African Women on the Internet

See also
South Africa - Women
Current News of African Women from All Africa.com
Education - Women

Abantu for Development: ABANTU, founded in 1991, is "a human resource network promoting a gender and African perspective." Projects include an internet training workshop, its magazine, GAP Matters, programs on poverty, governance, conflict, etc. Has offices in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya. http://www.abantu-rowa.org/

Adjahi, Christine - "Femmes africaines en immigration : quels parcours et quelles pratiques ? L'exemple de Christine Adjahi": On the author's immigration to France from Benin for university education, African communal life vs. the West's individualism, the importance of oral transmission of culture and education. From the e-journal, Mots Pluriels 23 http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels/MP2303ca.html

Africa Files: Reprints articles (on AIDS, ecology, gender, NEPAD, youth, human rights, etc.) from the web such as Inter Press Service and AllAfrica.com stories plus original in-depth articles by its editors and others. . "a network of people committed to Africa through its promotion of human rights, economic justice, African perspectives and alternative analyses." The volunteer network included members of the former "Toronto Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa (TCLSAC) which,... published the Southern Africa Report (SAR)." Based in Toronto, Canada. [KF] http://www.africafiles.org/

Africa Leadership Forum: The Africa Leadership Forum was set up in 1988 at the initiative of General Olusegun Obasanjo,.... with the support of other individuals. Sponsors conferences, publications. Its Digital Library has full text books online such as "Empowering Women for the 21st Century," "Leadership Challenge in African Agricultural Production," "Police and Society," "The Settler Question in Nigeria: the Case of Jos-Plateau," "Africa's Agenda and the Role of the USA" (1993), "The Challenge of Education in Africa" (1988), "Ethics and professionalism in Nigerian Banking Industry," "Ethics and professionalism in Medical practice," "Population, Environment and Climatic change: Their impact on Development in Africa" (1990), "Local Government in Nigeria," "Corruption, Democracy and Human rights," "The Media in Democracy." Also reports from the Africa Women's Forums, the National Women Peace Group, and an online newsletter, Akuko. Based in Ota, Nigeria. [KF] http://www.africaleadership.org/

Africa Policy Information Center - African Women's Rights: Carries policy oriented reports on African women's health, political, human rights, and links to related sites. APIC is based in Washington, D.C. http://www.africapolicy.org/action/women.htm

Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre, ARSRC: Funded by the Ford Foundation. Has full text Seminar Papers, full text newsletter, Sexuality in Africa magazine with topics on sexuality and health, religion, violence against women and girls, adolescent education, HIV / AIDS, re-thinking masculinities. Countries of focus are Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Lists conferences, events. Is compiling a database of Social Scientists, Anthropologists, Researchers. Based in Lagos, Nigeria. [KF] http://www.arsrc.org/

Africa Update, Vol VII, no. 3 (Summer 2000): Nigerian Culture and Society: Has an article by Dr.Olayemi Akinwumi on "Women Entrepreneurs in Nigeria: Notes on the Yoruba 'Alajapa' and 'Alarobo'." Africa Update is the newsletter of Central Connecticut State's African Studies Program. [KF] http://www.ccsu.edu/afstudy/upd7-3.htm

Africa: Women in Post-War Reconstruction: Report of a Johannesburg conference July 1999 on "Women in the Aftermath of War and Armed Conflict." Mentions Eritrea, South Africa, other African countries. On the site of the Africa Policy Information Center, Washington, D.C. http://www.africapolicy.org/docs99/aft9909.htm

AfricaBib.Org: Has the African Women's Bibliographic Database and Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa: 1763-1999: a Comprehensive English Language Bibliography. Maintained by Davis Bullwinkle. http://WWW.AfricaBib.Org

The African Women's Database provides citations to English language articles, books, govt. documents, theses, etc. from 1986 to date.

African Academy of Sciences, AAS: "started in 1985 as a continent-wide, professional, non-political and non-profit scientists organisation." Describes programs, their publishing arm, Academy Science Publishers, the Africa Journals Support and Development Centre, Capacity Building in Science and Technology projects, etc. Based in Nairobi, Kenya. http://www.aasciences.org/

African Federation of Women Entrepreneurs (AFWE): "a Federation of National Associations of Women Entrepreneurs operating in 45 Sub-Saharan African countries. Founded in Accra June 3rd 1993 and registered in Addis Ababa April 4th 1994, it was through the initiative of the Africa Centre for Women (ACW) of the UN Economic Commission for Africa." Members are self-employed women manufacturers and exporters of goods and services. Sponsored the 3rd Global Women Entrepreneurs' Trade Fair and Investment Forum and the People's Assembly, May 2000, Miami, Florida. [Their web site domain name was taken over by a religious group.]

African Journal of Reproductive Health (Benin City, Nigeria): Published by the Women's Health and Action Research Centre, Benin City, Nigeria. Full text free online from Bioline International. Older issues also in JSTOR for subscribers. [KF] http://www.bioline.org.br/rh

African Lives -_Washington Post: Stories of everyday life in Africa, by Stephen Buckley, for the Washington Post newspaper.Topics include urban young people in Kenya, an Ethiopian midwife, wife inheritance and AIDS in Kenya, urban family obligations in Cote d'Ivoire, child brides in Cote d'Ivoire, effects of civil war on the Dinka in the Sudan, funeral practices in Ghana. Includes photos.[KF] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/africanlives/front.htm/

African Traditional Religion - Chidi Denis Isizoh: Isizoh's site has full-text articles such as "The Role of Women in African Traditional Religion" by John Mbiti, "Crime & African Traditional Religion" by S.A. Adewale, articles on Christianity, Islam and African religions and a 49 page bibliography of books and articles. http://afrikaworld.net/afrel/

African Women in Cinema Project - Beti Ellerson: "guide for researching and teaching African Women Cinema Studies, with a guide to the film and book, Sisters of the Screen as well as a timeline, related links, and "voices" of African women in cinema from diverse sources." Includes bibliographies, suggested films, excerpts from comments by women directors. Dr. Ellerson is a Lecturer in Art History, Howard University, Washington, D.C. [KF] http://www.founders.howard.edu/beti_ellerson/afwmcin_pjt/afwmcin/idx_afwc_pjt.htm

African Women's Cancer Awareness Association, AWCAA

"established in 2004, committed to improving healthcare delivery and services to African women and their families" aimed at African immigrants in the U.S. Offers a scholarship for a U.S. based student (deadline Oct. 20, 2005). Based in Lanham, Maryland, U.S. http://www.awcaa.org/awcaa_site/activities.html

African Women's Media Center (Dakar, Senegal): The Center's goal is to provide "African women journalists the training, resources and tools they need to compete equally with their male colleagues." The Center is a project of the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF). Their Resource Directory provides a directory of African women's media associations, national & regional media associations, press freedom resources, fellowship sources, etc. Their Courage in Journalism award honors notable African women journalists; past winners are described. Has full text articles from their quarterly, On the Wire, and a leadership handbook. http://www.awmc.com

Afrol.com - Women: Articles on African women from various sources (UNICEF, World Bank, IPS, etc.). Based in Oslo, Norway. http://www.afrol.com/Categories/Women/msindex.htm

AFWOSCHO: A discussion group open to anyone who is interested in African women's issues. Sponsored by the Association of African Women Scholars (AAWS), based at Indiana University, Indianapolis campus. http://www.iupui.edu/~aaws/afwosreg.htm To subscribe, send email to: listserv@listserv.iupui.edu
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Agenda (Durban, South Africa): Quarterly South African feminist journal. Has the table of contents, selected full text articles, and a history of the magazine. Had an e-mail factsheet. http://www.agenda.org.za

Aguilar, Mario I. & Laurel Birch de Aguilar - Women's Organizing Abilities: Two Case Studies of Kenya and Malawi: "research project for Organizing for Development, an International Institute [Washington, D.C.],... to
compare two cases studies in women's organizing abilities... The purpose of this comparative study is to examine how two separate societies express women's roles in decision-making." http://www.odii.com/Papers/Malawi1.htm

Ahfad Journal (Omdurman, Sudan): Published by the Ahfad University for Women. Has the table of contents of recent issues. http://www.ahfad.org/journal/

Ahfad University for Women: A private university in Omdurman, Sudan dedicated to educating women. Describes academic program, history, library, etc. They publish the Ahfad Journal and are partners with the Sudan-American Foundation for Education. [KF] http://www.ahfad.org/

All Africa.com - Women's News: Very current news from a variety of African news sources. From the long established Africa News Service, founded by Reed Kramer. http://www.allafrica.com/women/

