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African Feminist Forum

The African Feminist Forum is a biennial conference that brings together African feminist activists to deliberate on issues of  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 […]

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Albert Cashier

Albert D. J Cashier lived from December 25, 1843 to October 10, 1915. Cashier was a , born Jennie Irene Hodgers in Ireland.Spalding, Peg. “Union Maid”. http://history.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisAlive/files/iv/htm2/ivtxt018.cfm. Retrieved 2007-12-13. Table of Contents 1 Early Life 2 Army 3 Post-Army 4 Death 5 References 6 See Also Early Life Cashier was born in Clogherhead, County Louth, […]

Amartya Sen

Amartya Kumar Sen CH (Hon) (born 3 November 1933), is a Bengali Indian economist, philosopher, and a winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998, “for his contributions to welfare economics” for his work on famine, human development theory, welfare economics, the underlying mechanisms of poverty, and political liberalism. Table of Contents […]

Amelie Noether

Amalie Emmy Noether was born on 23 March 1882 in Erlangen, . She was a mathematician known for her groundbreaking contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics, and was described by Albert Einstein and others as the most important woman in the history of mathematics. Table of Contents 1 Education 2 Career 1908-1920 3 Work […]

Arab Women Organization

The Arab Women Organization is an intergovernmental organization established under the umbrella of the League of Arab States and headquartered in . It emerged from the Cairo Declaration issued by the First Arab Women Summit which convened in Cairo in November 2000 in response to a call by H.E. Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, Egypt’s First Lady […]

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Asian Development Bank

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is an international development finance institution whose mission is to help its developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their people. Headquartered in , and established in 1966, ADB is owned and financed by its 67 members, of which 48 are from the region and […]

Association for Welfare Activities for Rural Development

The Association for Welfare Activities for Rural Development (AWARD) is a non-profit Organisation based in Andhra Pradesh, . It is registered by the Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India, under the FCRA Act. Table of Contents 1 Activities 1.1 Children and Education 1.2 Women 1.3 Health 1.4 Nutrition 2 Funding 3 Contact Activities Children and […]

All India Democratic Women’s Association

The All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) is an independent left oriented women’s organisation with stated aims of achieving democracy, equality and women’s emancipation. It has an organizational presence in 22 states in India, with a current membership of more than 9 million. About two-thirds of the organisation’s strength is derived from poor rural and […]

Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi (1945 – ) is a pro-democracy actiist and leader of the National League for Democracy in , a prisoner of conscience and advocate of nonviolent resistance. She is currently under detention, with the Myanmar junta repeatedly extending her detention. According to the results of the 1990 general election, Suu Kyi earned […]

Agatha Barbara

Agatha Barbara (March 11, 1923 – February 4, 2002) was the first and to date only female President of the . Table of Contents 1 Education and Early Life 2 Political Life 3 Presidency 4 On Women’s Political Empowerment in Malta 5 See Also 6 References Education and Early Life Barbara was born in Żabbar, […]

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