributor to innovation.

6) ADVOCATE FOR Cultural transformation, Pan Africanist values, Renaissance and
a. Celebrate and develop the positive aspects of our indigenous African knowledge, cultures and institutions that promote women’s status, our African identity and our unity in diversity;
b. Promote and renew women-cantered Pan African unity and values including solidarity, service and self-determination and reliance;
c. Build new generations of Pan Africanist through cultural exchange, youth service programmes, arts and culture amongst African youth, including the Diaspora;
d. Encourage all countries to teach African history, Pan Africanism and Renaissance in schools and educational institutions, so as to foster people-to-people integration and promote the establishment of Pan Africanism and African Renaissance Chairs at universities;
e. Invest in and promote African cultural products and industries with the view to strengthen African identity, unity, diversity and gender equality;
f. Strengthen African cultural industries that create opportunities for women including artists, crafters, musicians, filmmakers, dancers, traditional healers and designers;
g. Review and document cultural norms, values and practices that promote or impede women’s empowerment, gender equality and women’s rights, and influence positive change and development of African cultures;
h. Engage with traditional authorities, including women cultural leaders to address traditional and cultural practices impacting women’s empowerment, gender equality and women’s rights;
i. Promote targeted approaches to transform household gender relations;
j. Engage African media to ensure that the diversity of African women’s stories are told the African way by African women;
k. Strengthen our continental media houses, to become vibrant, Pan African and primary sources of news and entertainment for Africans;
l. Establish a Pan African women multi-media network to drive Agenda 2063;
m. Promote the development of Pan African cultural products and content using new technologies to promote African identity, positive gender identity and equality as well as African heroines and heroes amongst our children;
n. Promote pride in our African identity, and take charge of the narrative of who we are, our past and our future, and our place in the world;
o. Strengthen our linkages with the African Diaspora and mobilise the Diaspora in support of Africa’s renaissance and prosperity;
p. Promote unity amongst African nations to enable them to compete on the global stage;
q. Preserve, protect and promote the use of African languages as an important part of African heritage and identity.

 

7) MOBILISE resources for Africa’s transformation and

a. Explore, promote and sustain innovative ways of domestic resource mobilisation, including review of tax systems, public and private investment policies and pension funds towards African development;
b. Promote African philanthropy to ensure ownership of the African development agenda.
c. Upscale allocation of resources for gender related and women’s empowerment interventions, and advocate for the equitable allocation of national and continental resources across genders;
d. Encourage effective, equitable and accountable use of resources, manage the resources in the interest of current and future generations; and act against corruption, pilfering of national resources and illicit outflows from the continent;
e. Advocate for the allocation, redistribution of public and private resources towards priorities that are critical to women’s empowerment and development, and ensure women’s participation in these processes;
f. Foster home-grown public-private partnerships to broaden domestic resource base, and encourage domestic investment by public and private sectors.
g. Institutionalise gender parity and gender mainstreaming in African institutions such as the African Union and its organs, African Development Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa;
h. Define the rules of engagement in development cooperation and aid, foreign investments, relationship with the global financial architecture so that they align with African development, gender equality and women’s empowerment priorities;
i. Ensure that the proceeds of the continent’s natural resources are utilised for development, industrialisation, women’s empowerment, and positive legacies for future generations.

 

8) ENSURE broad-based participation, foster Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships, and

a. Ensure effective engagement and ownership of Agenda 2063 by all stakeholders at all levels of implementation;
b. Foster strong women’s networks, alliances and grassroots movements to implement Agenda 2063;
c. Strengthen the mechanism for mutual transparency and accountability;
d. Foster a culture of information sharing and effective coordination among women within and across Africa and the African Diaspora.

 

9) SET MILESTONES towards the realisation of AGENDA 2063 and

a. Acknowledge that Agenda 2063 is a long term continental vision, and its realisation will require short and medium-term milestones and strategies, so that we assess progress on the way;
b. Ensure that African women’s input and priorities are captured in the post 2015 development agenda, so that it reinforces milestones towards the realisation of Agenda 2063, and that the global agenda supports Africa’s transformation and development;
c. Achieve gender mainstreaming in all milestones, as well as specific gender targets and indicators;
d. Set up a comprehensive knowledge management strategy promoting and tracking the intersection between post MDGs and Agenda 2063 processes and milestones.