Amina, le magazine de la femme: In French. The table of contents of the latest issue and selected full text articles from the print magazine. Has short profiles of "Les cinquante femmes les plus en vue au Senegal" http://www.senegal-online.com/media/amina/amina.htm

Arawelo: Site for Somali women maintained by a Somali woman living in the U.S. Includes a discussion forum, issues concerning the Somali diaspora, Somali marriage (colonial times and present day), Raising Children In the Diaspora, links to related web sites such as the Somaliland Women's Organization of Toronto. The site title is based on Queen Araweilo (account in Blackwood's Magazine Vol. 238, October 1938). http://www.angelfire.com/ar/arawelo/index.html

Art Room (San Francisco) - Women Emerging: A Tribute to Uganda: "East African fine artists present works having significance to the topic of Women's Empowerment,..." "Over a dozen new original artworks were created specifically for this event by such artists as Lilian Nabulime (Uganda), Yvonne Muinde (Kenya), David Kibuuka (Uganda), and Stella Atai (Uganda)." Includes "Women Emerging: A Tribute to Uganda" - Exhibition review and analysis by Dr. Aili Mari Tripp. http://www.theartroom-sf.com/WomenEmerging.htm

ASAWomen: Discussion list for members of the African Studies Association (U.S.) Women's Caucus. The list owner is Kathleen Sheldon. To subscribe, send a message to: LISTSERV@listserv.ucla.edu
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Associates for Change (Kampala, Uganda): "a private consultancy firm which aims to contribute to efforts designed to build peoples' capacities to bring the process of change firmly within their influence and control." Has full text papers in Adobe PDF - Building Women's Capacity to Participate in Governance (July 1999), Putting Gender on the Agenda of Economic Reforms in Uganda: The Invisibility of Women in Formulation and Implementation of Policies for Private Sector Development (July 2000), Globalization and Its Impact on Economic and Social Rights in Africa". (September 1998). http://www.associatesforchange.com/

Association des Femmes Africaines pour la Recherche et le Développement, AFARD / Association of African Women for Research and Development, AAWORD: In French and English. "a pan-African non-governmental organization based in Dakar, Senegal. AAWORD undertakes and supports research and training and advocacy with the intention of promoting the economic, political and social rights of African women. "Residents and resident nationals of Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal are invited to apply for IFP fellowships for graduate study at accredited institutions anywhere in the world including Africa. IFP provides support for up to three years of formal graduate-level study leading to a Master's or a doctoral degree." http://www.afard.org/

Association for the Advancement of Liberian Girls: A non-profit assisting girls through education, Adopt-a-Liberia-School program, social activities. Has a list of scholarships for women. Based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, U.S. http://www.liberiangirls.org

Association of African Women Scholars: AAWS is a "worldwide organization dedicated to promoting and encouraging scholarship on African women in African Studies..."Extensive site, includes their newsletter, conference information, links to women-related sites, information on their discussion list, AFWOSCHO. Their October 2001 conference is in Madagascar. http://www.iupui.edu/~aaws/

Australian Digital Theses Program: "...a national collaborative distributed database of digitised theses produced at Australian Universities....provides access to PhD and Masters by Research theses only." Databases of full text theses.

Includes - An examination of the impact of colonialism on cultural identity by Denise Morden. http://adt.caul.edu.au/ "This paper is an examination of colonialism, its effects on cultural identity, and its impact on the lives of women in South Africa, both black and white. The theoretical work relates to both personal issues of displacement and alienation, caused by the politics of Apartheid."

AWOGNet, African Women Global Network: Ohio State University (Columbus) is the national headquarters for AWOGNet, a global organization to improve the lives of women and children in Africa.

Azur Développement: In French, English. "a non profit organisation founded by young women that works for the empowerment of women and children through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)." Programs on health, the environment, ICTs, etc.. Information on women pygmies, l’Association des Peuples autochtones du Congo (APAC). Based in Brazzaville, Congo. [KF] http://www.azurdev.org/

Barrera, Giulia - "Dangerous Liaisons: Colonial Concubinage in Eritrea, 1890-1941": Full text in Adobe PDF. PAS Working Paper No. 1 (1996) from Northwestern University's Program of African Studies. http://nuinfo.nwu.edu/african-studies/Publications.htm

Behind the Mask: News re gays and lesbians by country, achievements, activities, arts & culture, a library (books articles / web sites), commentary (articles / letters), funding sources, legal issues (legal status of homosexuality), religion, workplace, women. Based in South Africa. http://www.mask.org.za/

Bibliography of Lusophone Women Writers - Univ. of Western Australia: Includes "Lusophone African Women's Writing: A Brief Introduction" by Tony Simoes da Silva. The bibliography is by author surname, with links to biographical information for some writers. From the Dept. of French Studies, University of Western Australia. http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/AFLIT/FEMECalireLU.html

Bibliography of Research on Uganda Women 1986-2001: Prepared for a new book entitled The New Women's Movement' in Uganda to be launched at the Women's Worlds 2002 Congress, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. The book is edited by Joy Kwesiga and Aili Tripp, and the bibliography is prepared by Sheela Jhaveri and Margaret Snyder. The bibliography includes book chapters, journal articles and sections on dissertations that will not be included in the book. http://www.wougnet.org/documents.html#WomenBIB

Black Looks: Commentary on issues affecting Africa, especially social activist issues and women. Sokari Ekine and other bloggers produce Black Looks. Ms. Ekine writes - "I started writing Black Looks back in June 2004..." http://www.blacklooks.org

Bradley, Candice - Women's Page: Candice Bradley, Assistant Prof. of Anthropology, Lawrence Univ., has links to resources on African women. http://www.lawrence.edu/fac/bradleyc/war.html

Bridge, Briefings on Development & Gender, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex: Produces reports, country gender profiles, etc. Has the full text of their quarterly, Development and Gender in Brief. Has some full text reports in Adobe PDF format such as "Country Gender Profile: South Africa (Report No. 45, BRIDGE On-Line Reports, 1998, 127 pp.) http://www.ids.ac.uk/bridge/

Bugaje, Usman Muhammad: Contains full text conference papers and other studies by Bugaje. Topics include Muslims and Islam in Nigeria, women and Islam, Islamic education in Katsina State, etc. [KF] http://www.webstar.co.uk/~ubugaje/

California Newsreel, Library of African Cinema: 149 Ninth Street, Suite 420, San Francisco, CA 94103
E-mail: NEWSREEL@IX.NETCOM.COM
Extensive film catalog, descriptions and background on the films, lists their videos by topic (tradition and modernity, women and development, etc.).
http://www.newsreel.org/

Camfed: "CamFed is a non-governmental organisation working with rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa to enable more girls to go to school and secure a livelihood." Describes projects in Zimbabwe, Northern Ghana. Based in Cambridge, U.K. http://www.camfed.org/

Cartmill, Randi S. "Occupational Sex Segregation in Global Perspective: Comparative Analyses of Developed and Developing Nations": This is a draft version. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Demography and Ecology, Working Paper 99-12, May 1999.
Report in Adobe PDF format: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cde/cdewp/99-12.pdf

A Celebration of Women Writers: "Indexes" web sites on women writers by surname, country; includes birth/death dates where available. Search their database for women writers by country, name, ethnicity, date. .Maintained by Mary Mark Ockerbloom, Department of Computational Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. [KF] http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/

Center for International Private Enterprise (Washington, D.C.): "...a nonprofit organization that works to build democracy and market economies globally." Sponsors the Sept. 27-29, 2000 "Africa and America - A Gateway for Women In Business" conference for women entrepreneurs. The Center is an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. [KF] http://www.cipe.org/

Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP)

Information on abortion rights (by country), types of abortion laws (by country), Legislation on Female Circumcision/ Female Genital Mutilation in the United States, international news, a World's Abortion Laws poster "detailing legality of abortion by nation, features information on over 190 countries around the globe." Based in New York city and Washington, D.C.
[KF] http://www.crlp.org/

Has full text reports (in Adobe PDF in French and English) such as -
Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives - Anglophone Africa

Women of the World: Laws and Policies Affecting Their Reproductive Lives - Francophone Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal)

Reproductive Rights of Young Girls and Adolescents in Benin: A Shadow Report 19 p. 1999

Women's Reproductive Rights in Cameroon: A Shadow Report 21 p. 2000

Reproductive Rights of Young Girls and Adolescents in Mali 25 p. 1999 http://www.crlp.org/pdf/SRmali99en.pdf

