Africa: The African Women's Journal

THE AFRICAN WOMEN’S JOURNAL
JULY-DECEMBER 2010

THEME: The African Women’s Decade (2010-2020):
A Decade of Triumph for African Women

The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) has started a new Journal called The Africa Women’s journal. The Journal is bi-annual publication with current issues and statistics on women’s development issues in Africa.

We invite contributors to send well researched and analytical articles on the theme: The African Women’s Decade (2010-2020): A Decade of Triumph for African Women. The article must have current statistics with clear referencing.

The Journal will focus on:
The Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) 12 critical areas of concern,– poverty, education and training, health, the economy, power and decision-making, human rights, armed conflict, institutional mechanisms, the environment, violence against women and the girl child. The article can focus on any of the critical areas of concern and showcase what works, Success stories and new innovations by women’s organizations in address gender equality and women’s empowerment in Africa.

Guidelines:
For those interested to submit articles, kindly send us an ABSTRACT of your article on or before 20 August, 2010. The abstract should be written in English or French and must not be more than 100 words.

You will be notified if your abstract has been approved. Full article must be written in English or French and should be between 800 to 2000 words. If you have pictures relating to the article please send us as well. (NB: The picture must be in Jpeg format).Deadline for submission of FULL ARTICLE is on 10th September 2010.

Also send us your biographical note, contact information with a JPEG mug shot picture of your self in high resolution.

All articles should be submitted to [email][email protected] or [email][email protected] by 10th September, 2010.