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Pan-Africanising women’s philanthropy: anatomy of an emerging social movement

Published on: 18 October 2011

Written by: Jackie Copeland-Carson All articles by Jackie Copeland-Carson

The traditional noblesse oblige notion of philanthropy as giving by a wealthy, more privileged class to a poor, less...

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Lessons of the hummingbird

Published on: 14 October 2011

Written by: Jessica Horn All articles by Jessica Horn

In the company of souls departed and souls vibrantly alive, Jessica Horn reflects on the significance of the lives...

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"Mighty be our powers": peaceful women and the global south

Published on: 10 October 2011

Written by: Nada Mustafa Ali All articles by Nada Mustafa Ali

“We have included the Arab Spring in this prize, but we have put it in a particular context. Namely, if one fails to...

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Women Nobel Peace Laureates congratulate three new women Laureates

Published on: 8 October 2011

Written by: openDemocracy 50.50 All articles by openDemocracy 50.50

The women Peace Laureates of the Nobel Women’s Initiative—Jody Williams (USA), Shirin Ebadi (Iran), Mairead Maguire...

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Professor Wangari Maathai remembered

Published on: 28 September 2011

Written by: openDemocracy 50.50 All articles by openDemocracy 50.50

Following the death of Professor Wangari Maathai, noted activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, we remember her...

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African leadership for a new generation: reflections on the North African revolutions

Published on: 23 September 2011

Written by: Rawia M Tawfik Amer All articles by Rawia M Tawfik Amer

The young revolutionaries in North Africa face two challenges: the attempt by incumbent regimes to co-opt them and...

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African leadership and the avoidance of responsibility

Published on: 22 September 2011

Written by: Bertha Kadenyi Amisi All articles by Bertha Kadenyi Amisi

The failure of African leaders to implement national plans and mechanisms in time to prevent drought from leading to...

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Understanding contemporary violence in Central Africa: militarism, race, and gender

Published on: 20 September 2011

Written by: Patricia Daley All articles by Patricia Daley

It is time to challenge the conventional explanations of gender based violence. Patricia Daley argues that it can...

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Burkina Faso: " Restons Debout "

Published on: 19 September 2011

Written by: Mariamé Touré All articles by Mariamé Touré

Les agricultrices du Burkina Faso sont en train de s’organiser pour dénoncer les politiques agricoles erronées...

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Burkina Faso: "Let us remain standing"

Published on: 19 September 2011

Written by: Mariamé Touré Ouattara. All articles by Mariamé Touré Ouattara.

Women farmers in Burkina Faso are organising to denounce the misguided agricultural policies adopted by the state....

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Clearing ground: planting the seeds of Our Africa

Published on: 19 September 2011

Written by: Jessica Horn All articles by Jessica Horn

On the launch of Our Africa, co-editor Jessica Horn reflects on the lives of two formidable Africans, Wambui Otieno...

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Eritrea: the politics of food security

Published on: 5 September 2011

Written by: Selam Kidane All articles by Selam Kidane

Eritrea’s people are sharing in the food hardships of the wider region. But their government’s authoritarian rule is...

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Sudan secession: resolving divisions?

Published on: 8 July 2011

Written by: Fatin Abbas All articles by Fatin Abbas

South Sudan celebrates its independence this week, becoming the world's newest nation. But the festering divisions...

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Sudan: a lonely road for women MPs in opposition

Published on: 8 July 2011

Written by: Sara Abbas All articles by Sara Abbas

With the secession of South Sudan on July 9th, North Sudan returns to a familiar and depressing status quo - one...

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Tunisia: will democracy be good for women's rights?

Published on: 13 June 2011

Written by: Kristine Goulding All articles by Kristine Goulding

History reveals an abundance of democratic paradoxes: cases in which progress on women’s rights regressed in the...

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Perpetuation and perpetration: the momentum of violence

Published on: 25 May 2011

Written by: Jocelyn Kelly All articles by Jocelyn Kelly

So many armed men began their lives as victims of loss and grief. So many have gone on to become the source of...

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Sudanese women demand justice

Published on: 20 May 2011

Written by: Amel Gorani All articles by Amel Gorani

The systematic use of sexual violence along with torture, cruel and degrading treatment – such as the common use of...

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My right, my responsibility

Published on: 19 May 2011

Written by: Wangu Kanja All articles by Wangu Kanja

Nairobi Women's Hospital treated more than 300 women who had been gang raped in the aftermath of the contested...

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Year of the boomerang? Frantz Fanon and the Arab uprisings

Published on: 11 April 2011

Written by: Fatin Abbas All articles by Fatin Abbas

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth. Fatin Abbas...

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From Tahrir square to my kitchen

Published on: 14 March 2011

Written by: Hania Sholkamy All articles by Hania Sholkamy

Despite the vibrancy of mobilization in Egypt after Mubarak, Hania Sholkamy’s account of the 8th of March...

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