Women's Reproductive Rights in Nigeria: A Shadow Report 29 p. 1998

Women's Reproductive Rights in South Africa: A Shadow Report 35 p. 1998

Women's Reproductive Rights in Tanzania: A Shadow Report 21 p. 1998

Women's Reproductive Rights in Zimbabwe: A Shadow Report 28 p. 1997

Centre d'Espoir pour Filles et Femmes (Lubumbashi, Congo): In French, English, German. An NGO based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Zaire) which seeks to improve the living conditions of young unmarried mothers (14-25 years). E-mail: ceffemmes-avenir@africamail.com http://pages.ivillage.com/ceffemmes/ or http://www.ceffemmes.fr.st

Centre International pour l'Education des Filles et des Femmes en Afrique, CIEFFA: In French. Regional organization under UNESCO auspices. "L'objectif général du Centre est de promouvoir l'éducation des filles et des femmes...." Has the full text of Etudes de cas détaillées de trois expériences novatrices en matière d’éducation des filles et des femmes en Afrique et leur mise en échelle dans cinq pays africains (12 p. in PDF). Publishes CIEFFA News. Based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. http://www.cieffa.org/

Chanal Africa, Le Magazine de la Femme: French language radio program for women. Requires a sound card, speakers.; http://www.radioafrica.com/radioafrica/programme.html#chanel

Chinkhumba, Jobiba - "Practical Problems in Estimating the Prevalence and Direct Medical Costs of Managing Complications of Abortions in Thyolo Distrsict": Full text of a dissertation submitted for the Degree of M. Litt in Health Care Resource Management, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland. "we undertook this study to find the scope and magnitude of clandestine abortions in Thyolo, one of Malawi's 24 districts." Includes a chapter on "Abortion and the Law."http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/2514/dissertation.html

Clark Atlanta University. Africana Women's Studies Program: "Founded in 1982, awards the Master of Arts and Doctorate of Arts. It is the only degree-granting women’s studies program in an historically black college or university and the only women’s studies program in the United States which offers the doctoral degree in the comparative study of Africana women. The Program is also the only Africana Women’s Studies program in the world." http://royalrandolph.home.mindspring.com/aws

Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW) - Kenya: "non-partisan, secular, feminist network of individuals and organizations who are committed to eradicating violence against women." Based in Nairobi. http://www.nbnet.co.ke/covaw

CODESRIA Bulletin. N°. 1 & 2, 2006 - Special Issue on African Women: Full text articles on women and governance, politics, ageing, sexuality, religion, gender identities, violence against women, law, feminism, education, gender studies, etc. http://www.codesria.org/Links/Publications/contents_bulletin/current_issue.htm

Commission on Gender Equality (South Africa): Based in Braamfontein. It seeks to "promote gender equality and to advise and make recommendations to Parliament or any other legislature with regard to any laws or proposed legislation which affects gender equality and the status of women. http://www.cge.org.za/

Commission on Women in Mathematics in Africa: Part of the African Mathematical Union which also hosts a page on Black Women in Mathematics. Maintained by Scott W. Williams, Professor, Mathematics Dept., State Univ. of New York at Buffalo. [KF] http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/AMU/amucwma.html

Commonwealth of Learning. Report to the Sixth Meeting of Commonwealth Ministers Responsible for Women's Affairs New Delhi, April 2000: http://www.col.org/wameet00.htm

Conferences: Horn of Africa Regional Conference on Women & ICT, 11th - 15th February 2002, Nairobi, Kenya
Sponsored by the African Centre for Women, Information & Communications Technology (ACWICT). "The aim of the conference is to raise awareness on ICTs amongst women in the Horn of Africa region and to explore opportunities for harnessing the technology to work as a tool for their development." E-mail: conference@acwict.or.ke The ACWICT is "a Non-Governmental Organisation in Kenya committed to promoting the use of ICTs amongst Women in the African Region." http://www.acwict.or.ke; Women of African Descent: Reaching Out Across the Diaspora, 10th Annual Women's Studies Conference, October 6 - October 7, 2000, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT.; http://scsu.ctstateu.edu/~womenstudies/wsconf99.html

Council of Europe. North South Centre [Women and Democracy in Africa]: The North South Centre seeks to to strengthen Co-operation and contacts between NGOs from the North and the South. Held an Africa-Europe Civil Society Forum, Cairo, 2000; papers are available in Adobe PDF. Examples of the papers are - Africa's desire to be different and transcultural values, by Mamadou Diouf; In the Service of Democracy, by Michelles Ndiaye Ntab; Women and Democracy in Africa, by Satta Niang, etc. http://www.nscentre.org/

Crehan, Kate - Fractured Community: Landscapes of Power and Gender in Rural Zambia: Full text of the book. (Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1997. 258 p. Series: Perspectives on Southern Africa ; 54.) http://www-ucpress.berkeley.edu:3030/dynaweb/public/books/africa/crehan/@Generic__BookView

Critical Arts: The full text of selected articles is available. Topics include women's issues such as the 1990 special "Women Represented," popular culture, literature, etc. Published by the Graduate Program in Culture and Media Studies, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa. http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/index.htm and http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/CA/CA.html

Development Through Radio Project: On the Development Through Radio Project in Sierra Leone. "The project [of the Forum of Conscience, in Freetown which] gives 30 women’s groups access to policy makers and the wider development aid community through airing their concerns and aspirations on national radio." Has case studies from war victims, discussions on Reparations and Testimonials from the community on a variety of topics and issues. On Sierra Leone's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Forum Of Conscience (FOC), a Sierra Leone based human rights organization. Has a survey of women’s radio listening patterns in Sierra Leone. See also Mercy Wambui, 2003 Reuters Digital Visions Fellow at Stanford University. [KF] http://www.dtronline.org/index.html

Emotion. Magazine du Showbiz et de la Femme (Cotonou, Benin): In French. http://www.multimania.com/savane99/

enda-synfev: enda-synfev (Environnement et Developpement du Tiers-Monde, Synergie Genre et Developpement/Synergy, Gender, and Development) seeks to improve the lives of African women thru programs such as femmes-afrique, an electronic network concerning the rights and health of Francophone African women. Full text reports online. [An IDRC report by Sophia Huyer includes information on SYNFEV.] Based in Dakar, Senegal. http://synfev.enda.sn/

Eritrea Demographic and Health Survey: Full text on-line of the Eritrea 2002 DHS Final Report and Summary Reports and the Eritrea 1995 DHS Final and Summary reports. http://www.measuredhs.com/countries/country_main.cfm?ctry_id=12
Contents include -
Chapter 02 - Characteristics of Households and Household Members
Chapter 03 - Women's Characteristics and Status
Chapter 04 - Fertility
Chapter 05 - Fertility Regulation
Chapter 06 - Other Proximate Determinants of Fertility
Chapter 07 - Fertility Preferences and Unmet Need for Family Planning
Chapter 08 - Infant and Child Mortality
Chapter 09 - Maternal and Child Health
Chapter 10 - Infant Feeding and Nutritional Status of Children and Women
Chapter 11 - HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Infections
Chapter 12 - Female Circumcision

See Surveys for other African Countries. http://www.measuredhs.com/

An Eternity of Forest: Paintings by Mbuti Women: Exhibit at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum. which presents the vibrant barkcloth art of the Mbuti women of the Ituri Forest of northeastern Zaire. Music of the Mbuti has inspired contemporary Western musicians. Includes musical slide show. "Once known as pygmies they inhabit one of the worlds oldest rain forests. [KF] http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/exhibits/mbuti/

Ethiopia (Government). Embassy (U.S.) - Women in Ethiopia: Summary only of the National Policy on Ethiopian Women. On the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington, D.C.'s web site. http://www.ethioembassy.org.uk/fact%20file/a-z/women-1.htm

Fair Lady: South African magazine, aimed at a white readership. Has the well-known cartoon, Madam and Eve, which features a madam and her maid, Eve. KF http://www.naspers.co.za/tydskrifte/fairlady/

Famafrique (Dakar, Senegal): In French. "un espace de communication et d'information pour les femmes d'Afrique francophone qui agissent pour la promotion d'un développement durable." "développé par ENDA-SYNFEV (Synergie Genre et Développement, Environnement et Developpement du Tiers-Monde, Dakar, Sénegal)." They publish an e-journal, "La toile d'elles" whose issues include directories of women's organizations. Has information on follow-up meetings to the Dakar (5ème Conférence Régionale Africaine sur les Femmes, 1994) et de Beijing (Quatrième Conférence Mondiale des Nations Unies sur les Femmes, 1995) and a section on Francophone African women's organizations. http://www.famafrique.org

Fayemi, A. Olusegun: Contemporary black and white photographs (women, children, elders) from Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Ghana, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zimbabwe, Nigeri and other countries. Dr. Fayemi is Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. Site for Albofa Press, publisher of Dr. Fayemi's books, in White Plains, New York. [KF] http://www.fayemi.com/

