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  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
    • Gestion administrative et financière
    • Les activités des réseaux nationaux: Bénin
    • Les activités des réseaux nationaux: Burkina Faso
    • Les activités des réseaux nationaux: Ghana
    • Les activités des réseaux nationaux: Mali
    • Les activités des réseaux nationaux: Nigeria
    • Les activités des réseaux nationaux: Sénégal
    • Les activités des réseaux nationaux: Togo
    • Les activités du bureau sous-régional: Activités de communication
    • Les activités du bureau sous-régional: Le WiLDAF/FeDDAF et la mobilisation des organisations de droits de la femme en Afrique de l’Ouest dans le cadre du processus d’évaluation de la plate forme d’action de Beijing
    • Les activités du bureau sous-régional: Lobbying pour la ratification du Protocole à la Charte africaine des droits de l’homme et des peuples relatif aux droits des femmes
    • Les activités du bureau sous-régional: Participation aux réunions et aux activités aux niveaux régional et international
    • Les activités du bureau sous-régional: Projet de sensibilisation et renforcement de capacités des acteurs judiciaires et extrajudiciaires pour la mise en oeuvre effective des droits des femmes en Afrique de l’Ouest (UE2)
    • Perspective pour 2005
• Main current activities
  • ‘‘Good governance and women’s participation in West Africa’’,
• Priorities
  • ACTUAL
    • Ratification and implementation of the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa
      • Conference on the ratification and domestication of the Protocol on women’s rights in Africa
      • Simplified version of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the rights of women in Africa to the range of all
• WiLDAF/FeDDAF’s Countries
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  • WiLDAF/FeDDAF - Mali
  • WiLDAF/FeDDAF - Nigeria
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• 20 years for the Human Rights and Development in the World
• Coming out of new publications in the set" WiLDAF Publication"
• Human Rights Watch report on sexual violence cases in Côte d’Ivoire
• News on the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
• The Charter of Kurukan Fuga”, an example of a traditional African instrument for social organisation and the protection of human rights
• The PROTOCOL on the rights of women in Africa in force since 2005!
• WILDAF WEB site below on the UE3 project

News

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• Impact of international trade policies on rural women producers in west and central Africa,
• Mainstream gender economics policies in Africa

• Africa news
  • BURKINA -FASO: women for the access to power
  • Cameroon: Finally, a Law against Female Genital Mutilation
  • News on the protocol in Niger
  • Niger: By Decree, the government of Niger makes the access of women to antenatal care, deliveries as well as caesarean operations free of charge.
  • 2003
    • May
      • Déclaration de la société civile en prélude à la rencontre de Kigali (Nairobi 2003) (in French)
      • Declaration ofKigali (2003)
      • Grand Bay Mauritius Declaration and Plan of Action (1999)
    • November
      • Dakar Strategy on Mainstreaming «Gender» and Women’s Effective Participation in the African Union and NEPAD
      • Déclaration de Durban sur l’intégration de la perspective "Genre" et la participation active de la femme dans l’Union Africaine (en françis)
      • Maputo Declaration on Gender Mainstreaming and the Effective Participation of Women in the African Union
  • 2004
    • African Union
      • Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa
    • April
      • International: Send a ‘birthday card’ to the World Bank
    • November
      • Déclaration des Organisation de la Société Civiles Ouest sur le Droit à la Communication (in French)
      • Recommandations de la réunion de Dakar (in French)
  • 2005
    • African Union Watch
      • ... and what about the civil society?
      • 37th session of the African Commission on the Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)
      • 5th Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Libya: Decisions and declarations
      • African Civil Society and African Union: Time for self organisation? Can African civil society meet in 2005?
      • African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights to be Established without Delay
      • African Union Award for human rights
      • Fifth Assembly of Heads of States and Government in Syrte and human rights champion award
      • First meeting of Ministers in charge of Women and Gender in Dakar for the implementation of the African Union Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality (SDGEA)
      • Follow up of the Protocol on the Court of Justice of the African Union
      • Follow up of the Protocol related to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
      • Fourth Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union
      • Gender equality and social policy framework
      • Ghana ratified the protocol to the ACHPR on women’s rights
      • Merging of the two Courts of the African Union?
