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AAWORD/AFARD was created after discussion between women scholars who met in Lusaka in Zambia in December 1976. [3] In its early years, AAWORD was supported by the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). [4] In 1977, 1983 and 1988 it held general assemblies in Dakar.
Women in Law & Development in Africa was established in February 1990 during a regional conference in Harare, Zimbabwe (with the theme of "Women, right and development: network for empowerment in Africa") [6] as a result of 6 women coming together with the idea for a pan-African organization after attending the World Women's Conference held in Nairobi, 1985. [7]
FEMNET, also called the African Women's Development and Communication Network, is an organization established in 1984 to promote women's development in Africa. FEMNET helps non-government organizations share information and approaches on women's development, equality and other human rights.
Nigerian women. Female empowerment in Nigeria is an economic process that involves empowering Nigerian women as a poverty reduction measure. [1] [2] Empowerment is the development of women in terms of politics, social and economic strength in nation development. It is also a way of reducing women's vulnerability and dependency in all spheres of ...
The African Development Review is devoted to the study and analysis of development policy in Africa. Published four times a year for the African Development Bank, the Review emphasizes policy relevance of research findings, rather than purely theoretical and quantitative issues.
The Journal of Social Development in Africa (JSDA) is a bi-annual subscription-based and peer-reviewed academic journal that began in 1986. The journal publishes original research and review articles that advance scholarship on social development issues in Africa - across various disciplines.
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The Women in Development approach was the first contemporary movement to specifically integrate women in the broader development agenda and acted as the precursor to later movements such as the Women and Development (WAD), and ultimately, the Gender and Development approach, departing from some of the criticized aspects imputed to the WID ...