Female Circumcision

Africa Update, newsletter of Central Connecticut State's African Studies Program has four articles on female circumcision in the Vol. 3, No. 2, Spring 1996 issue. http://www.ccsu.edu/Afstudy/upd3-2.html
Africa Update, Volume VIII, Issue 3 (Summer 2001), Special on Female Circumcision Revisited
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP): http://www.crlp.org/ww_iss_fgm.html
"Changing tradition to safeguard women.Villagers join campaigns against female genital mutilation," By Nirit Ben-Ari, in Africa Recovery (United Nations, New York), Vol. 17, No. 1, May 2003
[Dirie] Readers' Digest - Desert Flower - Waris Dirie and Cathleen Miller Excerpt from the book by Somali fashion model, Waris Dirie, Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Includes links on FGM. http://www.readersdigest.com/rdmagazine/specfeat/archives/desertindex.html
FGM Research Home Page. Page dedicated to research pertaining to and related to Female Genital Mutilation. Includes a paper on FGM in Eritrea, the archives of the discussion group, FGM-L. and links to other information. http://www.fgmnetwork.org/
To subscribe to FGM-L, send email to: majordomo@hollyfeld.org
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Forward-Germany - Organization to stop FMG. Cofounders are Fadumo Korn (Somali author of Born in the Big Rains) and Dr. Tobe Levin. Based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. http://www.forward-germany.org/
Global Women Intact - SiaAmma - http://www.celebrateclitoris.com/index.html
Groh, Arnold - Manual for the New Strategy Against Female Genital Mutilation. In Adobe PDF format. 3nd edition. Also in Arabic, French, Portuguese, Amharic, Swahili. Maintained by Dr. Arnold Groh, Berlin, Germany. http://ling.kgw.tu-berlin.de/semiotik/deutsch/person/groh/NO_FGM.htm
Moolaade(May 2005)
Written and directed by Ousmane Sembene. Winner Cannes Film Festival 2004: Grand Prize, Un Certain Regard. "Moolaadé deals with the difficult subject of female circumcision. To escape this ritual of "purification" organized every seven years, four young girls flee their village and find protection with a man called Collé, but their flight sends the local population into turmoil."
New Yorker Films (pdf file): http://www.newyorkerfilms.com/nyf/n_elements/moolaade_fl.pdf
New Yorker Films (pdf file) http://www.newyorkerfilms.com/nyf/t_elements/moolaade/moolaade_pk.pdf
Cannes Festival 2005: http://www.festival-cannes.fr/films/fiche_film.php?langue=6002&id_film=4198684
Reviews: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/moolaade/
Population Council
Extensive program in Africa. Use their Search to locate topics. Has a database of full text reports (in Adobe PDF) on reproductive health, female genital cutting. The Council was established in 1952 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd and is based in New York city. http://www.popcouncil.org/
RAINBO: Research, Action & Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women
Based in New York, RAINBO is currently focusing its work on
the issue of Female Genital Mutilation. http://www.rainbo.org/
United States. Department of State. Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Report on Female Genital Mutilation as required by Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-997) to Public Law 106-429. Pub. 2001. 51 p. In Adobe pdf or in html. http://www.state.gov/g/wi/rls/rep/c6466.htm
Wallace Global Fund
Has a full text report, in Adobe PDF format, "Eradicating Female Genital Mutiliation: A Donor's Guide" "This paper summarizes the lessons learned during early efforts to oppose FGM in Africa and provides guidelines to donors interested in supporting efforts to eradicate this intolerable practice." http://www.wgf.org/reports.htm
Westley, David M. "Female Circumcision and Infibulation in Africa"
Citations to (over 500) journals articles, chapters from books, books, internet resources. Extensive Preface and a Country and Ethnic Group Index. Westley is Africana Bibliographer, Boston University. In the Electronic Journal of Africana Bibliography, No. 4 (University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.) http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/proj/ejab/4/index.html
Yoder, P Stanley - Female Genital Cutting in the Demographic and Health Surveys: A Critical and Comparative Analysis.
By P. Stanley Yoder, Noureddine Abderrahim and Arlinda Zhuzhuni. 2004. 79 pages in PDF (DHS Comparative Reports, 7). Covers Benin, Burkina Faso, CAR, Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea , Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Egypt, Yemen.

Feminist Africa: An e-journal "forum for progressive, cutting-edge gender research and feminist dialogue focused on the continent." Full text articles online. Produced by the African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town and its Strengthening Gender & Women's Studies for Africa's Transformation (GWS Africa) Project. http://www.feministafrica.org/

Femmes Africa Solidarité: In English and French. "international women's NGO founded in 1996 by African women leaders in response to the explosion of violent conflicts tearing apart the fabric of society in Africa." Has a directory of African women leaders, a directory of women's orgaizations working for peace, full text press releases on activities, publishes FAS News. Promotes the role of women in the resolution of conflicts and peacebuilding. Works for institutional change in international (African Union, UN) regional & national bodies. Based in Geneva, Switzerland. [KF] http://www.fasngo.org/

femmes-afrique-info: An electronic discussion list, in French, sponsored by enda-synfev (Environnement et Developpement du Tiers-Monde, Synergie Genre et Developpement, Dakar, Senegal) concerning the rights and health of Francophone African women. http://www.enda.sn/synfev/fainfo.htm

FEMNET - African Women's Development and Communication Network /: Réseau du developpement et de la communication des femmes africaines; An NGO based in Nairobi concerned with sharing information and ideas between African NGOs to produce a more effective NGO focus on women's development. http://www.africaonline.co.ke/femnet/index.html

FESPACO 97, Women of: One page on African women filmmakers, especially Valerie Kabore, at FESPACO 97 the famous Burkina Faso film festival. There is also a page on Senegalese filmmaker, Safi Faye and her film Mossane: http://www.fespaco.bf/mossane.htm
Women of FESPACO 97: http://www.fespaco.bf/women.htm

Flame, African Sisters Online: In English and French. "Flame is a network of African sisters online committed to strengthening the capacity of women through the use of ICTs [information, communication technology] to lobby, advocate and participate in the Beijing +5 process regionally and globally." Has full text documents, a discussion list on "how women in Africa are using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as communicative and information sharing mechanisms", http://flamme.org/

Forum for African Women Educationalists: Has issues of FAWE News, their newsletter online in Adobe pdf. http://www.fawe.org/

Forum for African Women Educationalists - Nairobi, Kenya Site: A pan-african NGO composed of "African women ministers in charge of national education systems, women vice chancellors of universities and other senior women policy makers in education in Africa." Offers small grants for female education projects, sponsors the Agathe Uwilingiyimana Prize, has a list of full members, and associate members, the table of contents of its Newsletter, etc. http://home.africaonline.co.ke/fawe/

Forum for African Women Educationalists, Tanzania Chapter - FaweTanzania: http://www.nyenzi.com/fawetanzania/index.htm

Francophone African and Antillean Women. Gender, Race, Geography.: One page of information, with the program, for an April 25-26, 1997 graduate student conference at Stanford University. http://www.stanford.edu/~briano/

Francophone African Literature: From the Dept. of French Studies, University of Western Australia on Francophone African writers, esp. women writers. It includes interviews in French with the writers by the Dept. and from Amina magazine, information on the literature of Benin, Cameroun, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinee, Mali, Senegal, Zaire, biographical information on the writers, bibliographies, and a directory of Francophone African book publishers. Includes an English version. Editor of the site is J. Volet. http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/AFLIT/FEMEChome.html

Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Associations et ONG féminines au Sénégal: In French. Directory of women's NGOs in Senegal. Provides for each the address, date created, membership figures, the director, financial resources, activities, etc. [KF] http://www.fes.de/fulltext/bueros/senegal/00720toc.htm

Gender and Development Action, GADA (Lagos): NGO "committed to gender equality and pursuit of sustainable development and social justice in Nigeria." Publishes a monthly newsletter, Women in Public Life. Issues - Women and the 2007 elections and the 1999 Constitution. Based in Lagos, Nigeria. http://www.gadanigeria.org/

Gender Issues and Activities in Malawi: Has the UN Gender Policy Statement - Malawi. Hosted by Malawi SDNP, a UNDP funded Malawi Government Programme. http://www.sdnp.org.mw/gender/index.html

Gender Learning Network [Kenya]: The Network "consists of 23 women led grassroots non-governmental organisations which are involved in promoting the social, economic and political rights of women in Kenya." Includes a directory of women's organizations in education, economic empowerment, legal rights. Has success stories about Kenyan women. [KF] http://www.arcc.or.ke/gln/gln13sec.html