      • Notice of the Fourth Ordinary Session of the Pan-African Parliament
      • Schedule of meetings of the AU October to December 2005
      • the 38th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
      • The implementation of the solemn declaration on gender equality in Africa
      • Tripoli Declaration
      • Vacancy at AU
      • Women and health: a concern of the AU?
      • Women’s rights organisations and networks meet in Tripoli for the African Assembly of Heads of State and Government
    • CEDAW
      • International consultation on the ratification and the using of the OP-CEDAW
      • Mauritania and Niger presented their reports to the CEDAW Committee of the United Nations
      • Shadow and State reports of Benin for CEDAW
      • Shadow and State reports of Burkina Faso for CEDAW
    • CSW 2005
      • The CSW News: Africa Special
    • ECOWAS Watch
      • ECOWAS official slams women’s exclusion from Head of State
      • European Fund for Development: joint report 2004 ECOWAS-European Community
      • Forum of political parties, media
      • Individuals to be Given Direct Access to the ECOWAS Court of Justice
      • Plan of action for the implementation of the agricultural policy
      • Role of Parliaments in security sector
      • Role of parliaments in the West African Security Sector and in the observance of the rule of law
      • Update of ECOWAS website
    • January
      • Benin under Exam by the Human Rights Committee
      • Benin: 2005 the Year of ‘No more Excision’
      • Daso ADAMU discharged!
      • Gabon: Mostly illegal but in demand
      • Ghana: In Ghana Politics, Women are very Lean
      • Liberia: Campaign for the education of girls heats
      • Liberia: Women decry criminal activities
      • Niger: Declaration of Niamey
      • Nigeria: Rape on the Increase
      • Strengthening civil society and human rights organisations in Togo
      • The Women International Network (WIN) of AMARC
      • U.S. Sanctions Key Allies over ICC Participation: Benin, Mali and Niger
      • Vulnerability of African women to AIDS
    • July
      • Africa: AWOMI Spearheads African Women’s Involvement in the G-CAP
      • Africa: Memorandum of Civil Society to the 3rd Ordinary Session of the African Union Ministers of Trade, Cairo, Egypt
      • Africa: Women’s organisations from different parts of Africa gathered in Johannesburg to add their voices to the Global Call Against Poverty
      • Congo-Kinshasa: Principle of parity between men and women in the Constitution
      • Gambia: Islam Council head on female circumcision
      • Maître Reine Alapini Gansou of WiLDAF/FeDDAF-Benin appointed as a member of the ACHPR
      • Measuring progress in West Africa through 12 indicators of the MDGs related to women
      • Monitoring of official reports submission for CEDAW by West African States Parties
      • Multilateral agreement being negotiated
      • Niger: Niger stopped the road of the caravan
      • Nigeria: Country gets first female supreme court justice
      • Recruitment at the African Union
      • Reports to be submitted to the UN Treaty Bodies during 2006-2007 by West African countries
      • Sierra Leone: In series of controversial rulings, international tribunal refuses to hear evidence relating to sexual violence
      • Status of official West African countries’ reports to the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
      • Status of signatures and ratifications by West African countries of international treaties related to trafficking
      • The 20 countries where there is the more risk to have children: Mother’s Index 2005
      • Togo ratified the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s rights on Women rights yesterday 01st September 2005
      • Trafficking in persons in West Africa
      • Tribute on the occasion of the death of lawyer Grace d’ALMEIDA
      • West Africa: Benin, Nigeria Forge Alliance Against Child Trafficking
    • May
      • Arms know no gender: they kill us all
      • Job opportunities at the Secretariat of the Pan-African Parliament
      • Kano State (Nigeria) Law separates Men and Women from sitting together in commercial vehicles
      • New Field Foundation is seeking a regional program manager in West Africa
    • NEPAD
      • Consultation of the civil society for the G8 in July 2005
      • Monitoring the NEPAD’s APRM
      • NEPAD and G8
      • NEPAD Gender Task Force
      • NEPAD Gender Task Force: concept paper and terms of reference
      • NEPAD is not an end in itself: an interview with Zo Randriamaro
      • Press release following the 13th meeting of the African peer review mechanism panel of eminent persons
      • Progress in gender mainstreaming to NEPAD?
