The 3rd African Feminist Forum Conference Report 2010

"The third African Feminist Forum (AFF) was held from October 21st-24th 2010 in Dakar, Senegal, co-hosted by the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) and the Groupe de Recherche sur les Femmes e…

The 3rd African Feminist Forum Conference Report, 2010

"The third African Feminist Forum (AFF) was held from October 21st-24th 2010 in Dakar, Senegal, co-hosted by the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) and the Groupe de Recherche sur les Femmes e…

Letting the Movement Decide : FRIDA Grantmaking Report

This report utilizes existing materials on FRIDA's grant making model, including outreach and internal documentation, and a number of interviews with FRIDA staff, advisors, founders, grantees, and …

Feminist Africa 22 Feminists Organising — Strategy, Voice, Power

Feminist Africa is guided by a profound commitment to transforming gender hierarchies in Africa, and seeks to redress injustice and inequality in its content and design, and by its open-access and …

“I’m not a feisty bitch, I’m a feminist!” Feminism in AWAKE! Women of…

Although being an African, a sex worker and a feminist are often considered to be incongruent identities, in certain embodiments they intersect and inform each other. This Profile highlights what…

Awkward Activisms: Gender and Embodied Mobilization in a Postapartheid South …

The focus of this article, however, is not primarily disciplinary paradigms or the tension of inhabiting incompatible orientations with regard to the ethnographic context of my research. Such con…

Building Strong Organisations For Women's Rights In Africa

AWDF has been a group that has stood by women peace and security network. The key aspects of AWDF are grant-making, partnership, and outreached, has build AWDF as a financial sustainable feminist i…

The Joys, Hurts and Traumas of the Women's Movement

"Friendship in the women's movement has been enriching, nurturing, sustaining and life giving. The movement has provided emotional support, loyalty and comradeship. But at the same time, many women…

Where is the Money for Women's rights in Africa; An African Feminist Resource…

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The Nigerian Feminist Movement: Lessons from "Women in Nigeria", WIN

In Nigeria, as in other societies, there is, and there has always been a women's movement or more correctly women's movements. These existed before, during and after colonialism. Many of these may …