Gender, Science and Technology Gateway: From the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development, Gender Advisory Board. "resources, organizations and programming around the Gender dimensions of Science and Technology for social development and policy." Topics covered for Africa are: Education | Careers | Needs of society | Local knowledge systems | Ethics and biotechnology | S&T decision making | Sex-disaggregated data | Resources. Its Regional office for Africa is in Kampala. http://GSTGateway.wigsat.org

GENNET: Discussion list to facilitate discussion on gender-relations issues primarily, but not exclusively, in South Africa. To subscribe, send email to:
majordomo@und.ac.za
In the Message area put: subscribe gennet

George Mason University. Center for History and New Media - Women in World History: Primary sources about women and gender with guidelines to using primary sources. Sources include excerpts from the 17th c. Journal of Jan van Riebeeck, letters of the grand-daughter of Jan van Riebeeck, rock art of the San, drawings, narrative of the Cape (Southern Africa) 1705 to 1713, the situation of slaves in the Cape, letter of Mary Moffat, narrative by Mary Kingsley, autobiography of Buchi Emecheta, African novels, excerpt from Tsitsi Dangarembga's novel Nervous Conditions. http://chnm.gmu.edu/wwh/index.html; Has a case study by Beverly Mack on Nana Asma'u, Muslim Woman Scholar and one by Jeremy D. Popkin, The Calling of Katie Makanya (South Africa 1873-1956) and a classroom module on Cultural Contact in Southern Africa (17th century including slavery).

Holds online forums for teachers; the forum beginning October 1, 2005 is Women in World History. Beginning November 2005 is a forum on Women in Africa.

Gifts of Speech - Women's speeches from around the world.: Sweet Briar College (Virginia, USA) hosts a site with speeches by influential women including Kenyan environmentalist and activist, Wangari Maathai on "Bottle-necks of development in Africa", and Gill Marcus - Deputy Finance Minister, South Africa "On Women in South Africa". http://gos.sbc.edu/

Ginwala, Frene - "Women and the National African Congress: 1912-1943": In Umrabulo, Issue No.13, 4th Quarter 2001, quarterly journal from the African National Congress (South Africa). http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/pubs/umrabulo/

Global Fund for Women: Provides grants to women's groups in developing countries. Grants range from $500 to $10,000. Targets groups working on female human rights, women's access to communications, and economic autonomy. Based in Palo Alto, California. http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/

Global Women Intact - SiaAmma: "Global Women Intact's founder, SiaAmma, raises awareness of the practice of Female Genital Mutilation, and proceeds for GWI, with her moving and hilarious one-woman show, "In Search of My Clitoris". Has a discussion forum. Based in San Francisco, CA. http://www.celebrateclitoris.com/index.html

GOAL

Primary health programs, work with street children, "repair of home and infrastructure, clinics, schools etc., and water and sanitation" in Angola, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe. "GOAL has been awarded the UNESCO King Sejong International Literacy Prize for 2005 in recognition of its informal female education programme in Khartoum Sudan." Has a "primary health care programme and food and non -food distribution programme in..... Darfur," [Sudan]. GOAL is an NGO established in 1977, based in Dublin, Ireland. [KF] http://www.goal.ie/

See also GOAL USA. Describes health work in Angola, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Goga, Farhana - "Towards Affirmative Action: Issues of Race and Gender in Media Organisations. A Study on South African Media Organisations (Print and Broadcasting)": Full text of the study. (Durban: UNESCO / Graduate Programme in Cultural and Media Studies, University of Natal, 2001. 125pp.) The "study offers clear benefits to the industry on constructive ways of implementing the Equity Act, and in bringing about coherent and popularly supported affirmative action and gender sensitivity within media institutions." http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/unesco/

Hafkin, Nancy and Nancy Taggart - Gender, Information Technology, and Developing Countries: An Analytic Study": Report on some of the "key barriers to women's access to information technology, as well as instances where women are participating in and benefiting from the use of information technology." http://www.usaid.gov/wid/pubs/it01.htm

Harvard Law School. Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Annual Review of Population Law: "a database of summaries and excerpts of legislation, constitutions, court decisions, and other official government documents from every country in the world relating to population policies, reproductive rights and health, women's rights, HIV/AIDS and related topics." Covers from 1974 + For each country has links to abortion laws, female genital mutiliaton laws, domestic violence laws, HIV/AIDS laws. [KF] http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/population/

Heinrich Boll Foumdation. Regional Office for the East & Horn of Africa: Its main programs are on Gender, the Environment and Conflict and Dialogue. Its partners are in the Horn of Africa, Kenya, Uganda. Based in Nairobi, Kenya. [KF] http://www.hbfha.com/

Full text reports include -

NEPAD A New Path? 2002. (359 pages in PDF) - covers historical background, democratic governance, economic governance, environment consequences, role of women, regional integration. Authors include Adebayo Adedeji, Archie Mafeje, Thandika Mkandawire, Yash Tandon, Horace Campbell, Peter Anyang' Nyong'o and others.

Sustainable Development, Governance, Globalisation: African Perspective. 2002 (188 p. in PDF) - women's issues, human settlements, Uganda, the Horn, Great Lakes, environment, peace & conflict. Authors include Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka, and others.

Gender and Constitution-Making in Kenya. 2002 (71 p. in PDF)

Gender Gaps in Our Constitutions: Women's concerns in selected African Countries. 2002 (119 p. in PDF) - women in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somaliland, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Human Rights Watch - "Scared at School: Sexual Violence Against Girls in South African Schools": Full text report. "...sexual abuse and harassment of girls by both teachers and other students is widespread in South Africa. In each of the three provinces visited, we documented cases of rape, assault, and sexual harassment of girls committed by both teachers and male students." Pub. March 2001. http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/safrica/

Human Rights Watch - "Seeking Protection: Addressing Sexual and Domestic Violence in Tanzania's Refugee Camps": Full text report. "This report is based on research conducted in Tanzania in May and June 1998 and October and November 1999." Topics covered include: The Refugee Camps, Women's Unequal Status in Burundian Society, Domestic Violence in Tanzanian Camps, Status of Women and Other Social Problems, Tanzanian government response, etc. [KF] http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/tanzania/

Human Rights Watch - "Struggling Through Peace: Return and Resettlement in Angola": Full text report. 2003. 29 p. "Women in particular are vulnerable to sexual and other abuse by demobilized combatants during the return-resettlement process. The Angolan government has failed to take appropriate steps to protect vulnerable groups from such abuse."

Human Rights Watch - “Suffering in Silence: Human Rights Abuses and HIV Transmission to Girls in Zambia”: New York: Human Rights Watch, 2002. Full text of a 121 page report "which details sexual abuse and other human rights abuses of Zambian girls, especially girls orphaned by AIDS. The report documents many incidents of abuse of orphan girls at the hands of their guardians. Some of the girls are as young as 11 years old." http://www.hrw.org/press/2003/01/zambia012803.htm

Huyer, Sophia - Supporting Women's Use of Information Technologies for Sustainable Development: Full text of a Feb. 1997 study for the IDRC of "African women's use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). This includes issues of access, the benefits African women experience and can expect to experience from ICTs, and the role they can and do play in the production and dissemination of information." Includes case studies. http://www.idrc.ca/acacia/outputs/womenicts.html

Institute for Education of Women in Africa and the Diaspora - A Selected List of Fellowships, Scholarships, Grants and Other Training Opportunities for African Women Students and Scholars: 139 pages, in Adobe pdf. and in MS World. Published Dec. 2002. http://www.kubatana.net/html/archive/women/021216iewad.asp?sector=RESOUR

Inter-Church Coalition on Africa, ICCAF (Toronto): "...a coordinated response by Canadian Churches to promote social and economic justice in Sub-Saharan Africa.....Three over-arching themes permeate ICCAF's work: Human Rights, Economic Justice, and the Media Image of Africans." Has reports on Angola, Congo-Kinshasa, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Economic Rights in Southern Africa, Women's Rights. Offers free e-mail reports Based in Toronto, Canada. http://www.web.net/~iccaf/

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance - Women in Parliament: 2002 edition. Full text. On obstacles for women, how to overcome barriers, how to make a greater impact in parliament. Case study on South Africa (4 p. in PDF). IDEA is an intergovernmental organization based in Stockhom, Sweden. [KF] http://www.idea.int/publications/wip/index.cfm

International Labor Rights Fund (Washington, D.C.): A labor rights group working to ban cocoa imports from Cote d'Ivoire because of child labor / child slavery used in Cote d'Ivoire cocoa production. Has a May 2002 report on "Violence against women in the workplace in Kenya" concerning sexual harassment in the manufacturing sector. [KF] http://www.laborrights.org/