      • The APRM self-assessment of Ghana: some information on NGO involvement in the process
    • November
      • Today 25 November, 2005 : Let celebrate the entry into force of the protocol to the African charter on human and people’s rights relating to women’s rights
    • October
      • "Equity is complementary to the pursuit of long-term prosperity"
      • Africa can move faster on MDGs, says report
      • Africa: School fees ’barrier for girls’
      • Debt cancellation to African countries and its impact on women in those selected countries: An interview with Zo Randriamaro
      • GHANA: Teenage Pregnancies on the Increase
      • Liberia: Girls sell sex to stay in school
      • Mauritania: Mauritania union doubles number of female members
      • Millennium Development Goals: What the Women Committee of GCAP think of UN world summit agreements
      • Niger: Women banned from grain stores
      • Nigeria: National Birth Registration Scheme Launched
      • Nigeria: Violence against women must stop
      • The Dakar Commitment
      • Togo: Men Reluctant to Allow Pregnant Wives to Undergo VCT
      • UN report warns against focusing on FDI as development policy
    • September
      • Closing Statement from the Conference on Ratification and Domestication of the African Union Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on Rights of Women in Africa
      • Conference on the ratification and domestication of the Protocol to the ACHPR on the Rights of Women in Africa
    • WACSOF
      • Questions and challenges about gender issues in West Africa
  • 2006
    • African Union Watch
      • 38th session of the ACHPR: a session to be written in gold in the history of the fight for human rights in Africa
      • 6th ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government
      • Conference on women and the right 3 - 5 July, 2006, Hotel Savanna, Dakar, Senegal
      • First Session of the African Court for Human and Peoples Rights - 3 July 2006, Banjul, Gambia
      • Implementation of the Solemn Declaration on Gender Equity in Africa (SDGEA)
      • Inaugural Meeting of the African Union Women’s Committee (AUWC)
      • News on the protocol (ACHPR) in Niger
      • News on the protocol (ACHPR) in Niger
      • Pre-summit women’s forum
      • Project of a Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance
      • Resolution adopted by african women’s forums in Banjul June 2006
      • Schedule of meetings of the AU from March to June 2006
      • Senegal state Report
      • Shadow report of the West African civil society organizations on the implementation of the solemn declaration on gender equality in Africa
      • The 7th ordinary session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union in Banjul (The Gambia), from 1 to 2 July, 2006
      • Two Women Judges elected to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Sudan
      • Where is gender parity in the nominations of the Judges at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights?
    • April
      • Africa: UNICEF hails progress toward ending female genital cutting
      • Liberia: Truth Commission up and running
      • The 8th March celebration availed African women representatives present at the session the opportunity to make an important declaration
    • CEDAW
      • Shadow and State Reports of Ghana for CEDAW
      • Shadow and State reports of Mali for CEDAW
      • Shadow and State reports of Togo for CEDAW
      • State Reports of Cape Verde for CEDAW
      • State Reports of Democratic Republic of Congo for CEDAW
    • CSW 2006
      • Declaration of African Women In Commemoration of the International Women’s Day 2006
      • Promoting Gender Equality in New Aid Modalities and Partnerships. Following is some extracts.
      • The celebration 8th March availed African representatives present at the session the opportunity to make an important declaration
      • WiLDAF appeals to African Heads of States
      • WILDAF AT THE 5OTH SESSION OF THE CSW
      • WiLDAF oral statement: WiLDAF appeals to African Heads of States
    • ECOWAS
      • Conversion of ECOWAS Secretariat into a Commission
      • ECOWAS council of ministers puts final touches to restructuring
      • ECOWAS council of ministers puts final touches to restructuring of ECOWAS institutions
      • ECOWAS involves itself in the promotion and protection of African women’s rights
      • Experts’ meeting to review draft code of conduct for armed forces and security services of ECOWAS opens in Lome
      • Gender parity: At least 30% of the membership of the delegation of the renewed Parliament should be women
      • Ivory Coast: Round table on the rights of women and children
      • Regional workshop on violence against women opens in Abuja
      • Regional workshop on violence against women opens in Abuja
      • West, central African experts endorse tools for regional multilateral cooperation against trafficking in persons
      • Workshop Seeks Enhancement of ECOWAS, Civil Society Partnership
    • January
      • Akua KUENYEHIA (Ghana) reelected for a second mandate as Judge at the International Criminal Court
      • Implementation of the Solemn Declaration on Gender Equity in Africa (SDGEA)
      • Interview of Abdourhama Amina, Director of the Promotion of Woman in Niger and gender focal point in Niger
      • Kenya: Small Loans for Men Will Keep Violence Against Women Down
      • Mali: Women at the World Social Forum in Bamako: Solidarity, training and communication
      • Mali: WSF opens with a call for justice
      • Nigeria: Forced evictions in Lagos make thousands homeless
      • Togo: CEDAW: Encouraging Togo’s new Government to persevere in its determination to promote gender equality
      • «Why not a woman?»: A programme of the Coalition des Femmes Leaders de la Côte d’Ivoire (CFELCI): BODOUA Affoua Hélène talks more about it
    • July
      • 2 - 5 July 2006- 1st meeting of the African court on human and people’s rights Banjul Gambia
      • 31 July 2006, Celebration of African Women’s Day: Peace, Security and Economic Stability in Africa
      • Female sexual mutilation; intolerable figures
      • Liberia: Impunity for rape still prevails in Liberia
      • Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons , especially in women and children
    • NEPAD
      • African Union invited to consider Freedom of speech in Africa as a NEPAD criterion.
