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CAMEROON: Lessons from the Kitchen

by Sharon Ajongakoh Asonganyi

The kitchen is all too often a symbol of women's exclusion from public space, but Sharon Ajongakoh Asonganyi believes it can also be a source of strength and innovation for women. Read More »

"The kitchen may just be the right place to develop creative strategies that promote the African woman’s emancipation."

Offer: Researcher On LGBT Rights, Human Rights Watch, Africa

by Breese | June 6, 2011 at 10:46 AM | Opportunities

Human Rights Watch. Johannesburg, South Africa or Nairobi, Kenya. Closing date: June 20, 2011. Description: … Read More»

Climate Change and Youth

by ajirobadanie | June 1, 2011 at 9:01 AM

CLIMATE CHANGE AND YOU(TH) The rain these days are so unpredictable, the season are deviating from what we have in past. We encounter dry spells now at times at critical stage of crop growth. … Read More»

Bridging Clean Water to Maternal Health

by Oluwatoyin Ajao | May 26, 2011 at 1:30 AM

Yesterday, on the Carbon for Water campaign trail, we met with Francis Odhiambo, the provincial public health officer of the Western Province in Kenya. … Read More»

Small Farmers Need Our Help

by amien | May 25, 2011 at 2:25 PM

Can one person change the world? Of course! As Melinda Gates says, “The future is not fixed. … Read More»

Live from Kenya: The brains and the bruises: meeting the girls of Malava Girls High School Kakamega

by Oluwatoyin Ajao | May 21, 2011 at 6:04 PM

As part of the Women Bloggers Deliver contest, and the Carbon for Water campaign, I am excited to be traveling around the Western Province of Kenya, meeting women and girls who are hard-hit by the iss … Read More»

Interviews with Commercial Sex Workers

by Christina Hueschen | May 3, 2011 at 12:11 PM

Rwanda’s Community Vocational Training School (CVTS) is built of exposed, cracking mud bricks. Its five rooms are impossibly dark, as if the tin roofing has sucked all light upwards. … Read More»

Offer: Call For Submissions/Abstracts: "WHIRLWINDS: Emerging Communities Of Sexual Minorities In Africa"

by Breese | April 20, 2011 at 2:31 PM | Opportunities

Scholars, writers, and activists are invited to submit abstracts for chapters that will contribute to an upcoming book project entitled WHIRLWINDS: Emerging Communities of Sexual Minorities in Afr … Read More»

Offer: Call for Consultants: The Coalition of African Lesbians

by Breese | April 11, 2011 at 12:20 PM | Opportunities

Call For Consultants Source: The Coalition of African Lesbians Closing date: May 31, 2011. … Read More»

Offer: Mo Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships to support Africa’s next generation

by Breese | April 11, 2011 at 9:57 AM | Opportunities

,em>Press Release Mo Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships to support Africa’s next generation http://www.moibrahimfoundation.org/en/pressrelease/media-centre/pre... … Read More»