Dangers of the Gates Foundation: Displacing Seeds and Farmers
From a presentation by Mariam Mayet Edited by Simone Adler Mariam is the founder and director of the African Centre…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…