      • Dr. Dorothy Njeuma Named President of MAEP
      • FOLLOW-UP on NEPAD: Olusegun Obasanjo thinks that NEPAD is in real progress
      • Ghana Undergoes Landmark Peer Review
      • Me ABDOULAYE WADE « the NEPAD is making no headway »
      • The APRM Monitor
    • October
      • Ghana’s Minister for Women and Children’s Affairs Calls for more Women In Governance
      • In Africa, Women Stride Into Power
      • Sub-regional Meeting on Legal Measures Concerning HIV/AIDS
    • WACSOF
      • Third forum of West Africa Civil Society Forum
      • West Africa: West Africa Civil Society Forum (WACSOF)
  • 2007
    • African Union
      • African Union news
      • Consult the Draft Calendar Of Meetings of African Union
      • Cote d’Ivoire: A law authorizing the ratification of the protocol to the ACHPR
      • Eighth Ordinary Session of the AU Conference
      • Election of the new members of the African Union Commission on Human and People’s Rights
      • First international scientific Congress on the right of African women to Information Communication Technology
      • LAUNCHING OF “FRIDAYS OF THE COMMISSION”
      • Setting up of a High Level Panel in charge of the Auditing of the African Union
      • Shadow report of the West African civil society organizations on the implementation of the solemn declaration on gender equality in Africa
      • The 9th consultative woman’s meeting in Addis Ababa on January 25th and 26th, 2007. African women assess the commitments taken by the Heads of States.
      • The civil society at the 9th ordinary session of the African Union Conference: women were not outdone
      • The Ghanian Parliament authorized the ratification of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the rights of women in Africa
      • The second in command of the United Nations encourages the IEC of Congo-Kinshasa to make women’s participation a priority
      • The WiLDAF network participated in the NGO forum preceding the 41st session of the ACHPR
    • CEDAW
      • Mauritania and Niger NGOs shadow reports on CEDAW
    • CSW
      • 51st session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
    • ECOWAS
      • 4th Annual FOSCAO forum: recommendations for the success of West African integration
      • ECOWAS increasingly involved in the supervision of elections in its member countries
      • Some tips for women candidates to the various elections in Africa
      • The launching of the CEDAW Commission for the acceleration of integration and development
      • WACSOF has a new Executive Committee presided over by Mrs. Genevieve Boko Nadjo
    • Laws
      • Labour law of Togo, adopted in December 05, 2006. (Only in French)
      • Togo: Adoption of legislation as regards discrimination and sexual harassment in professional environment in Togo.
    • NEPAD
      • “A chance for newborns in Africa »
      • Cameroon implements the NEPAD e-School project
      • Ghana proceeded to the MAEP
      • Rwanda highlights the ’’added value’’ of the APRM on its democratisation process
      • South Africa welcomes its first on-line school
      • Summit of heads of State and African governments on NEPAD in Algeria
      • The Accra conference recommends the harmonization of development policies
      • The Pan-African Parliament wishes to be an associate to the election supervision in Africa
    • News
      • Amnesty International report on sexual violence inflicted upon Ivorian women
      • Blue Helmets in Liberia
      • Burkina Faso: Young girls show interest in science subjects
      • Celebration of the bicentennial of the abolition of slavery
      • December 1st, 2006: Celebration of the National AIDS Day
      • Follow-up indicators on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination towards Women (CEDEF) and on the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
      • Human Rights Watch report on sexual violence cases in Côte d’Ivoire
      • Institute on Democratic Governance
      • Key actions adopted during the workshop for after the ratification of the protocol
      • November 25- International Day for the elimination of violence against women.
