AFJN News, Articles, and Information
Edited by Rita Murphy, from the Tanzania Daily News The Maasai have lost so much of their land, they cannot afford to lose any more, according to Survival International. President Jakaya Kikwete has pledged never to evict the Maasai people after an international...
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201409181471.html Edited by Rita Murphy. Photo: I. Kaledzi/DW Winifred Selby, a 19 year old social entrepreneur from Ghana, founded Ghana Bamboo Bikes in 2009 and it has become a huge success. She decided she wanted to found her...
In October AFJN held its first Empowerment Project workshop in Accra, Ghana. Read the report. Read more about the background of the Empowerment Project, and the formation of this workshop. AFJN thanks the Catholic University of America’s Institute for Policy...
Gender equality is a battle that even developed countries struggle with today. In Africa, women are fighting against the weight of tradition and other injustices. Socially, assigning roles based on gender is a practice that is very prevalent. There are very few women...
(Download PDF file) In June 2014 Ghana was granted a $156 million loan by the World Bank on top of previous unpaid loans from the same institution. The loan was for improving the education sector mainly secondary education. The way the loan was to be distributed...
On December 9, 2014, Michael Sean Winters wrote an article in National Catholic Reporter featuring the work of the Africa Faith and Justice Network in "AFJN: Making Government Responsive." Read the full article here:...
By AFJN Intern Erika De Leener Climate change is currently a big phenomenon affecting the entire world. If no action is taken to reverse the trend Africa will be most severely affected by the impact of climate change related disasters. Unlike more developed...
