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Women’s Participation In Local Governance In Ghana The Case of the Nadowli …

The issue of women’s participation in all spheres of life has become a major developmental concern world-wide. Many debates on the above issue have highlighted women’s marginalization in all as…

The Use of Facilities for Labor and Delivery: the Views of Women in Rural Uganda

The aim of the paper is to explore factors associated with home or hospital delivery in rural Uganda. Qualitative interviews with recently-delivered women in rural Uganda and statistical analys…

Grants Awarded Nigeria 2001 - 2010

AWDF awards grants to African women's organizations working in the following thematic areas: Women's Human Rights Economic Empowerment Political Participation Peace-Building Healt…

Exposition of Culture and the Space of Women: An African View for Policy Cons…

This conceptual article, framed around Marxism, highlighted the fact that, over time, African women have persistently questioned the ways in which understandings of culture have both valued a…

Emancipating the Passive Muse: A Call for a Feminist Approach to Writing Biog…

This essay analyzes two popular biographies on historical women to interrogate how a focus on gender has shaped the genre: Nancy Ruben Stuart’s The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Merc…

Women Tweet on Violence: From #YesAllWomen to #MeToo

From the earliest feminist press to Twitter, women have used technology to create and sustain narratives that demand attention and redress for gendered violence. Herein we argue that the #MeToo boo…

Womanspace: The Underground and the Labyrinth in Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earths…

Ursula K. Le Guin’s renowned Earthsea cycle, spanning 20 years and five texts, is often acknowledged to be a textual space for the creative exploration and interrogation of gender. The two spaces…

Exploring the “Blesser and Blessee” Phenomenon: Young Women, Transactiona…

The “blesser and blessee” phenomenon has been prominent in South African media since the year 2016. This is a form of transactional sex in which older rich men (“blessers”) tend to entice y…

Sero-prevalence of Hepatitis B surface Antigen amongst Pregnant Women attendi…

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a global challenge, although there is currently a safe and effective vaccine available. HBV prevalence in Ghana is not well documented, but vary regionally…