International Labour Organization - e.quality@work: An Information Base on Equal Employment Opportunities for Women and Men. For the African countries covered (Egypt, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia) provides information on all or some of the following - equal employment legislation; collective agreements; case law, customary law, labor courts, workers' and employers' organizations, national guidelines, government programs, links to related sites. http://www.ilo.org/genprom/eeo

International Women's Media Foundation (Washington, D.C.): Programs include the African Women's Media Center. The IWMF also honors women journalists who pursue their profession in the face of extraordinary threats. http://www.iwmf.org/

International Women’s Summit on HIV and AIDS, Nairobi, Kenya, July 4-7, 2007: Includes video, podcasts, transcripts of sessions. http://www.worldywca.info/index.php/ywca/world_council_iws/iws_women_s_summit

Inter-Parliamentary Union (Geneva)

The international organization of national parliaments, established in 1889. http://www.ipu.org/ Has -

Women's Suffrage - Provides the year for each country when women obtained voting rights (and the right to stand for election).
Women in national parliaments statistics, globally and by country
the IPU's work on behalf of women in political life
Parline Database - directory of national parliaments with addresses (includes email), the electoral system, results of the last election, seats held by party, web information if any, etc. One can search by country or region.
Parlit Database - citations to articles and books "on the role, structure and working methods of national parliaments, on electoral systems, constitutional law, history and political science...."

Iron Ladies of Liberia: Site for a film on Liberian women leaders - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Beatrice Munah Sieh, the national police chief, Dr. Antoinette Sayeh, the minister of finance, Minister of Justice Francis Johnson-Morris, Commerce Minister Olubanke King Akerele, and Minister of Gender Vabah Kazaku Gayflor. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/ironladies/

ISIS-Women's International Cross Culture Exchange, ISIS-WICCE: "... an action oriented women's resource centre which was started in 1974 in Geneva, Switzerland. It relocated to Kampala, Uganda at the end of 1993 to try and tap information concerning African women and make it more accessible and available to women worldwide." They publish Communique- the bi-annual newsletter on developments in the African women's movements and Women's World. [KF] http://www.isis.or.ug/

ISIS- Women's International Cross Cultural Exchange, ISIS-WICCE: Has, in Adobe pdf, Women's Experiences of Armed Conflict in Uganda Gulu District, 1986-1999. 19 p. Pub. in Kampala, 2001. http://www.isis.or.ug/gulu-introduction.pdf

Jenda: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies: Full text articles from the e-journal, from Vol. 1, No. 1, 2001. Published by Africa Resource Center, Inc., Endicott, New York. Edited by Nkiru Nzegwu. Includes a Topical Issues section (ex. Female Genital Mutilation, other issues). http://www.jendajournal.com or http://www.africaresource.com/jenda/

Journal of International Women's Studies: Electronic journal from the Susan B. Anthony Women's Center, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA. Indexed by AfricaBib. http://www.bridgew.edu/soas/jiws/

Kaberry, Phyllis M. - "Women of the Grassfields: a Study of the Economic Position of Women in Bamenda, British Cameroons": Full text. (London: H.M.S.O., 1952. Colonial Research Publication No. 14, 1952.) Covers ecology, land tenure, labour and leisure, standards of living, budgets. Includes photographs. Prepared for use in teaching anthropology as part of the Experience Rich Anthropology Project, University of Kent at Canterbury. the ERA Project has other Cameroon studies online. http://www.era.anthropology.ac.uk/Kaberry/

[Kazibwe] - Dr. Speciosa Wandira Kazibwe: The former Vice President of Uganda. Dr. Kazibwe, a medical doctor, was the first woman Vice President in Africa and one of the 100 most powerful women in the world according to Australian Magazine. [KF] http://www.statehouse.go.ug/kazibwe.php

Kevane, Michael - Academic Papers: Prof. Kevane is on the faculty of the Department of Economics, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA. Has the full text of papers in Adobe pdf format or html on women's labor in Burkina Faso, households in Sudan and Burkina Faso, gendered land rights in Burkina, women's land tenure status, why wealthier farmers have higher yields in Western Sudan, identity economics in Northern Sudan, etc. http://lsb.scu.edu/~mkevane/mkpapers.htm

Kitu Kizuri - Voice of the African Woman: On-line and print mgazine especially for African women in North America. Profiles of women. You must subscribe to read the articles on-line. Based in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. [KF] http://www.kitukizuri.com/

Korieh, Chima Jacob, "Widowhood Among the Igbo of Eastern Nigeria": Mr. Korieh's history master's thesis from the Univ. of Bergen, Norway, 1996. http://www.uib.no/hi/korieh/chima.html

Legal Assistance Centre, LAC (Windhoek): "a non-profit public interest law centre in Namibia, southern Africa. It litigates only in the
public interest: where a case is likely to have an impact beyond the people directly involved." Its AIDS Law Unit addresses the issue of discrimination. Other units: constitutional rights, gender advocacy, juvenile justice, land / environment, legal education. Has many full text reports, some full text court cases. [KF] http://www.lac.org.na/

Luckhardt, Ken and Brenda Wall - "Organize or Starve: the History of the South African Congress of Trade Unions": Full text of the print publication, (London : Lawrence and Wishart, 1980. 520 pp.) Includes a trade union chronology 1919-1963, the 1957 Transvaal Bus Boycott, the Federation of South African Women, profiles of women union leaders, alliance with the African National Congress, international relations, 1960s bannings and detentions, the Soweto uprising, the Wiehahn and Riekert Commissions, the Federation of South African Trade Unions, FOSATU. http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/congress/sactu/organsta00.html

Lusotopie (Paris): From the Association des chercheurs de la revue Lusotopie. Pub. by Editions Karthala, Paris. Abstracts in French, Portuguese, English. Full text articles on-line. Annual academic journal first published in 1994. Political analysis of Portuguese-speaking countries. Search by keyword across all issues in English, Portuguese, and French. http://www.cean.u-bordeaux.fr/lusotopie/

Some articles:
Pour un atlas social et culturel du Mozambique.
Machambas in the City : Urban Women and Agricultural Work in Mozambique

Maathai, Wangari: On October 8, 2004 it was announced that Dr. Maathai had won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for the Kenyan activist's contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace. She is the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.; BBC Annoucement: includes a profile, text of the Nobel Committee announcement, commentary on the Peace Prize, etc. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3726024.stm
Reuters Video Report
Green Belt Movement: Dr. Maathai's organization.

Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization, MYWO: "(MYWO) started at the height of struggle for Kenya's independence in 1952, an idea conceived by a clique of white settler women in 1952. Today the Organization, older than independent Kenya, has grown to cover the entire country as the largest women NGO in the region." " a non-profit voluntary women's organization with a mission to improve the quality of life of the rural communities especially women and youth..." Based in Nairobi, Kenya. http://mywokenya.org/

Makerere University. Department of Women and Gender Studies (Kampala, Uganda): A multidisciplinary academic unit. "The Department’s goal is to contribute to development in Uganda through ensuring gender is an integral part of the development process." Offers B.A. and M.A. degrees. Has abstracts and some full text papers of the 8th International Interdisplinary Congress on Women, July 21 - 26, 2002. Includes a history of the International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women: Women’s Worlds. [KF] http://www.makerere.ac.ug/womenstudies/

Manuh, Takyiwaa - Women in Africa's Development: Overcoming Obstacles, Pushing for Progress: Africa Recovery Briefing Paper No. 11 (United Nations, April 1998.) 14 pp. http://www.un.org/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/bpaper/maineng.htm
Also available in French: http://www~}n.org/french/ecosocdev/geninfo/afrec/docinfo/mainfr.htm

Mapping the World of Women's Information Services: Has a database directory of African women's organizations with address, contact person, email, description of organization. Put in the Country name and a subject such as women, women's studies , women's rights, women's centre. From the International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement, Amsterdam, Netherlands. [KF] http://www.iiav.nl:80/mapping/beginner/index_gb.html

Mathabane.com: Site of South African writer, Mark Mathabane, author of "Kaffir Boy," "Kaffir Boy in American," "African Women," and "Love in Black and White." Has the full text of the first chapters of his books, for example the first chapter of African Women. Describes life in Alexandra township under apartheid. His book, "Miriam's Song," is about his sister's coming of age in the days before Nelson Mandela's release. Mathabane lives in North Carolina and is available to speak on campuses, etc. http://mathabane.com/

McFarland, Tracy Ann - Constitutional promises meet political realities: a case study of South African women's groups and their influence on legislation: The full text is online. 275 pages in PDF. Austin, Tex. : University of Texas Libraries, 2006. Dissertation: Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2006. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/etd/d/2006/mcfarlandt26179/mcfarlandt26179.pdf Ann.

