Statecraft and Pursuing Women's Rights in Africa

This publication is to benefit women's rights activist, organisations and people in government at the front-line of local and national mobilization initiatives seeking to enhance women's leadership.

Statecraft and Pursuing Women's Rights in Africa

This primer maps key areas of feminist analysis and intervention in governance. Based on existing research on the major factors that hinder women's political participation, emphasis is placed on el…

Influencing Gender-Responsive Policies and Laws: A Practitioner Brief for Afr…

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International Efforts on Abandoning Female Genital Mutilation

Female genital mutilation (FGM), sometimes referred to as female circumcision or female genital cutting, isa harmful cultural practice without any known health benefit. Its short-term and long-term…

Feminist Africa Issue 15. 2011: Legal Voice: Special Issue

Feminist struggles in Africa are fought from various fronts, with the law representing but one of them. A major weakness that continues to affect much feminist activism on the continent is the lack…

Think Tank 4 on Strengthening Women Leaders' Base Camp

"In this report, we start by exploring the journeys of Isis-WICCE and UAF-Africa as they work with women across the continent. We learn about their achievements in supporting and unleashing the pot…

Feminist Africa 6: Subaltern Sexualities

Anyone who is passionate about women, gender and development in African contexts needs to interrogate discourses about African sexuality. These discourses have long histories of academic authority …

Outsider Citizen: A Landscape Analysis of the Human Rights of Sex Workers and…

This study aim is exploring the lived realities of the LGBTI and sex worker communities in Ethiopia. identifying opportunities for support, exploring the presence on an LGBTI, GNC and sex worker co…

The Isis-WICCE Model of Empowerment

The model showcases Isis-WICCE strategies and initiatives of making a difference in women's lives in peace building and post conflict recovery processes in Africa and beyond and making it part and …

2012 Annual Report

2012 has been an eventful year for the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF). AWDF has made in supporting women led initiatives to transform their