African Feminist Forum

African Feminist Forum

<p>The African Feminist Forum is a biennial conference that brings together African feminist activists to deliberate on issues of&nbsp; key concern to the movement. It was developed out of the growing concern amongst feminists on the continent, that the efforts to advance the rights of women on the continent were under serious threat from a number of sources.<br />
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<div id="toc"><h2>Table of Contents</h2>
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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_background"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Background</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_the-aff-program"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">The AFF Program</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_publications"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Publications</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#w_references"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
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</div><h2 id="w_background">Background<br /></h2>
<p>A group of feminist activists decided to create an autonomous space for feminists from the continent to deliberate on issues impacting on women, as well as assessing and developing strategies to address the external challenges on the movement. The first forum took place in November 2006 in Accra, Ghana.<br />
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<h2 id="w_the-aff-program">The AFF Program<br /></h2>
<p>The AFF program is organised along clusters which reflect the concerns and priorities of African feminists. Each cluster has two or three Coordinators. The clusters are as follows:
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<ul><li>Crafting an African Feminist Epistemology<br />
</li><li>Feminist Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive health and rights in Africa<br />
</li><li>African Feminism: political and economic power; resisting fundamentalisms<br />
</li><li>Intersecting-Generations<br />
</li><li>Feminist Creative Expression<br />
</li><li>African Women’s Movements: organizations, structures and capacities<br />
</li><li>Confronting violation in women’s lives<br />
</li><li>Global Feminism and the UN System <br />
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<h2 id="w_publications">Publications<br /></h2>
<ul><li>Charter of Feminist Principles for African Feminists<br />
</li><li>Fundamentalism and Women’s Rights in Africa<br />
</li><li>Women’s Agency and The State: The Kenyan Experience
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<h2 id="w_references">References</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.africanfeministforum.org" alt="African Feminist Forum website">African Feminist Forum website</a>
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