Africa

The historic AWID Forum taking place in South Africa also has a number of our grantee partners from the continent presenting on a range of issues impacting African countries.

Day 1 Friday Nov.14th

• Broadening African women's movements? Experiences from women living with and working on HIV & AIDS!!! 
• Feminist -- No 'ifs', Not 'buts'! -- Mobilizing Feminist Activism in Africa

Day 2 Saturday: Nov. 15th

• Resource mobilization strategies: The experiences of women's NGOs in French-speaking Africa 
• Challenges and Successes to Effective Feminist Movement Building: Case Studies from the Global Fund for Women Grantee Network
• Overcoming the Challenges of Movement-Building in Contexts of Crisis and Transition: Angola, DRC, Swaziland and Zimbabwe
  

Day 3 Sunday Nov.16th

• Development Paradigms and Practices from a Feminist Perspective
  

Day 4 Monday Nov.17th

• We have wasted our time pushing for more women in decision making positions -- they have not made a difference: A Great Debate