THEREFORE RESOLVE TO TAKE THE NEXT STEPS

a. Present at the upcoming 50th Anniversary Summit these aspirations of women, and advocate for the inclusion of the proposals in the 50th Anniversary Proclamation;
b. Undertake, individually and collectively, to engage women in our countries and the Diaspora to participate in the debate and formulation of Agenda 2063 and its milestones;
c. Urge Member States, RECs, the Diaspora region, civil society, and the broader women movements and networks to organise similar women stakeholder workshops at country and regional level on Agenda 2063;
d. Develop an Action plan for the Implementation of the concrete strategies proposed at this Consultative workshop with a view to enrich the Agenda 2063 framework and to accelerate the realisation of the objectives of the Decade of Women in all our countries and across the continent;
e. Develop a communication and information plan to popularise this Declaration with a view to encourage widespread participation and ownership by women of Agenda 2063.

 

We commit as African women, as gender activists and Pan Africanists to continue to play a transformative role in our families, communities, grassroots movements, organisations, educational institutions, work places, parliaments, media houses, farmers’ and business associations, judicial systems, security forces, diplomatic missions, religious platforms and in all spheres of our lives, to work for a just, peaceful and prosperous Africa and world.

Adopted on this thirteen day of May 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”](15^th April 2013, African Women’s Development Fund, Accra):

 

On the 3^rd and 4^th of May 2013, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) will bring together Researchers, Policy Makers, Donors and Grantee Partners for a strategic meeting on ‘Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods’ in Cape Town, South Africa. The theme for this meeting is ‘Equity, Power and Livelihoods’. In the context of renewed international attention on economic growth in Africa, it is important that the economic empowerment of women is recognised as central to women’s equality and crucial to broader development goals such as economic growth and poverty reduction.

 

 

Participants in the ‘Equity, Power and Livelihoods’ workshop represent 9 countries across the African continent (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Uganda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe) with experience of working on issues around food security, climate change, women’s economic empowerment, land rights and economic policy.

 

 

Nafi Chinery, Capacity Building Specialist at AWDF states, “Within AWDF’s thematic area of Economic Empowerment and Livelihoods, the organization is prioritising issues around Economic Justice, Food Security, Climate Change and assisting women’s organisations to scale up income generation activities. For this reason AWDF has decided to provide stakeholders with a unique space to deliberate on the current issues around economic empowerment and livelihoods in order to identify how best to maximize impact on the ground”.

 

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About the African Women’s Development Fund

Over the past ten years, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) has blazed a trail for women’s rights and philanthropy across the African continent. AWDF is an African, not for profit, grantmaking organisation. Since the start of operations in 2001, AWDF has provided over US$19 million in grants to 1014 women’s organisations in 42 African countries. AWDF’s grant making processes are uniquely designed to meet the needs of African women and activities include the provision of small and larger grants to African women’s organisations, capacity building support and a strong focus on advocacy and movement building.

 

AWDF contact:

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (Programme Officer for Communications)

Tel: +233 302 521 257 (Ghana)

Email: nana@africlub.net/awdf, Website: www.africlub.net/awdf

 

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(15 Avril 2013, le Fonds Africain de Développement de la Femme, Accra):

Les 3 et 4 mai 2013, le Fonds Africain de Développement de la Femme (AWDF) réunira des chercheurs, des décideurs, des donateurs et Bénéficiaire Partenaires pour une réunion stratégique sur «l’autonomisation économique et les moyens de subsistance» à Cape Town, Afrique du Sud. Le thème de cette réunion est «l’équité, de puissance et des moyens de subsistance». Dans le contexte de regain d’attention internationale sur la croissance économique en Afrique, il est important que l’autonomisation économique des femmes soit reconnue comme un élément central de l’égalité des femmes et crucial pour les objectifs de développement plus larges tels que la croissance économique et la réduction de la pauvreté.

Les participants à l’équité, de puissance et les moyens de subsistance de l’atelier représentent 9 pays à travers le continent africain (Ethiopie, Ghana, Kenya, Libéria, Ouganda, Afrique du Sud, Tanzanie, Zimbabwe) avec une expérience de travail sur des questions autour de la sécurité alimentaire, le changement climatique, femmes l’autonomisation économique, les droits fonciers et la politique économique.

Nafi Chinery, spécialiste du renforcement des capacités à AWDF, “Dans la zone thématique d’AWDF d’autonomisation économique et les moyens de subsistance, l’objectif de l’organisation est de prioriser les questions autour de la justice économique, la sécurité alimentaire, le changement climatique et aider les organisations de femmes à l’échelle des activités génératrices de revenus. Pour cette raison AWDF a décidé d’offrir aux intervenants un espace unique pour délibérer sur les questions d’actualité autour de l’autonomisation économique et les moyens de subsistance afin de déterminer la meilleure façon de maximiser l’impact sur le terrain ».

