Africa- Society and Culture- Women

11 pages found in Women:

African Gender Institute

Building intellectual capacity and establishing an African resource dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of intellectuals, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners committed to the attainment of gender equity.
http://www.uct.ac.za/org/agi/

African Women's Bibliographic Database

An English language database containing over 19,000 citations from 1986 to current.
http://www.africabib.org/women.html

African Women's Development Fund

Supports women's right to be treated as an equal within African society. Page includes group history, mission statement, publications and projects. [French, English]
http://www.awdf.org/

APC-Africa-Women

Network of organisations and individuals working to empower African women's organisations to access and use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for equality and development. Regional branch of APC's Women's Networking Support Programme.
http://www.apcafricawomen.org/

Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS)

An international non-governmental organisation working on issues of gender, peace and development, particularly with women peace-builders. Information about their organization, activities, events, publications and press releases. [English and French]
http://www.fasngo.org/

Femnet

The African Women's Development and Communication Network.
http://www.femnet.or.ke/

Flamme

Flamme is a network of African sisters online committed to strengthening the capacity of women through the use of ICTs to lobby, advocate and participate in the Beijing +5 process regionally and globally.
http://flamme.org/

Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)

Created in 1992 as a response to the slow pace of implementation of education sub-Saharan Africa. Includes overview, mission, programmes, publications and research.
http://www.fawe.org/

Gender and the Information Revolution in Africa

Stresses the importance of access to telecommunications for women and how that might help them to achieve full participation in African society.
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-9409-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

Jenda: Journal of Culture and African Women Studies

Jornal promoting the research and scholarship of African women to the global African community and friends of Africa.
http://www.jendajournal.com/

Women in Africa's Development

Africa Recovery/UN/Briefing Paper #11 on Women.
http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/bpaper/maineng.htm