Women's World: Tracing 'Feminist Peace' from Beijing to MDGs and Beyond

"Since 1996, Isis WICCE has demonstrated an impressive alternative to the world's limited responses to situations of armed conflict particularly in addressing women's dire needs. The organization …

African Women's Regional Consultation Meeting On Aid Effectiveness And Gender…

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To a Different Degree": Student Reflections on Gender and Women's Studies

This piece is therefore informed by a panel presentation of student experiences of GWS at particular South African institutions. Barabra Boswell shared her insights of GWS at the University of the …

African Feminist Theologies, the Global Village, and the Imperative of Solida…

women began to respond theologically to the injustice of sexism. Women around the globe, however, have come to realize that women's ex periences are extremely diverse. There is no such thing as a g…

Women’s Land Rights and Working Conditions in Large-scale Plantations in Su…

Women’s land rights are fundamental for women’s economic empowerment. Increasingly, the nationalization of customary land and the current growth in private land ownership and commercial farming…

Liberia’s Election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and Women’s Executive Leaders…

In November 2005, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf became the first female elected head of state in sub-Saharan Africa. On the face of it, the fact that this important breakthrough occurred in Liberia may see…

South African Engagement with Muslim Personal Law: The Women’s Legal Centre…

This case study article examines the South African context, introduces the Women’s Legal Centre (WLC) in Cape Town, South Africa as a feminist organisation, and explores the strategies of the WLC…

Securing Food through Women's Traditional Knowledge in Seed Security: The Cas…

Although achieving seed security is quite different from attaining food security, the crisis of food insecurity can be traced to seed insecurity. A discussion of food security, without paying atten…

Policy Recommendations by African CSOs to the 60th Commission on the Status o…

We welcome our government's commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda. The action agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development and the African Minis…