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AFJN Women’s Empowerment Project – Tanzania In-Person Workshops
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 on the continent working along side Sr. Adorata Kapinga, OSB, the Executive Secretary for the Tanzanian Association of Catholic Sisters (TCAS), coordinating the religious sisters Education and Advocacy Workshops. AFJN Board Member, Fr. Barthelemy Bazemo M.Afr. and former AFJN Executive Director, Rev. Aniedi Okure, OP also presented during these workshops.
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Action Alert: Tell White House to Support Global Vaccine Access!
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 would save lives and stop COVID-19 from spreading further. Read the July 23, 2021 coalition letter to President Biden. No one is safe if…
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AFJN Welcomes Award Winning Journalist, Patrick Egwu, as an AFJN Senior Fellow
AFJN Welcomes Award Winning Journalist, Patrick Egwu, as an AFJN Senior Fellow. 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 the continent of Africa, with a special focus on AFJN’s Women’s Empowerment Project.
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AFJN Jobs: Executive Director
The Africa Faith and Justice Network is now accepting applications for the Executive Director Position.
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Gabon Gains International Notoriety for its Commitment to Rainforest Protection
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 prevent deforestation. Based on the ten year agreement with CAFI, Gabon will be paid $150…
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AFJN Call to Action During World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
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 Persons 2020” over “50 percent” of trafficked people were for “sexual exploitation”.
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AFJN featured in Church of the Brethren as signer to letter for White House
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 the U.S.A. government.
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AFJN mentioned in Catholic Herald on Human Trafficking in Nigeria
— Uyo, Nigeria — On a sunny Tuesday afternoon in October 2012, a posh black Sport-Utility Vehicle pulled up in front of Mercy Akan’s aunt’s provision shop in Oron, a coastal city and the third largest city in Akwa Ibom.
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AFJN featured in Global Sisters Report on educational event in Nigeria
On July 29th, 2021, The Global Sisters Report published an article titled “Warning girls about the tactics of human traffickers” by Teresa Anyabuike.
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List of Female Africa Presidents – Updated July 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 woman’s struggle and never the triumph. This profile of African…
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Beyond Violence, Hope in South Africa’s Riots
July 28, 2021By Josh SchlichtEdited by Jacques Bahati “A coordinated and well planned attack on our democracy”. These were the words used by President Cyril Ramaphosa to describe the recent deadly unrest in South Africa. The violence broke out following the arrest of former South African President Jacob Zuma for his failure to appear before…
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Join AFJN’s Ntama Bahati July 20th for the Interfaith Vigil for Global COVID-19 Vaccine Access on the National Mall
The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) is cosponsoring the “Interfaith Vigil for Global COVID-19 Vaccine Access” on Tuesday, July 20 from 12:30 – 2:00 pm (EDT US and Canada) on the National Mall in Washington, DC. AFJN’s Policy Analyst, Ntama Bahati, will be offering a prayer. All are welcome to participate in person or online.
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AFJN’s ACT Project July 2021 Report
The Africa Faith and Justice Network just released our July 2021 Report on our efforts in Ghana as part of the African Church Together (ACT) to Fight Against Corruption Project. Read the full report here:
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A Human Tragedy Unfolding in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
By Josh Schlicht, AFJN InternJuly 15, 2021 The armed conflict between the Ethiopian army and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, a political party and ethnic Tigrayan military organization, has no end in sight. Civilians in the war torn Tigray Region of Ethiopia have suffered under extreme violence in the last few months1. The Ethiopian and…
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African Couple Takes Action to Improve Education Access
July 14, 2021By: Jared Watkins, AFJN Intern Zimbabwean couple Strive and Tsitsi began a foundation in Zimbabwe in 1996 with the original purpose of increasing access to essential needs like education and food. Since this, the foundation has grown massively to expand further across the continent to states such as Burundi, Rwanda, and Kenya. In…
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The Release of $650 Billion of the International Monetary Fund’s SDRs Must Include Transparency and Accountability Measures
Washington, DC – Today, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a press release noting that the IMF Executive Board supported the “general allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs).” The new allocation of $650 billion is three-times more than what was approved during the 2008 crises and is the largest amount to date. The IMF’s Board of Governors still needs to approve the new allocation. While many are enthusiastic about issuance of these needed financial resources to nations who are struggling due to the pandemic, the Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN) urges the IMF to insist that strong accountability and transparency measures be put in place to ensure that these monies will go where intended and will not be squandered away.
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Cameroon’s Film Industry Bolstered by Netflix Deal
By: Josh Schlicht, AFJN InternJuly 1, 2021 Cameroonians are celebrating this month as two domestically produced films will appear on the international streaming giant Netflix. These new additions, titled, ‘A Man for the Weekend’, and ‘Broken’ will accompany two existing Cameroonian titles recently released on the streaming service. Cameroon has gained international recognition from the…
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We Are Tired Movement
By: Josh Schlicht, AFJN InternJune 24, 2021 In the last year, a twitter trend known as the #WeAreTired Movement has taken Nigerian social media by storm. This tag advocates for the women of Nigeria, who are tired of sexual and domestic violence which is often ignored by Nigerian society and government. The #WeAreTired trend began…
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Juneteenth 2021 – A US Federal Holiday
Today we celebrate Juneteenth, the oldest celebration of emancipation of African Americans from slavery in the United States. Beginning in Galveston Texas, it is now celebrated every year on June 19th. In 2021, President Joe Biden signed a federal law making it a federal holiday. Unfortunately slavery is still taking place in different forms: compelled service, oppression, involuntary servitude, debt bondage, forced labor, and human trafficking.
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