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AWRA Film Review: ‘A Girl From Mogadishu’ starring Aja Naomi King

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2195″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] A Girl from Mogadishu is an Irish-Belgian film. It is a somewhat fictionalized story based on the testimony of AWRA founding member Ifrah Ahmed, who having […]

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Ending police brutality must be among global SDGs, says Nigerian activist

Police brutality in Africa has been a longstanding issue that must be addressed through dedicated global action, says Abimbola Aladejare, a leading women’s rights activist in Nigeria. “Youth are […]

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AWRA steps up efforts to end FGM, child marriage in Kenya’s most remote villages

The African Women Rights Advocates (AWRA) movement has been strengthening its efforts in some of Kenya’s most remote villages to help reduce the rates of child marriage and Female Genital […]

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Here’s why AWRA has decided to disrupt the NGO space now

[vc_row][vc_column][nd_options_focus nd_options_layout=”layout-7″ nd_options_image=”1897″ nd_options_title=”As an African women-led group, we have decided to disrupt and dismantle mediocrity now” nd_options_subtitle=”Here’s why.”][nd_options_spacer nd_options_height=”20″][nd_options_text nd_options_text_tag=”h2″ nd_options_text=”Naimah Hassan is a London-based leader and women’s rights […]

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Five reasons why the AWRA movement was founded

[vc_row][vc_column][nd_options_focus nd_options_layout=”layout-7″ nd_options_image=”1873″ nd_options_title=”We, as a group of African women leaders have banded together to form the African Women’s Rights Advocates movement.” nd_options_subtitle=”Here’s why.”][nd_options_spacer nd_options_height=”20″][vc_column_text]  1- It is a fact […]

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African Women Rights Advocates Interview Georgia Brooks

Q: Can you tell us more about your organization, Fempower Initiative, and what inspired you to create this movement? A: I set up Fempower Initiative in 2017, having long desired […]

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Women ‘will do their part to transform Africa,’ says leading Kenyan anchor

Q: What is it like being one of the leading News Anchors in Kenya? A: Overall it’s been a wonderful challenge and great honor for me to have a career […]