      • Participation of the WiLDAF network in the NGO forum preceding the 41st session of the ACHPR
      • Report on « Youth in action, state of the world population 2006 »
      • Reports from the States on the Solemn Declaration on gender equality in Africa.
      • Results from the first phase of the Education Programme in Mali
      • Soon to come a law against bigamy in Nigeria
      • The child mortality rate is under 10 million for the first time
      • The only UN Agency for women
      • The women of Rwanda are determined to go to University
      • Togo: Adoption of a legislation as regards to discrimination and sexual harassment in the work place in Togo.
      • Togo: The National Assembly adopts a law on reproductive health
      • Women’s participation in governance: Good practices from Mauritania
      • Women’s Rights in Senegal- ‘A significant Improvement’ on paper, a weakness in the application
• Campaigns
  • 2003
    • Call so the AU integrates the gender aspects in all its decision-making and implementation mechanisms
  • 2004
    • Act now! The PROTOCOL on the rights of women in Africa in force now in 2005!
    • Everybody for the RATIFICATION of the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa!
    • Urgent action for the ratification of the Protocol of the ACHPR for the Rights of Women in Africa and to the inclusion of women in all spheres of action of the African Union!
  • 2005
    • Campaign for the nomination of Women as judges at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
    • Campaign for the nomination of Women as judges at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
    • West African Campaign for the ratification and the implementation of the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa
  • 2006
    • Promoting Change, Well-being and Human Dignity International Zero Tolerance to FGM Day: Make Female Genital Mutilation History!
    • The Next United Nations Secretary-General: Time for a Woman
• Events
  • Actual
    • Call for papers: International Conference on Culture, Communication and Globalization
    • Conference on diversity, human rights, racism and the intercultural dialogue/14-19 November 2006
    • Human Rights Commission
    • Human Rights Committee
    • Important dates for the rights of women
    • International Conference on Sexual Violence: Promising strategies for diverse needs
  • Past
    • 19-21 June 2006: 2nd African Conference on rights and sexual health: Sexuality, economy and development in Africa
    • 18 to 22 April 2005: Foundations in Developmental Practice
    • 19-23 January 2006: World social forum
    • 1st July 2006- 25th commemoration anniversary of the human and people’s rights charter in African union summit Banjul, Gambia
    • 20-22 March, 2006: Role of the Media in the Development of Education in Africa
    • 2005 Calendar of United Nations Events
    • 21 to 25 September 2005: 10th International Women and Health Meeting
    • 21-24 November 2005: Sub-regional symposium on "Gender, human rights and culture"
    • 22 to 25 March 2005: Women’s rights in Africa: Outcomes and perspectives considering the prospective strategies of Nairobi and the Platform for Action of Beijing
    • 24th - 26th November 2005: Portugal: Conference on ESC Rights
    • 24th Oct. to 11th Nov., 2005: Training: Promoting gender and human rights in reproductive health and HIV/AIDS
    • 27 February - 10 March 2006: The 50th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
    • 28 February to 11 March 2005: 49th session of the Commission on the Status of Women
    • 2nd Human Rights World Forum
    • 39th ORDINARY SESSION of the African Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights
    • 3rd UN World Urban Forum
    • 4 to 7 April 2005: 7th International AIDS Impact Conference
    • 5 April: Southern African Regional Gender Mainstreaming Symposium
    • 6 June to 16 July 2005: 7th Regional Course on Social Mobilisation for Health & Development
    • 6 to 10 December, 2005:"Rethinking African Development: Beyond Impasse, Towards Alternatives"
    • Committee against Torture
    • Committee on children rigths
    • Committee on Migrant Workers
    • July 2005: African Civil Society Forum: Democratizing Governance at the Regional and Global Level to Achieve the MDG’s
    • May 23-26, 2006: International symposium on training and research in population and development of Africa: issues and challenges