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A propos du Fonds Africain de Développement de la Femme

Au cours des dix dernières années, le Fonds africain de développement de la femme (AWDF) a ouvert la voie pour les droits des femmes et de la philanthropie à travers le continent africain. AWDF est un organisme de subvention Africain à but non lucratif. Depuis le début des opérations en 2001, AWDF a fourni plus de 19 millions de US $ en subventions à 1 014 organisations de femmes dans 42 pays africains. Les processus d’octroi de subventions d’AWDF sont spécialement conçus pour répondre aux besoins des femmes africaines et les activités comprennent la mise à disposition des petites et grandes subventions aux organisations de femmes africaines, le soutien au renforcement des capacités et un fort accent sur la sensibilisation et le renforcement des mouvements.

AWDF contact:

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (Programme Officer for Communications)

Tel: +233 302 521 257 (Ghana)

Email: nana@africlub.net/awdf, Website: www.africlub.net/awdf

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[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”]FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The African Women’s Development Fund and Alliance Française (Accra) presents:

 

‘Women of the World: Talking about a Revolution’

Readings, Poetry and Music in Celebration of International Women’s Day’

7^th & 8^th March 2013

(15^th February 2013, African Women’s Development Fund/Alliance Française (Accra):

‘Women of the World: Talking about a Revolution’ is a series of special readings, poetry recitals and a jam session celebrating women artists during International Women’s Month.

At 7pm on 7^th March 2013, attend a ‘Meet the Writers’ interactive session at Alliance Française (Accra) for a facilitated conversation with writers including:

• Charlotte O’Neal (Mama C), a visual artist and former Black Panther activist
• Monica Arac de Nyeko, whose story ‘Jambula Tree’ won the Caine Prize in 2007
• Mamle Kabu, author of ‘The End of Skill’ nominated for the Caine Prize in 2009, and whose book ‘The Kaya Girl’ won the 2011 Burt Award for African Literature in Ghana
• Kuukua Dzigbordi Yomekpe, whose essay ‘The Audacity to Remain Single: Single Black Women in the Black Church’ won the Marcella Althaus-Reid Award
• Famia Nkansa whose poem ‘This is not a whine for Africa’ was published in the Black Arts Quarterly by the Stanford University Committee on Black Perfoming Arts.

 

At 8pm on the 8^th of March, International Women’s Day, the above writers will participate in a book slam at Alliance Française (Accra) with music by DJ Kess, Ghana’s leading woman DJ, alongside talented writers and poets including:

• Boakyewaa Glover, author of ‘Circles’
• Franka Andoh, whose short story ‘Mansa’ was published in the Caine Prize for African Writing 2009 edition
• Nana Akosua Hanson, a poet, writer and actress
• Nana Nyarko Boateng who’s writing and poetry has been featured in numerous anthologies including ‘Reflections’ and ‘Summoning the Rain’
• Poetra Asantewa, a spoken word artist who has been featured on Metro TV, TV3 and the OneShow.

 

Join Women of the World on the 7^th & 8^th of March in ‘Talking about a Revolution’.

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About the African Women’s Development Fund

Over the past ten years, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) has blazed a trail for women’s rights and philanthropy across the African continent. AWDF is an African, not for profit, grantmaking organisation. Since the start of operations in 2001, AWDF has provided over US$19 million in grants to 1014 women’s organisations in 42 African countries. AWDF’s grant making processes are uniquely designed to meet the needs of African women and activities include the provision of small and larger grants to African women’s organisations, capacity building support and a strong focus on advocacy and movement building.

 

AWDF:

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (Programme Officer for Communications)

Tel: +233 302 521 257 (Ghana)

Email: nana@africlub.net/awdf, Website: www.africlub.net/awdf

 

Alliance Française, (Accra):

Zipporah Magere Dawson (Head of Culture)

Tel: +233 302 760 278

Email: culturel@afaccra.com , Website: http://www.afaccra.com/

 

 

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POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE

Le Fonds Africain de Développement De la Femme (AWDF) et l’Alliance Française (Accra) présentent:

«Les femmes du Monde: Parler d’une révolution»

Lectures, poésie et musique pour la célébration de la Journée internationale de la femme ‘

7 et 8 Mars 2013

 

(15 Février 2013, le Fonds Africain de développement de la femme / Alliance Française (Accra):

«Les femmes du Monde: Parler d’une révolution» est une série de lectures spéciales, des récitals de poésie et une jam session pour célébrer les femmes artistes durant le Mois de la femme.

