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    Strategies for managing vulnerability of women vegetable farmers in the central region of Ghana

    2015
    Women constitute an important part of food systems around the world, as evidenced by the fact that they produce an estimated 70% of subsistence crops, and the fundamental role they play in processing and distribution.
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    Predator and prey: Islamic feminism and the discourse of female-authored novels in northern Nigeria

    The African Symposium, 2014
    NIgeria has a rich history of women writers who have used literature to challenge societal contradictions and discrimination. Now a new generation of writers is emerging. Muslim women’s writing from northern Nigeria has attracted feminist critical attention, but the exploration of this tradition through a blend of feminism and critical discourse analysis has not been explored.
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    Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti and the Women's Union of Abeokuta

    Unesbib, 2014
    As part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) long-running General History of Africa project, the UNESCO Women in Africa Series aims to highlight a selection of key women figures in African history through the use of information and communication technologies.
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    Technologies and power dynamics in women's public and private spaces

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2014
    In 2012, trained journalist and blogger Fungai Machirori established Her Zimbabwe, the country’s first web-based platform for women. Machirori is also a contributor to other platforms, such as the Mail and Guardian’s ‘Voices of Africa’, the UK Guardian’s ‘Guardian African Network’, and Worldplus.
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    Can social media effectively include women's voices in decision-making processes

    Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, 2015
    Social media has exploded as a popular and powerful tool for bringing women’s rights issues to the attention of the wider public, and has shown potential for bridging the gap between grassroots women’s activism and policy-making processes.
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    Women's voice and leadership in decision-making: assessing the evidence

    Overseas Development Institute, 2015
    Produced by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) as part of the Women’s Voice and Leadership in Decision-Making learning and evidence project, this report seeks to evaluate the global evidence on the processes of change that enable women to have substantive voice and leadership in decision-making.
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    #CSW59: What is the most important woman's right?

    2015
    Between March 9-20, 2015, thousands of women and men from around the world travelled to New York to attend the 59th session on the Commission of the Status of women (CSW59), and commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action. Campaign Life Coalition representatives were there as well, where they spoke to countless NGO's and delegates.
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    Going back to the drawing board: linking Pan Africanism to Beijing +20

    2015
    In this article published by FEMNET, Tafadzwa Muropa, a gender activist and political economist, briefly compares the 8th Pan African Congress in Ghana with the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59) in New York - both held in March of 2015 - in the context of what they mean for African women and Pan Africanism.
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    Women Can't Wait! Beijing+20 edition featuring Sarah Jones

    Equality Now, 2015
    On March 12th, at the 59th sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59) in New York, Equality Now and UN Women presented a 20th anniversary edition of Women Can't Wait! The performance piece is based on their long running "Words & Deeds" campaign to end sex discrimination in the law.
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    South African Minister: speech at CSW59

    2015
    At a side event of the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59), the South African Minister of Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, gave an impassioned speech that included a salute to the pioneers and veterans of the African women struggles, such as the first President of the Pan-African Parliament, Gertrude Mongella, and the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, the late Wa

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