Violence against women (VAW) is continually recognized as a global health concern yet population based studies of its determinants and consequences remain scarce in less developed areas. This study…
This article is informed by the work and writings of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians and what ordinary African women are doing as agents of social transformation in their churches…
As stipulated by the CEDAW Committee, the right of access to justice for women is a fundamental element of the rule of law, which is essential to the realisation of women’s human rights everywher…
The purpose of this paper is to interrogate culture as one of the elements or backbones in our social fabric that are used to create obstacles against women‟s participation in the development o…
The eradication of poverty and sustainable development cannot be achieved without a focus on social transformations that empower the most marginalized. A transformation goal on gender equality need…
The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa was adopted under article 66 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights to supplement …
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 promo…
Leymah Gbowee, the Liberian Nobel Peace Prize laureate, told a story at AWDF’s 15th anniversary event. She had made a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo with a number of fellow Nobel Prize …
Women face different forms of insecurity on a daily basis across the African continent. These are informed by the nature of women's labour, work environment, sexual orientation and failure in servi…
This paper illuminates some of the factors that shape the educational goals and outcomes of African women who pursued graduate studies in scientific disciplines at western universities between the …