À 19 heures, le 7 Mars 2013, assistez à une «Meet the Writers ‘session interactive à l’Alliance Française (Accra) pour une conversation facilité avec des écrivains, y compris:

Charlotte O’Neal (Mama C), artiste visuelle et ancienne militante des Black Panthers
Monica Arac de Nyeko, dont l’histoire ‘jambula Tree’ a remporté le Prix Caine en 2007
Mamle Kabu, auteure de «La Fin de Skill ‘nominé pour le Prix Caine en 2009, et dont le livre« La Fille Kaya »a remporté le prix Burt 2011 pour la littérature africaine au Ghana
Kuukua Dzigbordi Yomekpe, dont l’essai “l’audace de rester célibataire: célibataire femmes noires dans l’église noire” a remporté le Althaus-Reid Award Marcella
Famia Nkansa dont le poème «Cela ne veut pas un gémissement pour l’Afrique» a été publié dans la Quarterly Arts Noire par le Comité l’Université de Stanford sur le noir perfoming Arts.
À 20 heures le 8 Mars, Journée internationale de la femme, les écrivains-dessus participeront à un slam de livres à l’Alliance Française (Accra) avec de la musique par DJ Kess, DJ femme de tête du Ghana, aux côtés des écrivains et des poètes talentueux, y compris:

Boakyewaa Glover, auteur de «cercles»
Franka Andoh, dont la courte histoire «Mansa» a été publiée pour le Prix Caine pour l’édition africaine écriture 2009
Nana Akosua Hanson, un poète, écrivain et actrice
Nana Boateng Nyarko qui écrit de la poésie a été présentée dans de nombreuses anthologies y compris les «Réflexions» et «d’invocation de la pluie ‘
Poetra Asantewa, une artiste de spoken word qui a été présentée sur Metro TV, TV3 et la OneShow.
Rejoignez les femmes du monde sur le 7 et 8 Mars pour «Parler d’une révolution».

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A propos du Fonds Africain de développement de la femme

Au cours des dix dernières années, le Fonds africain de développement de la femme (AWDF) a ouvert la voie pour les droits des femmes et de la philanthropie à travers le continent africain. AWDF est un organisme de subvention Africain, à but non lucratif. Depuis le début des opérations en 2001, AWDF a fourni plus de 19 millions de US $ en subventions à 1 014 organisations de femmes dans 42 pays africains. Les processus d’octroi de subventions de AWDF sont spécialement conçues pour répondre aux besoins des femmes africaines et les activités comprennent la mise à disposition des petites et grandes subventions aux organisations de femmes africaines, le soutien au renforcement des capacités et un fort accent sur la sensibilisation et le renforcement des mouvements.

AWDF:

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah (Programme Officer for Communications)

Tel: +233 302 521 257 (Ghana)

Email: nana@africlub.net/awdf, Website: www.africlub.net/awdf

Alliance Française, (Accra):

Zipporah Magere Dawson (Head of Culture)

Tel: +233 302 760 278

Email: culturel@afaccra.com , Website: http://www.afaccra.com/[/tp]

Please click the link below to download resolution:

UN General Assembly Resolution (English)

[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”]The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) congratulates all women parliamentarians elected in Ghana’s 2012 elections. The 30 women who were successfully elected into Ghana’s next parliament represent the highest number of women parliamentarians in Ghana’s Fourth Republic, and an increase of 11 women parliamentarians compared with the previous parliament.

 

In total, 133 women contested this year’s general election, for various roles, including Vice Presidential candidates and aspiring women parliamentarians. AWDF takes this opportunity to congratulate all these women for exercising their rights to political participation and demonstrating to all Ghanaians the importance of women to Ghana’s democratic process. Theo Sowa, CEO of AWDF states, “ We should all be happy with the record number of women who contested the 2012 general elections as aspiring parliamentarians and Vice-Presidents and the increase in the number of elected women parliamentarians. It is important that our young people see women aiming for the highest decision making positions in the land. We should acknowledge the many women’s rights activists and organisations that have advocated long and hard for women to have equal access to the highest public offices. The increased numbers are a tribute to their hard work, yet the low overall percentage of women in Ghana’s parliament shows how much further we need to go. ”

 

