Background: Integrating family planning (FP) services into human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) clinical care helps improve access to contraceptives for women living with HIV. However, high patient…
This issue of the African Women's Journal explores both the individual and collective experiences of the past, aspiring or current women in power/politics. The articles speak to some of the persist…
This study picks from the realization that world over the campaign for women's participation in public life has taken several years, with some of the outcomes reflected in international human right…
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/FGC) constitutes a tragic health and human rights issue of girlsand women in a number of countries, mainly in Africa. The practice has serious health conseque…
As in the rest of southern Africa, physical mobility was a crucial issue in the relationship between the colonial rulers and the ruled in colonial Zimbabwe (or southern Rhodesia, as it was named by…
Efforts to address the gender dimensions of governance, peace and security in Africa have registered some success. At the same time, fundamental challenges remain. These challenges continue to rele…
This is the visual representation of the critical work done by AWDF and its partners in the first decade of its existence. AWDF in the past ten years has created innovative spaces such as the…
On 7 of October 2010, the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) convened a meeting in Johannesburg bringing together women's organisations from across Southern Africa The occasion also mark…