by Lydia Andrews | Aug 21, 2021
August 20, 2021By: Lydia Andrews The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) Women’s Empowerment Project (WEP) was hard at works this past week Tanzania. After a year of online workshops, AFJN’s WEP Program Coordinator Sr. Eucharia Madueke, SNDdeN was back... by Lydia Andrews | Aug 19, 2021
Today, join the Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) and other organizations by calling on White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients to support policies that promote global access to vaccines and vaccine intellectual property that... by Lydia Andrews | Aug 13, 2021
Patrick Egwu is an award-winning freelance investigative journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa where he is currently an Open Society Foundation fellow on Investigative Reporting at the University of the Witwatersrand. Patrick has covered the work of AFJN on... by Lydia Andrews | Aug 10, 2021
Executive Director Position The African Faith and Justice Network (AFJN), a Catholic education and advocacy network based in Washington DC, seeks a full-time Executive Director to lead the network’s commitment to challenging the U.S. Congress to enact just policies... by Jacques Bahati | Jul 30, 2021
The Central African nation of Gabon has received $17 million for meeting established goals for forest conservation. The payment comes from an agreement with the Central African Forest Initiative (CAFI), which is a partnership between African and European nations to... by Lydia Andrews | Jul 30, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 30, 2021 Washington DC – Today, on this World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the world acknowledges the millions of people who are being trafficked around the globe. According to the United Nations’ “Global Report on Trafficking in... by AFJN Intern | Jul 30, 2021
On July, 30th, 2021, the Church of the Brethren published an article titled “Letter encourages equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines”. AFJN is listed as one of numerous organizations that signed a letter advocating for improved COVID-19 vaccine access by... by AFJN Intern | Jul 30, 2021
On July 29, 2021, the Africa Faith and Justice Network was mentioned and former AFJN executive director, Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP, was quoted in Valentine Iwenwanne’s article “Nigeria: Stories of modern-day slavery (and the under-funded fight to end... by AFJN Intern | Jul 29, 2021
On July 29th, 2021, The Global Sisters Report published an article titled “Warning girls about the tactics of human traffickers” by Teresa Anyabuike. AFJN-Nigeria had an event at Government Girls Science Secondary School of Kuje, Abuja, Nigeria that... by AFJN Intern | Jul 28, 2021
July 14, 2021Updated by Jared Watkins Who is the first female President in Africa? How many female Presidents has Africa had so far? This is one of many unknown great stories of African women. In fact, the narrative we hear often is negative, portraying African... 