    • November 21 - December 2, 2005: Participatory, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Course, Kenya
    • The 2005 People’s Forum: 6th to 8th July, 2005
• Funding information
  • 2005
    • 1 March 2005: WWSF Award - For women in rural empowerment
    • 15 March 2006: Call for Biodiversity projects: “combine the conservation with sustainable development”
    • 1st November 2005: Communication and Social Change Award
    • 31 March 2005: CALL FOR PROJECT from the AIF
    • 5 August 2005: WSIS - PrepCom 3: Fellowships for LDC participants representatives
    • More than one deadline: Grants offered by the Panos Institute West Africa
    • No precise deadline: Funding from Urgent Action Fund-Africa
  • 2006
    • 26th March 2006: The Native Leadership Scholarship (NLS)
    • 31 May 2006: Silver Rose Nominations 2006
    • February 22nd, 2006: Call for nominations for the Perdita Huston Human Rights Award for 2006
    • TrustAfrica
• Network news
  • 2004
    • April
      • Network news as of April 1st 2005
    • January
      • The WiLDAF Ghana has a new coordinator: Welcome
  • 2005
    • January
      • Network News as of January 2005
    • July
      • Network News as of July 1st 2005
      • Report mission from Guinea WiLDAF/FeDDAF network (in French)
    • October
      • Campaign in West Africa for the ratification and/or the implementation of the protocol on women’s right in Africa
      • Colette LELIEVRE completed her two years mandate at WiLDAF - West Africa
      • Network News as of October 1st 2005
  • 2006
    • Network News
    • Network news as of 1st July
    • April
      • Network News as of April 1st 2006
    • August
      • Modules studied or to be studied during the two sessions of training
    • December
      • 16 days of activism to end violence against women and girls from November 25th to December 10th.
      • 25 November -International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
      • News on the protocol in Niger
      • WILDAF NIGERIA
      • WiLDAF West Africa Networks 16 days activism programme
      • WILDAF-Togo
      • WILDAF/SENEGAL
    • January
      • Best wishes for 2006
      • Network News as of January 2006
      • WiLDAF/FeDDAF-West Africa will attend the 2006 CSW
    • July
      • Data Base on Gender Equity in the world
    • October
      • Network News- October 2006
    • September
      • CEDAW 36th Session: Ghana, Cape Verde and RDC report to the committee
      • Participation of GF2D of the WiLDAF Network in the Togolese National Political Dialogue: An Example of Women’s Participation in Governance
  • 2007
    • April
      • 2nd Series of Decentralized workshops
      • 51st session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
      • Discussion list for the WiLDAF/FeDDAF NETWORK
      • Ghana: An overview of implementation of the project “Good Governance and Participation of Women in seven (7) West African countries”
      • Impression of Mrs Eva Hazel, participant of decentralized workshop in Téma
      • Impressions of Mrs. Eva Haizel and Patience Dapaah on the Training Workshop on Governance project
      • News about Communication office
      • The Domestic Violence Act: a befitting Golden Jubilee Gift for Ghanaian Women
      • WiLDAF-West Africa at the 51st session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CCF/ CSW)
      • Women and Leadership
    • December
      • Press release of the following activities planned to celebrate the network’s 10th anniversary
      • Ten years of networking, ten years of commitment for Women’s Rights in West Africa
    • January
      • 16 days of activism against violence towards women and girls
      • Togo: Adoption of legislation as regards discrimination and sexual harassment in professional environment in Togo.
      • Training in the framework of the project « Good governance and participation of women in seven (7) countries in West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo”
      • WiLDAF-Togo decided to introduce the Protocol on the African Charter of Human and People’s related to the Rights of Women in Africa.
    • July
      • Beyond the folklore, an obvious will of Togolese women to influence from now on politician decisions
      • Implementation of the « Women and good governance in Senegal » project
      • Senegalese women have lost a battle and not the war: the law on parity has been declared unconstitutional by the constitutional Court
      • The WiLDAF/FeDDAF West Africa Newsletter for July, 2007 is now available.