Memory and History, Cape Town, Aug. 9-11, 2000: Memory and History : Remembering, Forgetting and Forgiving in the life of the Nation and the Community, An International Conference. Has papers online (some are in French). Topics include African Modes of Self-Writing, a memory exhibit for the Lubumbashi Museum, les Luba, Rwanda, Burundi, urban women in Lubumbashi, etc. Writers wishing to cite the content of papers in their own work need to request permission from the paper authors. [KF] http://www.fl.ulaval.ca/celat/histoire.memoire/histoire/confcapethm.htm

Michigan State Univ. Program on the Lakes of East Africa: Abstracts of two papers on women and gender from Michigan State's Program on the Lakes of East Africa. http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfricanStudies/Plea/papwom.htm

Miller, Doug, "Women, Development, and Social Change: the Women of Rural Malawi - a Case Study.": Thesis in the Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, presented for a Master of Arts degree, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, January 1998. Arranged in 5 parts. http://spicerack.sr.unh.edu/~llk/makani/combine1.html

Mimi Magazine: On-line life style magazine for young African women. Advice for living, new books, music, relationships, discussion forums. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [KF] http://www.mimimagazine.com/

Mocambique Online - Women: In Portuguese. Annotated directory of web sites about Mozambique, arranged by subjects including women. Maintained by Wim Neeleman. http://www.tropical.co.mz/~wim/mulheres/index.html

Monteiro, Natalina Teixeira - Mozambique, Women in the Informal Economy: This site has some copyright issues and has been removed as a result.

Mountain Voices: A rich resource. "interviews with over 300 people who live in mountain and highland regions round the world. Their testimonies offer a personal perspective on change and development." To access the interviews, one needs to register and fill out a questionnaire. Interviews from Lesotho, Kenya, Ethiopia, gathered by the Oral Testimony Programme of the Panos Institute. Topics discussed include agriculture, community, conflict, culture, development, economics, education, employment, environment, family life, festivals, food security, forestry, gender, health, history, identity, industry, crime, land, migration, politics, spiritual beliefs, tourism, etc. [KF] http://www.mountainvoices.org/

Mozambique. Ministerio da Mulher et da Coordenacao da Accao Social: In Portuguese. http://www.mimucas.org.mz/

Musow, le magazine (Bamako): In French. Magazine for Malian women. Interviews with prominent women, the law and women in Mali, health, recipes, fashion, photographs, letters, personals and penpals section. Part of Afribone Mali. [KF] http://www.musow.com/

Namibia. Permanent Mission to the United Nations: Has press releases, official statements / papers by the Ambassador, government ministers, President San Nujoma. Includes "Safeguarding Women's Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights" by Namibia's Director General of Women Affairs. http://www.un.int/namibia/

National Centre for Women Development, Abuja, Nigeria: "a non-political, not for profit public organisation established by [Nigerian] Federal law,..." Has their programs, the staff list, photographs, information on the Nigerian Association of Women Entrepreneurs, on the women's group NAWENO, etc. http://www.uiowa.edu/intlinet/ncwd/index.html

National Council of Negro Women. West Africa Regional Office, Camp Jamono: Sponsors a summer camp in Dakar, Senegal, "established to provide meaningful recreational activity that is based on communicating basic moral values and inter-personal skills to youth between the ages of 13 and 20. This is achieved through round table discussions on African history and American history..." The cost is $2,500 per person. "NCNW/WARO is working in partnership with the Federation of Senegalese Women's Association,..." Has scenes of Dakar. [KF] http://www1.telecomplus.sn/ncnw/

The Natural Order of Things: Site designed by Colette Gaiter (Associate Professor of design, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN.) requires Flash and Shockwave to view. Dr. Gaiter compares life in post apartheid South Africa and for African Americans in the U.S. Features the Masimanyane Women's Center in East London, an ANC Women's League rally, a women's farming project near Umtata, etc. [KF] http://facstaff.mcad.edu/faculty/cgaiter/open/contents.html

New Field Foundation: "New Field Foundation contributes to the creation of a safe and sustainable world by supporting women and their families to overcome poverty, violence, and injustice in their communities." In 2005 are funding 15-20 grants (in French) for initiatives by rural women's nonprofits in Casamance and the Mano River region in West Africa. Based in San Francisco, California. [KF] http://www.newfieldfound.org/

NGO Networks for Health (Washington, D.C.): Has the full text of "Women's NGO Networks in Nigeria: Providing Reproductive Health Information and Services; Promoting Reproductive Rights." 46 page document in Adobe PDF. http://www.ngonetworks.org/pubs/pdf/Nigeria_Womens_NGO_Networks_L.pdf

Niger Delta Women for Justice (Port Harcourt): The [civil society] organisation is a child of circumstance born out of 40 years of economic and environmental neglect of the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria, culminating in the militarisation of the region over the past 10 years and increased human rights violations." Has articles - "Women in the Niger Delta - Violence and Struggle," "The Pain of Female Genitle Mutilation: The Myths The Cast Out," "Blood and Oil: Testimonies of Violence from Women of the Niger Delta," "The Idenity of a People - With special focus on globalisation and its impact in the Niger Delta." Publishes a newsletter, DeltaWOMENAlert. http://www.kabissa.org/ndwj

Nigeria Democracy and Governance Program: Johns Hopkins University Population Communication Services (JHU/PCS) in collaboration with the Center for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) works with 16 Nigerian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to promote women’s empowerment and participation in politics. http://www.jhuccp.org/demogov/index.stm

Nigerian Center for Gender, Health and Human Rights, NCGHHR: An NGO focusing on gender, health and human rights. It "combines strong commitment to service
and advocacy with Human rights education in Nigeria and the sub-Saharan region of Africa." Founded in 1999, based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. http://ncghhr.tripod.com/humanrights/

Northwestern University. Institute for the Study of Islamic Thought in Africa: Has the Report from the Fourth Annual International Colloquium, "Gender and Islam in Africa: Discourses, Practices, and Empowerment of Women," held May 20-22, 2004 (4 p.) http://www.northwestern.edu/african-studies/programs_isia.html

Ochieng, Ruth - Rural Women and Information in Uganda: "highlights approaches used by Isis-WICCE to generate and disseminate information for rural women, policy makers and opinion leaders." Presented at FAO High Level Consultation on Rural Women and Information, Rome, 4 - 6th October, 1999. http://www.nic.ug/urgent/beijing/

Ogundipe, Molara: Dr. Ogundipe is Professor of English, Africana, Cultural and Gender Studies, Dept. of English, Theatre and Mass Communications, Albany State University (Albany, Georgia). She is a feminist, essayist, poet. http://www.geocities.com/molarao/

Onwueme, Tess: A page on an African dramatist, currently the first Distinguished Professor of Cultural Diversity, and Professor of English, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. http://www.uwec.edu/Academic/English/Faculty/Onwueme.htm

Oprah Magazine - Postcards from the Edge: "For nearly a decade, women in the eastern Congo have endured unimaginable acts of sexual cruelty, ...." Accounts by Congolese women. From the February 2005 issue. Oprah Winfrey is a " television pioneer, producer, magazine founder, educator and philanthropist." http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/200502/omag_200502_congo.jhtml

Organization of Women Writers of Africa (OWWA): Based in New York OWWA was formed in 1991 by Jayne Cortez of the USA and Ama Ata Aidoo of Ghana. "OWWA is a nonprofit organization formed for the purpose of establishing links between professional women writers from Africa and its Diaspora." Information on it's October 1997 conference with New York University’s Africana Studies Program which brings together women writers and storytellers from Africa and the African Diaspora. http://www.owwa.org/

Ortiz de Zarate's (Roberto) Contemporary Women World Leaders: This list of Contemporary Women World Leaders since 1945 includes two queen-regents of Swaziland, past prime ministers of Burundi, the Central African Republic, and Rwanda, and Ruth Perry of Liberia, Africa's first woman president. Other lists are Political Leaders 1945 + and a list of the world's present leaders, Africa's first independence leaders, and current rulers longest in office and rulers who died violently.
Women Leaders: http://personales.jet.es/ziaorarr/00women.htm
Ortiz de Zarate's main page: http://personales.jet.es/ziaorarr/

