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African CSOs call on governments to engage more closely in the FACTI Panel High-Level Africa regional consultation

African CSOs call on governments to engage more closely in the FACTI Panel High-Level Africa regional consultation Nairobi, 18th November 2020 – We the undersigned civil society organizations, meeting at the 8th Pan African Conference on Illicit Financial Flows and Taxation take note of the on-...

G20 must provide immediate debt relief and ensure financing flows to save African people from a massive COVID-19 crisis

The measures that the G20 takes today must be those that ensure African governments have the resources needed to respond to the crisis. The COVID-19 crisis is collapsing health systems and threatening economies in the developed world, and they are using unlimited monetary expansion, something never...

Implications of COVID-19 to Women's Livelihoods and Tenure Rights

COVID-19 has made it difficult for the women to connect and mobilize support for securing land, jointly having their voices in tracking and implementation of land-related laws and contributing to land policy debates. Consequently, the pandemic has derailed one way women land rights activists have...

Mwongozo wa Jamii

Uwekezaji kwenye kilimo unaweza kuwanufaisha wanajami wa kawaida, lakini ushahidi unaonesha kwamba matokeo si mazuri kwenye uwekezaji mkubwa wa ardhi barani Afrika hususani kwa wanawake na jamii. Hali ya kuwakandamiza wanawake imesababisha kukosa haki ya kumiliki ardhi. Wanawake wameachwa nyuma...

Is the Security of Tenure for Women Secured in the 'Africa we Want'?

What is the position of women in Africa 57 years after the formation of the African Union? How would the world look like if women had secure access, and control of their land, and natural resources? Would the food crisis be managed differently during emergencies, like the big one we are now living...

Care Burden on Africa's Women and Girls was Always Tough, but COVID -19 has made It Tougher

The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the global development narrative of ‘leaving no one behind.’ This particularly, for the more than 420 million Africans who live below the global poverty line, many of whom are women and girls.This pandemic has laid bare what has for too long been invisible: the...

Africa Unites for Youth: Reaching out to African Youth by Bridging the Gap.

In April 2019, the African Union Commission (AUC) launched a new initiative that focuses on creating direct opportunities for the development of youth in Africa, to actively and meaningfully drive the full realization of Africa’s Agenda 2063. The “1 Million By 2021 Initiative” aims to concretely...

Unpaid care: The economic ball and chain that's holding women back

As African leaders congregate for the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union next week (February 9 -10), Oxfam will be pitching tent in Addis Ababa to lobby them to make women’s work count. Among the millions of African women whose message...

Literacy Vs. Gender-Based Violence: aiding survivor recovery in the Central African Reppublic

In the Central African Republic (CAR), a woman is a victim of sexual and gender-based violence almost every hour. A limited number of survivors can access medical and psychological support offered by specialized organizations. For most women overcoming the trauma and moving on is a challenge. Oxfam...