      • WiLDAF Ghana: The network prepares post ratification strategies of the protocol
      • WiLDAF-Ghana prepares post-ratification strategies for the implementation of the protocol
      • WiLDAF-Mali
      • WiLDAF-WEST AFRICA
    • May
      • Mauritania NGOs shadow reports on CEDAW
      • Niger NGOs shadow reports on CEDAW
      • WACSOF has a new Executive Committee presided over by Mrs. Genevieve Boko Nadjo
    • October
      • Activities of « Women and good governance in Mali » coalitions
      • Assessment of women’s participation in the 2007 presidential and legislative elections
      • At the regional Office
      • Priorities of «women and good governance » coalitions in Mali
      • Ten Years Already!
      • WiLDAF-Togo: Sending of the justification letter to the various ministerial departments
      • WiLDAF/FeDDAF- Mali
      • WiLDAF/FeDDAF- Senegal
      • WiLDAF/FeDDAF- Togo: Celebration of the African Women’s Day
• Newsletters
  • 2000
    • Newsletter 01 January 2000
    • Newsletter 03 August 2000
    • Newsletter 05 December 2000
  • 2001
    • Newsletter 06 April 2001
    • Newsletter 08 October 2001
  • 2002
    • Newsletter 10 April 2002
  • 2003
    • Newsletter 13 January 2003
    • Newsletter 14 April 2003
    • Newsletter 15 July 2003
    • Newsletter 16 October 2003
  • 2004
    • Newsletter 17 January 2004
    • Newsletter 18 April 2004
    • Newsletter 19 July 2004
    • Newsletter 20 October 2004
  • 2005
    • Newsletter 21 January 2005
      • Newsletter
      • Rubriques
    • Newsletter 22 April 2005
    • Newsletter 23 July 2005
      • Articles individuels
      • Final articles
    • Newsletter 24 October 2005
      • Articles individuels
      • Final articles
  • 2006
    • Gender mainstreaming and equality between men and women in Africa: seeking of the new director of UNIFEM/DAKAR
    • Newsletter 25 January 2006
      • Articles individuels
      • Rubriques régulières
    • Newsletter 26 April 2006
      • Articles individuels
      • Articles individuels
      • Rubriques
    • Newsletter 27 July 2006
      • Articles individuels
      • Rubriques
    • Newsletter 28 October 2006
      • Individual Articles
      • Sections
  • 2007
    • Newsletter N° 32 October 2007
      • Articles individuels
      • Rubriques
    • Newsletter N°29 January 2007
      • Articles individuels
      • Rubriques
    • Newsletter N°31 July 2007
      • Articles individuels
      • Rubriques
    • Newsletters N° 30 April 2007
      • Articles individuels
      • Rubriques
• Press Release
  • 2003
    • November
      • West African Civil Society Forum : Accra, Ghana, 11-12 December 2003 : you can submit your candidacy!
    • October
      • People’s Forum December 11-12th in Accra, Ghana : women must be highly visible
  • 2005
    • February
      • CSW in New York: an Important Step for the Evaluation of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform in 2005 by African Women
    • January
      • WACSOF recommends that the status of women be part of each ECOWAS Summit!
    • March
      • Three countries have ratified the Protocol and 14 have already signed it in West Africa!
    • May
      • Authorization for the ratification of the Protocol on the Rights of Women has been adopted by Cape-Verde Parliament. Burkina Faso and Mauritania also did it!
    • October
      • Benin ratified protocol
  • 2006
    • August
      • Congratulations to Burkina Faso for ratifying the protocol
      • National training workshop on "Good governance and women’s participation in seven West african countries"
    • June
      • Niger national advocacy coalition in favour of the protocol to the ACHPR on women’s rights and the CEDAW lost a battle but not the war
    • May
      • Burkina Faso will very soon count among countries that ratified the protocol
    • Novembre
      • News on the protocol (ACHPR) in Niger
      • The last issue of our Newsletter is now available on the website
    • September
      • News on CEDAW and the PROTOCOL (ACHPR) in Niger
  • 2007
    • February
      • 51st session of the United Nations on the status of women (CSW)
    • Mai
      • Cote d’Ivoire National Assembly authorise the ratification of the protocol on women’s rights in Africa
    • March
      • WACSOF press release
• Women and Governance
  • 2006
    • October
      • A Female President of the UN General Assembly
      • Interview with Mrs. Adwoa Sakyi, President of General Agricultural Workers Union of Ghana Trade Union Congress, member of the coalition Women and Governance in Ghana
      • Interview with Mrs. AYAYI Léontine, President of Global March of Togolese women, coordinator of the coalition Women and Governance in Togo.
