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Join Forces for Women
 MONROVIA - The only two female heads of state in Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian President Joyce Banda, have just committed to using their positions to improve the lives of women across the continent. More |
CURRENT INCIDENCE OF VIOLENCE IS DISINCENTIVE TO PERFORMANCE AT B.E.C.E. AND W.A.S.S.S.C.E.
PRESS RELEASE
Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF Ghana) having observed and condemned the incidence of violence associated with the biometric registration exercise call on all well meaning Ghanaians to demand Peace especially for children. More |
PROJECT: « WOMEN AND FARMERS AGAINST POVERTY IN WEST AFRICAN »
PRESS RELEASE
Lomé, 03 May 2012
 Women In Law and Development in Africa/ Femmes Droits et Développement en Afrique (WILDAF/FEDDAF), West Africa Office and Network of Farmers and Agricultural Producers’ Organisations of West Africa (ROPPA) have just formally launched on 19 April, 2012 their joint project: « West African Women and Farmers against Poverty ». More |
PRESS RELEASE
WiLDAF GHANA’s REACTION TO THE “JESUS ONE TOUCH” JUDGEMENT
Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF Ghana) expresses disappointment at the High Court judgement that quashed the jail term imposed on Prophet Nana Kofi Yerenkyi, Head Pastor of the Jesus Blood Prophetic Ministry. He was sentenced by the Domestic Violence Court for defiling his 10 year-old daughter. More |
“I will listen to women and promote their rights,” says Senegal’s President-Elect, Macky Sall
 In an exclusive discussion with women’s organizations the day after he emerged as the winner of Senegal’s Presidential election on 25 March President-Elect Macky Sall outlined his vision for improving the lives of Senegalese women. More |
Raising gender on the global development agenda
 Sustainable development will not be achieved without the full participation of women. As government officials met in March to prepare for Rio +20, the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, a special dialogue was hosted by UN Women, with the Women’s Major Group – a formal group representing women’s priorities in sustainable development – supported by the Governments of Brazil and Switzerland. More |
PRESS RELEASE
 Lomé, 26 March, 2012: Within the framework of its actions for promotion of women’s rights, the Sub-regional Office for West Africa of Women in law and Development in Africa (WILDAF), in collaboration with the Network of West African Farmers and Producers Organisation (ROPPA), has just been granted a funding for the implementation of the « West African women and farmers against poverty » project. More |
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U.N. Aims at Major Global Conference on Women in 2015
 UNITED NATIONS, Mar 8, 2012 (IPS) - As the race towards gender equality moves at an exceedingly slow pace, the United Nations is calling for a major international conference on women in 2015 - 20 years after a landmark meeting in Beijing in 1995. More |
WILDAF/FEDDAF wishes you all a happy international women’s day
In celebrating the 101st Anniversary of International Women’s Day, WILDAF West Africa wishes you a beautiful women’s day
Let’s join forces so that all women and girls can be able to enjoy the use of their rights in such a way that Gender Equality becomes a reality. 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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