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2010 ANNUAL REPORT Twenty-two Years of Harnessing the Collective Leadership of African Women 2010 ANNUAL REPORT Twenty-two Years of Harnessing the Collective Leadership of African Women © FEMNET 2011 For a soft copy of this report, contact: The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) KUSCCO Center, Kilimanjaro Road, off Mara Road PO Box 54562 -00200, Nairobi Tel: +254 20 271 2971/2 Fax: +254 20 271 2974 Email: [email protected] Website: www.femnet.or.ke www.facebook.com/femnetsecretariat @femnetprog Blog: femnet.wordpress.com Photo credits: FEMNET Photo Library [email protected] Design: James Chunguli [email protected] Production: Pafido Enterprises [email protected] Contents MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON .............................................................................................................................................. 3 MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ......................................................................................................................... 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 2.0 GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE CONTEXT .................................................................................................. 10 3.0 KEY HIGHLIGHTS OF THE THREE STRATEGIC GOALS: ACTIVITIES AND OUTCOMES ............. 14 3.1 Strategic Goal 1: Improving Networking and Communication ................................................................. 14 3.1.1 Information Products ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 3.1.2 Website .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 3.1.3 Gender and Development Resource Center ................................................................................................................. 16 3.1.4 The Freedom of Information (FOI) and Women’s Rights Project ....................................................................... 17 3.1.5 Aid Effectiveness Agenda ............................................................................................................................................................ 17 3.1.6 Other key activities ........................................................................................................................................................................ 18 3.2 Strategic Goal 2: Enhancing Advocacy for Women’s Rights ....................................................................... 22 3.2.1 AU Project on the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa /SOAWR Coalition ............................. 22 3.2.2 Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights ................................................................................................................... 25 3.2.3 UN Commission on the Status of Women, 54th session ........................................................................................ 26 3.2.4 African Women’s Decade Launch .......................................................................................................................................... 27 3.2.5 GEAR Campaign .............................................................................................................................................................................. 28 3.2.6 Men to Men Regional Programme ........................................................................................................................................ 28 3.3 Strategic Goal 3: Training/Capacity-Building ................................................................................................... 33 3.3.1 Strengthening National Focal Points (NFPs) .................................................................................................................... 33 3.3.2 Female Literacy Project in Angola and Mozambique (FELITAMO) Project ................................................... 33 3.3.3 Internship Programme ................................................................................................................................................................... 34 3.3.4 The Second African Women in Political Leadership Conference in Zambia .................................................. 35 3.3.5 Staff Development ........................................................................................................................................................................... 36 3.3.6. Meetings participated/ attended and Papers presented ............................................................................................ 37 4.0 INSTITUTIONAL MATTERS ................................................................................................................................. 40 4.1 Administration/ Human Resource .................................................................................................................................................... 40 4.2 Annual Board Meetings and Extraordinary Board Meetings ............................................................................................. 40 4.3 The Fifth Programming Conference (PC) and General Assembly (GA) .................................................................... 41 4.4 The FEMNET Building Project ............................................................................................................................................................ 42 4.5 Financial Statements ................................................................................................................................................................................. 43 5.0 KEY LESSONS LEARNT AND CONCLUSION ............................................................................................... 45 ANNEXES ......................................................................................................................................................................... 46 A: List of New Publications received in the Resource Center in 2010 .................................................................................. 47 B: Policy Brief on Bridging the Digital Gender Divide in Africa ............................................................................................... 49 C: Communiqué of the Civil Society Experts .............................................................................................................................. 54 D: Summary Handout giving Highlights from the Africa Women’s Regional Shadow Report on Beijing .................... 59 E: 10-10-10 Communiqué to African Union Member States from the NGO ................................................................... 61 Twenty- two Years of Harnessing the Collective Leadership of African Women iii Abbreviations AAA Accra Agenda for Action ACBF African Capacity Building Foundation AE Aid Effectiveness ALF African Life Foundation AU African Union AUC African Union Commission AWC African Women’s Caucus AWD African Women’s Decade (2010-2020) AWDF African Women’s Development Fund AWID Association for Women Rights in Development BPfA Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action CAARMA Campaign launched by the African Union) CBOs Community Based Organizations CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CONAFED Comité National Femme et Développement (National Committee for Women and Development) CSW Commission on the Status of Women of the UN DAC Development Assistance Committee EASSI East African Sub-regional Support Initiative ECCA Empower Children & Communities against Abuse ECOWAS Economic Community Of West African States FBOs Faith-based Organizations FELITAMO Female Literacy Project in Angola and Mozambique Project FEMNET The African Women’s development and Communication Network FGM Female Genital Mutilation FK Fredskorpset FOI Freedom of Information GA General Assembly GEAR Gender Equality Architecture Reform HBF Heinrich Boll Foundation iCON Icon Women and Young People’s Leadership Academy ICTs Information and Communication Technologies IDASA Institute for Democracy in Africa M & E Monitoring and Evaluation MDGs Millennium Development Goals MEGEN Men for Gender Equality Now MOU Memorandum of Understanding NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development NFPs National Focal Points NGOCC Non-Governmental Organizations Coordinating Council NGOs Non-governmental organizations OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development PC Programming Conference PD Paris Declaration RC Resource Center RoA-Africa Reality of Aid Network-Africa SADC Southern African Development Community SOAWR Solidarity for African Women’s Rights Coalition SRHR Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights TAMWA Tanzania Media Women’s Association UN Women UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women UN United Nations UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNSCR United Nations Security Council Resolution WLSA Women and Law in Southern Africa Research and Education Trust ZARD Zambia Association for Research & Development iv Twenty- two Years of Harnessing the Collective Leadership of African Women Twenty- two Years of Harnessing