From a presentation by Mariam Mayet Edited by Simone Adler Mariam is the founder and director of the African Centre for Biodiversity in South Africa. This is the first in Read More..
Women’s Voices
We Are the Solution: African Women Organize for Land and Seed Sovereignty
Mariama Sonko is a farmer and organizer in Casamance, Senegal. She is the National Coordinator of We Are the Solution, a campaign for food sovereignty led by rural women in West Africa. Traditional, Read More..
Ghana Hosts Major Women’s Forum
Former President of Malawi, H.E. Dr. Joyce Banda was a special Guest of Honor at a global gathering of women leaders in Accra on Thursday 8, October 2015. Dr. Banda Read More..
Patriarchy, Extremism and Why We Can’t Ignore Women
The upholding of convictions and sentencing of two female US citizens by a federal appeals court in Minnesota in August, found guilty of conspiring to funnel money to a terrorist Read More..
AWiB hosts the 2015 Ethiopian Women of Excellence Award
The 2015 Women of Excellence Annual Dinner and Gala, a foremost celebration of leadership and contribution by Ethiopian women was held at the Sheraton Addis Hotel on the evening of Read More..
Africa’s Powerful Women Honored
Africa’s powerful and influential women were honored on Friday June 19th, 2015, at the African Union Diaspora Africa Forum Women in Excellence Awards. The event, described as “star studded”, catered Read More..