This paper is based on personal stories as told by Kenyan women. The stories were compiled by the author in 2001 and 2002when interviewing Kenyans on their views regarding the new constitution. T…
We acknowledge African women’s experience, skill and agency in leading positive change in all domains, and therefore focus our investments in resourcing African women’s activism, amplifying Afr…
This study seeks to examine and analyze the different ways in which African women leaders in their respective capacities in civil society, political parties and in government/State institutions h…
This article provides an initial overview of the African Union’s progress and challenges in implementing the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in its peace and security architecture. It revi…
The Compendium of Key Instruments for African Women's Human Rights is an important resource for women's rights activists around the world. This Compendium is unique in providing all the inter…
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is a pan-African, women-led, grant-making foundation supporting African women’s organisations working at local, national, and regional level to …
“Nebuchadnezzar lived in the bush and his nails became so long that they looked like claws of cats, following a punishment from God for his disobedience,” runs a May 1964 letter to ‘Women…
This issue set out to continue documenting and reflecting on feminist contributions to pan-Africanism, and the implications of pan-africanism for feminism in Africa.
The need to explore examples of women’s leadership in African contexts has risen with initiatives such as the United Nations (UN) African Women Leaders Network, African Women in Science and Engin…
This paper is to examine what women know about food security and then creates space for them to tell their stories and experiences on food security/insecurity. it also argue that women's experience…