Vendredi dernier, les juges de la cour suprême aux Etats-Unis ont piétiné la loi Roe vs Wade qui datait de 1973 et garantissait aux femmes du pays le droit à l’interruption volontaire de grossesse. Que 50 ans plus tard cette décision soit annulée confirme les propos de Simone de Beauvoir…

Written by Emitomo Tobi Nimisire I was thrilled to join social media the first time I did, eager to meet people — strangers who could become friends — and share my writing with them. I was fifteen. Social media exposed me to life-changing opportunities and gave me a few sustained…

Written by: Dinnah Nabwire, Knowledge Management Specialist, AWDF In 2020, over 300 million African women were directly affected by Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and 2.4million of these had suffered from at least one form of cancer. Across most African countries, addressing the burden for cancers and other forms of NCDs remains…

Who broke-the-story-first? Experiences of women survivors of violence in the mainstream media — Part 1 Blog by: Edna Ninsiima It is March of 2018 in Uganda. The conversation on prevalent sexual assault is frequenting media, civil society, and public conversation spaces as part of the International Women’s Day momentum. One prominent news publication runs a social media campaign asking women to share their sexual harassment…

By: Nana Ama Bruce-Amanquah: Knowledge Management Intern, AWDF I’m no stranger to Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I think for a lot of us, seeing people wear shades of pink in October, getting news about free breast screenings, and hearing about the importance of early detection is quite, well, normal. So…

Compiled by Nana Ama Bruce-Amanquah, AWDF This October, AWDF launched its Mental Health Series in response to the findings of our 2020 NCDs report which found that close to 73 million women in Africa were affected by mental health conditions. The knowledge series features the stories of African women and…

By: Nana Akosua Hanson: Artist, Feminist Activist It’s a typical Sunday like every other, and Akua is in church seeking that spiritual boost she needs before her week begins. Like most Ghanaian Christians, Church is a crucial part of her spiritual and mental strengthening and fortification in a country where…

Written by: Malaika Aryee-Boi, Knowledge Management Assistant, AWDF To commemorate the end of Women’s History Month, AWDF teamed up with Black Women Radicals for the “Health Equity and Power: Building Transnational Solidarities” webinar. This is a short reflection on two major themes and a call to action from the incredible…

Written by Caren Akoto-Adade, Communications & Fundraising Assistant, AWDF As a child, I read several stories that always portended undesirable endings for the protagonist that dared to challenge the status quo and the authorities that upheld them. From humans magically transformed into tubers of yam to stubborn young people who…