Our Lady of Lourdes Ex-Students Association: Website for the Lourdes Ex-Students Association (LESA) national office and chapters. LESA's membership resides in Africa, the United States, and Europe. LESA serves current students and graduates of Our Lady of Lourdes Secondary School, Bamenda, Cameroon which was established in 1963 as a secondary school for girls, one of only 3 secondary schools for girls in Cameroon at the time. http://www.lesans.org/

The Paideia Project On-line: Proceedings of the 20th World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, Massachusetts, 1998. Includes full text papers on Philosophy in Africa (Polygyny in Africa: A Male's Post-Original Sin or Rejection of the Primeval Monogyny and Affirmation of Sexual Inequality, by Zekeh S. Gbotokuma) http://www.bu.edu/wcp/

Panos Institute (London): Full text report - "Birth Rights: New Approaches to Safe Motherhood" "The greatest risk of maternal death is faced by women in sub-Saharan Africa. The tragedy is that almost every one of these deaths is avoidable." http://www.panos.org.uk/briefing/birth_rights_files/birth_rights_cover.htm

Peace Corps. Côte d'Ivoire. Women In Development (WID): Promotes girls and women's education. Their bike-a-thon across Cote d'Ivoire, starting Feb. 2001, is "designed to encourage the improvement of health and education for women in both rural and urban areas of Côte d'Ivoire." Works with the NGO, Association de Soutien à l'Autopromotion Sanitaire Urbaine (ASAPSU), or the Urban Health Self-HelpSupport Organisation in Abidjan. Offers scholarships to Ivoirian girls; has profiles of the girls, information on donating. Organized a Take Our Daughters to Work Day. http://www.icbrightfutures.org/

Population Council: Extensive program in Africa. Use their Search to locate topics. Has a database of full text reports (in Adobe PDF) on reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, female genital cutting. The Council was established in 1952 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd and is based in New York city. http://www.popcouncil.org/

Population Index on the Web: Retrieve citations to articles, book chapters, books, government documents, dissertations through a keyword search. The online database covers all issues of Population Index from 1986-1997 (Vols. 52-63) and a broad range of subjects: women's issues, fertility, migration, child mortality, health, etc. The Index is published by Princeton University's Office of Population Research. http://opr.princeton.edu/popindex/

RAWFFFOL, Rural African Women's Food Fuel and Feed On Line Network: Internet newsletter on providing support and information technology to African village rural women. The first issue appears October 1996. It will have "practical suggestions for rural African women to improve their lives. Written for rural women and those who support them such as Peace Corp workers, missionaries, NGOs, women in development groups, etc.

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Refugees International - Must Boys Be Boys? Ending Sexual Exploitation & Abuse in UN Peacekeeping Missions: Full text on-line. 44 p. in PDF. "argues that a hyper-masculine culture has evolved within UN peacekeeping missions that breeds a tolerance for such extreme behaviors. The report calls on the UN to insure that the necessary funding and resources are made available to fully address the problem." Based in Washington, D.C. http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/publication/detail/6976/

Reynolds, Jonathan T. - "Islam, Politics and Women's Rights": Full text article in Adobe pdf. 9 p. "From 1950 to 1966, politics in Nigeria’s predominantly Muslim Northern Region were dominated by the conflict between the conservative Northern People’s Congress (NPC) and the progressive Northern Elements Progressive Union (NEPU)." "What roles did women play in each of the political parties? What was each party’s stand on women’s suffrage and on such topics as women holding office? How was each stand justified in terms of Islamic ideology?" In Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Vol. 18, No. 1, 1998. [KF] http://www.cssaame.ilstu.edu/issues/V18-1/REYNOLDS.pdf

Rowing Upstream: Snapshots of Pioneers of the Information Age in Africa: Edited by Lisbeth A. Levey and Stacey Young. Developed by the Project for Information Access and Connectivity (PIAC). (Johannesburg, South Africa: Zann Hoad Sharp Sharp Media (Pty) Ltd., 2002.). Full text of a book on the history of the internet in Africa, with a timeline (and maps). Covers the role of African NGOs, especially SANGONET, a photo essay (includes community radio in Mozambique, women's enterprises), African content on the web including from the Diaspora, ICT in African universities, ICT funding in Africa, accounts of the beginnings of the internet in Africa by some of its pioneers. [KF] http://www.piac.org/rowing_upstream/

Roy, Christopher - Videos: Thirteen videos (in Quicktime) of women in the market place, pounding millet, braiding hair, getting water from a town well, Mopti blacksmiths, boys playing with an innertube, Bobo and Bwa mask dances (Burkina Faso), etc. To hear the audio, requires a sound card and speakers / or headset. Christopher Roy is Professor of Art & Art History, University of Iowa. [KF] http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/streaming_content.html

Rural Women, Population & Development in Lusophone Africa: Annotated Bibliography of Selected Literature in Portuguese Language 1991 - 1996: Prepared by Zoran Roca. Covers Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe. From the Population Information Network (POPIN) of the United Nations Population Division (DESIPA), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/x0258e/x0258e00.htm and Older site: http://www.un.org/popin/fao/lusophone.html

Rwandan Women Community Development Network: A national NGO established in 1997. Its three core programs address health needs, human and legal rights education, and socio-economic empowerment and institutional capacity building. The Polyclinic of Hope is a centre for women survivors of gender-based violence during the genocide. Has produced, A Guide To A Holistic Approach In Trauma Counseling In Rwanda: The Polyclinic of Hope Experience, which assists individuals, organizations and institutions to better cater for women survivors of sexual and gender-based violence...." Based in Kigali, Rwanda. [KF] http://www.rwandawomennetwork.org

Saartjie: News articles about women and for women including health, relationships, services for women in South Africa. Has a daily e-newsletter, chat topics, a section on female genital mutilation, children, etc. Is part of the Woza news web sites from South Africa. http://www.saartjie.co.za

SAFERE: Southern African Feminist Review (Harare, Zimbabwe): An academic journal which "provides women with a writing platform which is feminist in content and orientation..." Published bi-annually by the Southern African Institute for Policy Studies of the SAPES Trust, Harare, Zimbabwe. Has the table of contents. http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/journals/safere/index.html

SANGONET and Women's Net: Has a Lawyers for Human Rights May 1995 submission on the future of the Abortion and Sterilisation Act, a link to the South African NGO Secretariat for Beijing, information on the Women and Development Network/Angola and other links to resources on Southern African women and international women's sites. The South African NGO Secretariat for Beijing site has the South African Government's 1994 Country Report on the Status of South African Women.
http://womensnet.org.za/

Senegal. Ministere de la Femme, de l'Enfant et de la Famille: Ministry's web site on the offical Senegal government web site. Has a list of their publications, a summary of the Plan d'Action de la femme, etc. http://www.primature.sn/mfef/home.htm

Shaan (E-zine on Gender and Human Rights): Electronic magazine published by Inter Press Service (IPS), in cooperation with the United Nations Development Fund for Women. Personal accounts of how AIDS affects women, profiles of women activists. (UNIFEMhttp://www.ipsnews.net/hivaids/index.shtml

Sharp, Lesley A. - The Possessed and the Dispossessed: Spirits, Identity, and Power in a Madagascar Migrant Town 1993.: Full text of the book published by the University of California Press (Berkeley). "...portrait of a complex, polycultural urban community in Madagascar emphasizes the role of spirit medium healers,...These women... are far from powerless among the peasants and migrant laborers who work the land in this plantation economy." http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft6t1nb4hz/

Simoes da Silva, Tony - Anglophone & Lusophone African Women's Writing: Illustrations by Malangatana. Bibliographies and biographies of the writers. Especially strong on Lusophone African women writers. Introduction to the Lusophone writers by Tony Simoes da Silva. Links to related sites such as literary journals. Based at the University of Exeter. [KF] http://www.ex.ac.uk/~ajsimoes/aflit/

Snyder, Margaret - "Women and African Development: A Partial Bibliography and Reviews of Books Published in the 1990s": Lists books and some journal articles. Indicates where books were reviewed, by whom, and if favorably reviewed. This is an "unedited work in progress." Dr. Snyder is Co-founder, African Centre for Women, UNECA; First Director, UNIFEM; Fulbright scholar, Makerere University. http://www.uct.ac.za/org/agi/papers/psbibli.htm

South Africa. Department of Labour: Has Green and White Papers, Acts such as the Code of Sexual Harassment, and Ministerial speeches. http://www.gcis.gov.za/gov/labour/index.html

[South Africa] Statistics South Africa (formerly the South African Central Statistical Service): Official site. Has the 1996 population census, gender statistics, etc. http://www.statssa.gov.za

South African Women for Women (Toronto, Canada): "dedicated to the empowerment of South African women -- those who live in South Afric and those who have settled in Canada..."Awards