      • The United Nations Secretary General’s Study on Violence Against Children
      • WiLDAF West Africa at the 4th Africities Summit in Nairobi: the participation of population groups, notably women, at the center of debate
  • 2007
    • January
      • How can information and communication technologies (ICT’s) be used as a tool to speed up women’s rights
      • The "Woman and Good Governance" coalition, a key player in the implementation of the “Good Governance and participation of women in seven (7) West African countries”.
• Women and UN Reforms
  • A meeting will be held in November 9, 2006, at the General-Assembly of the United Nations concerning the creation of a new Agency for women.
  • Briefing note on women’s rights and the “Coherence panel” in the UN reform process
  • Statement concerning the creation of a new Agency for women
  • Summary Report on the High-level Panel on Coherence Held in Geneva, Switzerland on Sunday, July 2, 2006
• Women of honour
  • 2005
    • 37 West African women out of 1000 women were nominees for 2005 Peace Nobel prize
    • An African woman among the 10 Sigrid Rausing Trust Award Winners
    • Launching of an African prize « Women of subsistence »
    • Nobel Peace Award to WANGARI MAATHAI
  • 2006
    • Four African activists including two women were honoured with the NED award of liberty
    • Mary Watson from South Africa won the seventh Caine Prize
    • Mrs. Jennifer Williams nominees for the 2006 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders
  • 2007
    • Mrs Salamatou TRAORE International Prize for the health and dignity of women” by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
    • Mrs. Asha-Rose Mtengeti Migiro , UN Deputy Secretary General
    • Mrs. Graça Simbine Machel-Mandela received the "Visionary Award 2007”
    • POSTHUME TRIBUTE OF WILDAF to the Late Mrs Hawa Yakubu, a worthy daughter of Africa.
• World news
  • 2004
    • July
      • U.S.A. Maintains Funding for International Family Planning Programs
  • 2005
    • January
      • Beijing+10 in New York
      • International: WLUML statement to the World Social Forum - Appeal Against Fundamentalist
      • Monitoring civil and political rights by the Human Rights Committee
      • The 2007 World Social Forum in Africa?
      • What is the International Criminal Court?
      • Women’s Global Charter for Humanity
    • July
      • Anticipating the Millennium+5
      • Gender parity in secondary education - are we there yet ?
      • International: Putrajaya declaration and programme of action on the advancement of women
      • International: World Bank Report says increasing number of girls affected by HIV/AIDS, announces three-year initiative
      • MADRE Critiques the UN Millennium Development Goals
      • Making progress in the negotiation of the final declaration on the Millennium + 5
      • National-level advocacy ensuring that sexual and reproductive health remains in the MDGs
    • March
      • Outcome of the 49th session of the CSW
    • October
      • 1800 activists and feminists at the 10th FORUM of AWID from 27 to 30 October, 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand
      • On the follow-up of Beijing+10
      • The Millennium Development Goal: what women committee of GCAP think about the final result of the world summit?
  • 2006
    • Project: “Take our Daughters to Work” An experience which merits attention and repetition across the sub-region.
    • Women and UN reforms
    • April
      • “Promoting Gender Equality in New Aid Modalities and Partnerships”
      • Promoting Gender Equality in New Aid Modalities and Partnerships
      • UNIFEM organized a round table discussion during the CSW titled "From Numbers to Influence: Women in Politics Making Economic Change."
    • December
      • 1st December 2006: World campaign for AIDS day 2006
      • How Parliaments can and must promote effective ways of combating violence against women in all field
      • Investment in Proven Strategies Needed to End Violence against Women
      • WiLDAF/FeDDAF network among twenty (20) sites on gender
    • January
      • Creation of a francophone price on democracy in Bamako
      • Echo from the 10th international forum of the Association for Women’s Rights and Development (AWID)
      • International: WTO agreement a betrayal of development promises
    • July
      • Amnesty International 2006 report: the situation of human rights in the word/Amnesty international
      • ECOWAS and UNESCO agree to work for the realisation of millennium development goals
      • Gender book N°40: work and universalisation
      • Pope Requests Report on Condom Ban
      • The United Nations reform process - Women and the UN reforms - Declaration on the reforms
      • TOLBA; an aid association for refugees</