It is our hope that in the next Government women will be more equitably represented in various decision-making positions including in the cabinet, ministerial positions and on various boards. Ghana has been widely referred to as one of Africa’s strongest examples of democracy. Yet the percentage of women in Ghana’s parliament continues to lag far behind percentages in many other African countries with far newer democracies, including Rwanda (56%), Mozambique (39%) and 42.3% in South Africa. AWDF looks forward to the newly elected women parliamentarians, and their male counterparts, working together to achieve true equity for the women of Ghana[/tp]

[tp lang=”fr” not_in=”en”]Le Fonds Africain de Développement de la Femmes (AWDF) félicite toutes les femmes parlementaires élues lors les élections de 2012 au Ghana. Les 30 femmes qui ont été élues avec succès lors des dernières élections parlementaires du Ghana représentent le plus grand nombre de femmes parlementaires de la quatrième République du Ghana, et une augmentation de 11 femmes parlementaires par rapport à la législature précédente.

Au total, 133 femmes ont concouru pour les élections générales de cette année, pour les différents rôles, y compris les candidats présidentiels et vice aspirants femmes parlementaires. AWDF saisit cette occasion pour les féliciter toutes d’exercer leurs droits à la participation politique et de démontrer à tous les Ghanéens l’importance des femmes au processus démocratique du Ghana. Theo Sowa, directrice générale d’AWDF déclare, “Nous devrions tous être heureux avec le nombre record de femmes qui ont concouru pour les élections générales de 2012 en tant que parlementaires en herbe et vice-présidentes et l’augmentation du nombre de femmes parlementaires élues. Il est important que nos jeunes voient des femmes visant les plus hauts postes de prise de décision dans le pays. Nous devons reconnaître les militants et les organisations qui ont prévu une route longue et difficile pour les femmes pouravoir un accès égal aux fonctions publiques les plus élevées au même titre que les hommes. L’augmentation du nombre est un hommage à leur travail acharné, mais le faible pourcentage global de femmes dans le parlement du Ghana montre que nous devons aller beaucoup plus loin . ”

Il est notre espoir que dans le prochain gouvernement les femmes seront plus équitablement représentées dans les différents postes de décision, y compris dans l’armoire, des postes ministériels et à divers conseils. Le Ghana a été largement considéré comme l’un des plus forts exemples d’Afrique pour la démocratie. Pourtant, le pourcentage de femmes dans le parlement du Ghana reste à la traîne loin derrière les pourcentages de nombreux autres pays africains avec des démocraties bien plus récentes, dont le Rwanda (56%), le Mozambique (39%) et 42,3% en Afrique du Sud. AWDF attend avec impatience les femmes parlementaires nouvellement élus, et de leurs homologues masculins, qui travaillent ensemble pour atteindre une véritable égalité pour les femmes du Ghana. [/tp]

 

[tp lang=”en” not_in=”fr”]Media release
For immediate release
30 October 2012

Marwa El Daly Receives Inaugural African Philanthropy Award

The inaugural African Philanthropy Award was presented at a celebration in Johannesburg on Tuesday, 30 October 2012. The prestigious non-monetary award was launched by the African Grantmakers Network to recognise African philanthropic initiatives that are innovative in leveraging social and financial capital, that are sustainable, and that signify renewed African agency in solving Africa’s problems.

The independent panel of judges selected Ms Marwa El Daly, the founder and chairperson of Maadi Community Foundation in Egypt, to be the inaugural recipient of the African Philanthropy Award.

The judging panel was made up of the chief executive officer of the Africa Media Initiative and co-founder of allafrica.com, Amadou Mahtar Ba; the editor in chief of South Africa’s City Press newspaper, Ferial Haffajee; and the executive director of the Dar Es Salaam based Foundation for Civil Society, John Ulanga.

The judges applauded Ms El Daly’s efforts to mobilise communities and channel traditional cultural practices of charity into participative community development. The Maadi Community Foundation is the first of its kind in Egypt, and it is having a significant impact on philanthropic and development practice across the region.

In a systemic and structured way, Ms El Daly is changing the strong culture of local giving from one that addresses immediate crises to one that is more transformational and long term. And she is getting rapidly growing support from groups from near and far.

Ms El Daly’s community based approach to development is very much in line with the African Grantmakers Network’s vision of promoting many different forms of African philanthropy by rich and poor people alike. Her approach reflects the southern African concept of ubuntu in community based philanthropic practice in North Africa, adding a new dimension to traditional models of charity and social investment.

