African women push for equality

New Pittsburgh Courier;  May 2, 1998 ;     485 words ...African women push for equality ETHIOPIA--They produce...brunt in the continent's wars. Yet African women have practically no say in the economic...change their position in the world, African women gathered last week in the Ethiopian...

African women meet to gauge progress since Beijing conference

AP Online;  April 28, 1998 ;     514 words ......brunt in the continent's wars. Yet African women have practically no say in the economic...change their position in the world, African women gathered today in the Ethiopian capital...very little. The general situation of African women ``reflects in a more vivid and graphic...

Less Than One and Double: A Feminist Reading of African Women's Writing

African Studies Review;  September 1, 2003 ;     533 words ......One and Double: A Feminist Reading of African Women's Writing. Portsmouth, N.H.: Heinemann...demonstrating his extensive knowledge of African women's literature, African cinema, and radical...fair to me that in her readings of African women's writings, Irene d'Almeida, as an...

Daughters of Anowa: African Women & Patriarchy.(Book Review)

International Review of Mission;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...* Daughters of Anowa: African Women & Patriarchy, Mercy Amba...about how liberation relates to African women and how women relate to the African...the sweeping generalization of African women and their social myths, which...

Akina Mama wa Afrika: Akina Mama wa Afrika is an international development...

Sister Namibia;  June 1, 2005 ;     514 words ......Mama wa Afrika means 'solidarity among African women', signifying African sisterhood. The...United Kingdom, to create space for African women to organise and build links with each...information, advocacy and training forum for African women, building their leadership capacities...

VOA NEWS: WEST AFRICAN WOMEN POLITICIANS STRUGGLE TO GET ELECTED

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 14, 2007 ;     605 words ......voters to elect them. Watch West African Women report / Real broadband - download...tv_voa_14jun07_bb.rm Watch West African Women report / Real broadband:http...5Fvoa%5F14jun07%5Fbb%2Erm Watch West African Women report / Real dialup - download...

Roundup: Action urged to improve situation of African women

Xinhua News Agency;  October 14, 2004 ;     443 words ......Action urged to improve situation of African women by Li Dawei ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua...than words to improve the situation of African women. A statement issued at the end of the...economic challenges to women, especially African women whose position in society might become...

Zenzele: African Women's Self-Help Organizations in South Africa,...

African Studies Review;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......1920s, were founded by mission-educated African women who sought to improve the lives of rural African women by enhancing their subsistence farming...health care. Unlike associations for African women in British colonial Africa, Zenzele...

African Women's Conference To be Held in Tanzania

Xinhua English Newswire;  October 16, 1996 ;     186 words ...A four-day African women's conference will be open here...and strengthen unity among the African women leaders. The Tanzanian Daily News...will be attended by more than 100 African women ministers and parliamentarians...

WRITING AFRICAN WOMEN'S HISTORY WITH MALE SOURCES: POSSIBILITIES AND...

History In Africa;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......European officials. The task of studying African women's history using colonial sources is...contact between colonial officials and African women was relatively limited, and often indirect...during the colonial era. For their part, African women guarded cultural and political ...

Landmark Victory for African Women's Movement.

AScribe Law News Service;  November 1, 2005 ;     474 words ......a decade of determined advocacy by African women's rights organizations, including several...resulted in a major victory for the African women's movement. On Oct. 27, Togo became...This milestone in the advancement of African women's rights is also a landmark for women...

African Women's Day Celebrated

Xinhua English Newswire;  August 1, 1997 ;     223 words ...African women celebrated the African Women's Day here on thursday amid calls for peace and stability...celebrations which coincided with the closing of the eighth Pan African Women's Organisation (PAWO) congress which started on July 28...

African Women Leaders Condemn Violence Against

Xinhua English Newswire;  October 28, 1996 ;     321 words ...African women ministers and parliamentarians today...conference in Dar es Salaam this evening, African women leaders said that preventive diplomacy...the continent. They called upon all African women to stand up unanimously for peace on...

Nigeria to host African women's basketball championship

Xinhua News Agency;  November 15, 2005 ;     95 words ...Nigeria to host African women's basketball championship LAGOS, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria...hosting the 19th African Nation Championship for Women in the west African country's capital Abuja, the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF...

ADAPTING TO AMERICA< AFRICAN WOMEN IN ACTION RUNS AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM...

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  February 6, 2005 ;     700+ words ......help other women like them. Through African Women in Action, Kayanda and Chol help other African women immigrants navigate their new American...in Guilford County. In addition to African Women in Action, there also are Liberian...