Implementing Partners: FAO, IIDS, WiLDAF AO Region: West Africa Objective: To build capacity and conduct policy dialogue with parliamentarians to increase their knowledge on the tools needed to engage in the development of legislation and policies that contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment in the agricultural, rural and family sectors in order to accelerate progress […]
Project:« Empowerment and resilience of women and youth in the milk and rice value chains in Burkina Faso » Partenaires de mise en œuvre : – L’Association pour la Promotion de l’Elevage au Sahel et en Savane (APESS) – L’Association Soutenir l’Emergence et la Valorisation de l’Economie Locale en Afrique (SEVE AFRICA) – La Confédération Paysanne […]
Implementing partners: WiLDAF-Benin, WiLDAF-Côte d’Ivoire, WiLDAF-Senegal- WiLDAF-Togo Countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Togo, Duration: 1 year Objective: To strengthen the protection of women and girls victims of violation of their rights through the improvement of the Digital Legal Aid Centre (CAJUD) in three countries (Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Togo) and its installation in Senegal. […]
Project : Sahel à Egalité : Strengthening good practices and citizen mobilisation in favour of public policies adapted to the reduction of inequalities in the Sahel. Implementing partners: Burkina Faso: the Association of Women Lawyers of Burkina Faso AFJ/BF), Balai Citoyen, the Centre for Applied Study and Research in Public Finance (CERA-FP), the Permanent Secretariat of Non-Governmental […]
Violence, no matter its form must be condemned and victims, protected to save their lives. Sadly despite campaigns against the maltreatment of women, many still suffer various forms of physical and psychological abuse. Though there are some well to do women who have chosen to endure abuse in their intimate relationships, many women are in […]
The UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, has announced the ten winners of its first ever Joint Innovation Challenge; a cutting edge competition to provide funding for social enterprises with innovative solutions that advance the empowerment of women and girls worldwide. The challenge was financed by UNFPA’s Equalizer Accelerator Fund, and implemented in cooperation with the World Intellectual […]
Imagine enduring a terrifying sexual attack. Bruised and shaken, you recount what happened to the police only for them to turn the tables on you, by asking: what were you wearing? “A blue dress, black tights and boots. That’s what I was wearing,” said Jessica Long, a sexual violence survivor who has been campaigning for […]
By Tsitsi Matekaire and Tara Carey London — It is often those least responsible for causing climate change that suffer the most from the impacts. And such is the case with women and girls in Malawi – one of the world’s poorest and lowest carbon-emitting countries but ranked fifth in the Global Climate Index 2021 […]
By Hibist Kassa In Mwanza, Tanzania, Nairukoki Leyian-Naisinyai tells me that here, “Corporations come with papers from the government claiming that they have the right to our land.” She points to the large corporations that have entered the lands of the Maasai people to mine rubies and tanzanite. The Maasai can neither assert their rights […]
Climate change, poverty and stereotypes are among issues identified as main challenges that are still hindering women’s development in Africa. This was highlighted by members of Pan-African Movement (PAM) – Rwanda Chapter as they addressed the media on Friday, July 29, ahead of Africa Women’s Day. Africa Women’s Day is celebrated annually on July 31 […]
