Africa: Call for Articles for the FEMNET September Newsletter

CALL FOR ARTICLES FOR THE FEMNET NEWSLETTERS

THEME: The Current Food Crisis touching the African Woman During the High-Level Conference on World Food Security which took place on 3 June 2008 at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters in Rome, Italy. United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) emphasized the disproportionate impact that the current food crisis is having on women and girls, and called for action to ensure their protection.

UNINSTRAW further urged governments, international financial institutions and civil society groups to mobilize resources and take concrete action in favour of women and children.

FEMNET being a regional organization that promotes and protects the rights of women in Africa, we have decided to probe the impact of the current Global Food Crisis and Climate Change on African women, in our next issue of FEMNET Newsletter for September-December, 2008.

We invite you to contribute articles relating to this theme. The article can either be in French or English with maximum words of 800 words and minimum 400. If you have pictures relating to the story please send us as well. The picture must be in Jpeg format.

Writers are encouraged to take any angle to the story as long as it relates to the two themes:

The current global food crisis-how are African women affected
Climate Change and its impact on women and children

All stories should be submitted to [email][email protected] or [email][email protected] by 15th August, 2008 FEMNET is a pan-Africa network of women organization in Africa that is aimed facilitating the sharing information, experiences, ideas and strategies among African women’s non-governmental organizations (NGOs) through communications, networking, training and advocacy so as to advance women’s development, equality and other women’s human rights in Africa.
www.femnet.or.ke Carlyn Hambuba Communication Officer