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6th February: International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation
Progress has been made in recent years in reducing the incidence of female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C), largely because communities and families are taking action and calling for change. More |
« Africa-Unite » to end violence against women: the regional campaign is launched
 Violence against women is now widely acknowledged, as a manifestation of deeply entrenched unequal power relations between men and women. In Africa, in the absence of reliable data, it is widely accepted that violence against women is pervasive, and as a result, millions of women continue suffering from this scourge. More |
Participation of WILDAF-WA in the 15th African Women’s AU Pre-summit consultation on gender mainstreaming in the African Union
From 21 to 22 January 2010, WILDAF-West Africa participated in the 15th African Women’s AU Pre-summit consultation on gender mainstreaming in the African Union, organized by Femmes Africa Solidarité (FAS) and the campaign "Gender is My Agenda" (GIMAC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. More |
French companies forced to reserve 40% of boardroom posts for women
France’s lower house of parliament adopted a bill on January 20,2010 that would force large companies to reserve at least 40% of their boardroom positions for women within six years.
The Senate is expected to vote on the measure, which was presented in the lower house by the ruling centre-right UMP party, in the next few months. Read more at: http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0120/france.html |
WiLDAF-West Africa on the field
WiLDAF-West Africa sub-regional office has started since last January 18, a series of monitoring/evaluation mission of the project " Institutional Support to WiLDAF-West Africa networks ". More |
Togo Gets First Woman Presidential candidate
 “Democracy and Development Women Group” (GF2D), which is a Togolese non-governmental women’s organisation aiming at women’s participation in decision-making at all levels, extends its congratulations to the Democratic Convention of African People (CDPA) for endorsing for the first time in Togo Mrs Kafui Brigitte Adjamagbo-Johnson, a woman candidate for the upcoming elections scheduled on 28th February 2010. More |
45th Session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will hold its 45th session from 18th January to 5th February 2010 in Geneva. More . |
National Women’s Forum in Togo
The Togolese ministry of social affairs and the promotion of women’s rights has organised a national women’s forum from 14-16 December 2009 at the Palais des Congrès in Lome. More |
Climate Change: Adaptation funds must reach Africa’s women farmers
One of the key components of global action on climate change will be measures to adapt to changes that are already unavoidable. The Global Gender and Climate Alliance argues that specific attention be paid to the needs of women. "With climate change taking away their source of livelihood because of the erratic weather patterns preventing them from farming, women must find another means of making a living," said Rachel Harris, the media coordinator for GGCA. More |
GEAR Campaign Meeting With UN Deputy Secretary-General
On November 12, 2009 GEAR representatives met with the United Nations Deputy Secretary General, Asha-Rose Migiro, and delegates from the principle women’s agencies. The meeting took place on the occasion of the General Assembly adopting a resolution, which endorsed the creation of the new gender equality entity to be headed by a new Under Secretary General (USG). More |
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 Project: "Using Law for Rural women’s empowerment in West-Africa"
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In the implementation of the project: " Good governance and women’s participation in seven West African countries " the national networks WiLDAF/FeDDAFs (Benin, Burkina, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo) elaborated new " Training manual for women’s participation in governance”.
Two (2) types of manuals (in normal version and simplified), have been produced by the national networks while taking into account each country specificity. It is the " training manual for the participation of women in good governance: Planning, programming, budgeting, budget analysis and gender integration process, Human rights of women , Lobbying and negotiation, and building of coalition”
WiLDAF -West Africa in its concern elaborated a manual for the national networks in French and English version on "training manual for women’s participation in governance, advocacy, lobbying, networking, coalition building and negotiation"
These manuals exist in normal version and in simplified version and can be download on our website
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