Ms El Daly uses the Maadi Community Foundation’s art program to bridge community divides, bringing youth from wealthy and poor communities together. The Foundation also creates spaces for youth to mobilise other youth in philanthropic activity.

In post-revolution Egypt, her organisation is playing an important role in promoting social accountability.

The African Grantmakers’ Network was launched in Accra, Ghana, in July 2009. It isa platform for the promotion of an African voice and agenda for philanthropy. Its vision is for a transformed, relevant, vibrant and sustainable practice of African philanthropy. The AGN secretariat is currently hosted by TrustAfrica in Dakar, Senegal.

The inaugural African Philanthropy Award was presented during the annual Inyathelo Philanthropy Awards that recognise philanthropy in South Africa. The awards celebration was held during the 2012 assembly of the African Grantmakers Network, which is being hosted in Johannesburg by the Southern Africa Trust.

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For more information, please contact:
Criselda Kananda
Tel: +27 11 318 1012
Mobile: +27 78 458 9969
Email: ckananda@southernafricatrust.org

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Pour diffusion immédiate
30 Octobre 2012

Marwa El Daly reçoit le premier prix africain de la philanthropie

Le premier Prix de philanthropie africaine a été présenté lors d’une célébration à Johannesburg le mardi 30 Octobre 2012. Le prix non monétaire et prestigieux a été lancé par le Réseau des subventionneurs africains pour reconnaître les initiatives philanthropiques africaines qui sont novatrices en misant sur un capital social et financier, qui sont durables , et qui signifient une agence africaine renouvelée dans la résolution des problèmes de l’Afrique.

Le jury indépendant a choisi Mme Marwa El Daly, la fondatrice et présidente de la Maadi Community Foundation en Egypte, pour être le premier récipiendaire du Prix de philanthropie africaine.

Le jury était composé du directeur général de l’Africa Media Initiative et co-fondateur de allafrica.com, Amadou Mahtar Ba; le rédacteur en chef deSouth Africa’s City Press newspaper, Ferial Haffajee; et le directeur exécutif de la Fondation sur la base de Dar Es Salaam pour la société civile, John Ulanga.

Les juges ont applaudi les efforts de Mme El Daly pour mobiliser les communautés et canaliser les pratiques culturelles traditionnelles de charité en développement une communauté participative. La Fondation communautaire Maadi est la première de son genre en Egypte, et a un impact significatif sur la pratique philanthropique et le développement dans la région.

D’une manière systémique et structurée, Mme El Daly est en train de changer la forte culture de dons locaux d’un qui traite des crises immédiates pour celui qui est le terme plus transformationnel et long. Et elle devient rapidement un soutien croissant des groupes de près et de loin.

La communauté de l’approche basée de Mme El Daly au développement est très en lien avec la vision du Réseau africain des subventionneurs de promouvoir différentes formes de la philanthropie africaine par des gens riches et pauvres. Son approche reflète le concept de l’Afrique australe d’ubuntu en communauté pratique philanthropique basée en Afrique du Nord, ajoutant une nouvelle dimension aux modèles traditionnels de la charité et de l’investissement social.

Mme El Daly utilise le programme d’art de la Fondation communautaire Maadi à combler les fossés de la communauté, ce qui porte les jeunes des communautés riches et pauvres ensemble. La Fondation crée aussi des espaces pour les jeunes à mobiliser d’autres jeunes dans des activités philanthropiques.

Dans l’après-révolution en Egypte, son organisation joue un rôle important dans la promotion de la responsabilité sociale.

Le Réseau de«subventionneurs africains” a été lancée à Accra, au Ghana, en Juillet 2009. La plateforme ISA pour la promotion d’une voix africaine et l’ordre du jour de la philanthropie. Sa vision est celle d’un transformé, pratique pertinente, dynamique et durable de la philanthropie africaine. Le secrétariat AGN est actuellement hébergé par TrustAfrica à Dakar, au Sénégal.

Le premier Prix de philanthropie africaine a été présenté au cours des Philanthropy Awards Inyathelo qui reconnaissent la philanthropie en Afrique du Sud. Le prix célébration a eu lieu lors de l’assemblée 2012 du Réseau africain des subventionneurs, qui est accueilli à Johannesburg par le Southern Africa Trust.

Pour plus d’informations veuillez contacter:
Criselda Kananda
Tel: +27 11 318 1012
Mobile: +27 78 458 9969
Email: ckananda@southernafricatrust.org[/tp]