Health and Reproductive Rights Portfolio: A look back at the last 14 years of…

The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) has funded women led initiatives and organizations that have prioritized certain issues under the Health and Reproductive Rights (HRR) theme in 26 Africa…

Profile: ‘Keep Your Eyes off My Thighs’: A Feminist Analysis of Uganda’…

On February 6, 2014, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed the Anti- Pornography Act (APA) into law. This single stroke of the presidential pen signalled a redeployment of women’s bodies as…

Rethinking Rural–Urban Migration and Women’s Empowerment in the Era of th…

Women who migrate within national borders in Africa have been largely ignored in contemporary conversations about migration. This is partly due to the fact that internal migration, and in particula…

The Purple Ball and The Launch of the Women of Substance Awards

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Breaking the Silence: Zero Tolerance for Sexual and Gender Based Violence

The report presents highlights of Isis-WICCE's third annual Peace Exposition held in Lira district, Northern Uganda under the Zero Tolerance Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. This report su…

10 ans de leadership et d'autonomisation des femmes africaine

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Feminism with a Big “F”: Ethics and the Rebirth of African Feminism in Ch…

The 21st century has seen an outpouring of works by African women writers and many of them have been unabashedly feminist. These works have one thing in common: they tell of bodies in pain and they…

Opportunities and obstacles to screening for perinatal depression among women…

Background: The perinatal period provides an opportune time for health care providers to screen for and proffer interventions for women suffering from depression. However, routine screening for dep…

Gendering Peace building

This chapter introduces the reader to characteristics of gendered thinking, its neglect within psychology and peace psychology, and discusses how peace building as commonly defined lacks a gender p…

The Challenges of Women Leaders of Business Organizations in Addis Ababa, Eth…

Women’s leadership significantly contributes to building high-performing organizations. However, challenges with balancing work and family responsibilities are inhibiting them from exerting their…