March 17, 2009
Liberia: Reflections After The Colloquium
The first two days were focused on international issues; the third day, with support from the women of the world, was focused on Liberia's National Plan of Action. Today… Read more »
Liberia: Think Globally Act Locally: Liberian Women Honored After Global Human Rights Activists Portrayed In Speak Truth to Power
The first two days were focused on international issues; the third day, with support from the women of the world, was focused on Liberia's National Plan of Action. Today… Read more »
March 09, 2009
Liberia: Women's Mass Action For Peace and 'Pray the Devil Back to Hell' Screening at Samuel K Doe Stadium
Today, while Colloquium workshops continue, another historic event is part of the program. Tonight the film Pray the Devil Back to Hell - about the Liberian women's… Read more »
March 08, 2009
Liberia: International Women's Day in Country
Half a dozen concurrent thematic sessions – each with a half dozen panelists and a moderator before tea; another dozen break-out sessions – also with panelists,… Read more »
March 07, 2009
Liberia: 1st Day of the International Colloquium
Carol Jenkins, President of the Women's Media Center, is the MC for this International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security… Read more »
Liberia: Country Recovering With Hope For the Future Despite Traumatic Past
Leaving lodging now to sounds of music coming from every direction and vendors in full swing everywhere: how wonderful to see Liberia returning to its past vitality after enduring… Read more »
Liberia: On My Way to the Colloquium With Women From Around The World
In the morning light, five hours after arriving, I see we are on a bustling street in downtown Monrovia: wonderful people from the Liberia Host Committee - Precious, Samuel,… Read more »
Liberia: Arrival in and Welcome to Liberia 1st Blog Journalism Lesson Learned
First lesson learned: better charge camera battery before departing on a 29 hour voyage! I wish I could show you pictures from the magnificently chaotic and gorgeous scene of much… Read more »
March 09, 2009
Liberia: President Inaugurates Angie Brooks Center to Promote Women's Advancement
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - familiarly known as 'Ellen' or 'Ma Ellen' by many Liberians - broke ground for the Angie Brooks International Center on Women's Empowerment,… Read more »
Africa: International Women's Day in Liberia
Nadine Hack is president and CEO of beCause Global Consulting, a New York-based company aiming to "bring causes to life." Long engaged in international development, women's issues… Read more »
March 07, 2009
Africa: Festivities, Fashion and Calls To Action As Women Gather in Monrovia
Today, I had the privilege to wither in the searing African sun, shielded somewhat by a thatched roof held up by bamboo polls, as an international delegate to a two-day… Read more »
March 09, 2009
Africa: Women's Colloquium in Liberia Focuses on Empowerment Across the Globe
Drumming and fanfare amid a display of Liberian art works and speeches by heads state and government characterized the opening of the International Colloquium for Women’s… Read more »
March 06, 2009
West Africa: Women Leaders Fight For Empowerment
Why should women leaders tolerate being addressed as "His Excellency" or "Sir"? Read more »
October 06, 2008
Africa: Women's Rights Linked to Good Governance
In an interview marking the publication of the 2008 Ibrahim Index of African Governance, Mary Robinson, a board member of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, discussed with AllAfrica's Katy… Read more »
August 01, 2008
Zimbabwe: Talks Must Address Violence, Displacement
If talks between Zimbabwe’s government and the opposition are to help Zimbabweans regain the kind of society they deserve, they will sooner or later have to address a number… Read more »
June 05, 2008
Liberia: Market Women Raise Funds in New York
A group of newly-painted red and yellow buildings lines United Nations Drive in Monrovia, Liberia's capital city. The buildings provide shelter for dozens of market women who spend… Read more »
January 08, 2008
Liberia: Market Women Help Revive Economy
To the untutored eye of a visitor from elsewhere, the markets in Liberia and many other African countries seem chaotic, noisy, smelly, dirty and often dangerous. Traders and… Read more »
Kenya: I Believe in Institutions, Now and for Future Generations - Jennifer Riria
Dr. Jennifer Riria left a high-status career as a Kenyan university professor and an international civil servant with United Nations organizations to revive a floundering women's… Read more »
December 05, 2007
Liberia: New Study Spotlights Sexual Violence
Preliminary findings of a new study by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Columbia University may have given relief workers the evidence they say they need to focus… Read more »
November 30, 2007
Uganda: Judicial System Fails Women, Says Amnesty
Human rights group Amnesty International today accused the Ugandan judicial system of failing to act against the widespread rape and sexual abuse of women in the north of the… Read more »
November 21, 2007
Mali: Filmmaker Abbdoulaye Ascofaré's Tale of an African Mother's Struggle
FARAW! Mother of the Dunes, is a sentimental film about the many challenges and roles a woman has as a mother and wife. The main character Zamiatou (Aminta Ousmane) is a fictional… Read more »
October 28, 2007
Sierra Leone: Women Aim for the Presidency by 2012
Representatives of the Fifty Fifty Group, a women's activism organization in Sierra Leone, have been visiting Washington, DC, to receive an award for their work to increase… Read more »
October 27, 2007
West Africa: U.S. Group Honors Women Leaders
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the Fifty Fifty Group, an organization supporting women's political participation in Sierra Leone, have received awards from the… Read more »
September 26, 2007
Africa: Kenya, Ghana Are Top Business Reformers
Kenya and Ghana are among the world's top 10 business reformers, and Mauritius is Africa's easiest place to do business, according to a new report from the World Bank… Read more »
September 13, 2007
Congo-Kinshasa: End Sexual Violence in Eastern Region
In this statement, former UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa and current Co-Director of AIDS-Free World Stephen Lewis calls for a new UN initiative to end sexual violence in the… Read more »