About Femnet: information, experience, ideas, strategies/Informations utiles sur FEMNET.The African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) was set up in 1988 to share information, experiences, ideas and strategies among African women's non-governmental organisations (NGOs) through communications, networking, training and advocacy so as to advance women's development, equality and other women's human rights in Africa.FEMNET's aims to strengthen the role and contribution of African NGOs focusing on women's development, equality and other human rights. It also aims to provide an infrastructure for and a channel through which these NGOs can reach one another and share information, experiences and strategies to as to improve their input into women's development, equality and other women's human rights in Africa. FEMNET is governed by a Constitution and the following governance and administrative structure: * national focal points focal point n. See focus. in African countries whose representatives attend a tri-annual programming conference and General Assembly; * an elected 12 member Executive Board which includes two Board members per sub-region and a Chairperson chairperson Chairman The head of an academic department. See 'Chair.', Cf Chief. . In addition, there are two Ex-Officio Board members (immediate past Chairperson and the Executive Director); * an elected seven member Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. to oversee FEMNET's assets; and * a Secretariat which implements FEMNET's programmes and is headed by an Executive Director. FEMNET's specific objectives include: * exchanging experiences in planning, implementing and evaluating women's programmes and projects through interaction with NGOs, development agencies and relevant regional and international intergovernmental in·ter·gov·ern·men·tal adj. Being or occurring between two or more governments or divisions of a government. in bodies; * promoting women s activities in Africa through the strengthening of existing organisations and the establishment of new ones as may be needed; * playing vanguard and catalytic roles in the treatment of feminist issues which cannot be handled by government gender mechanisms due to the threat that such issues pose to patriarchal pa·tri·ar·chal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a patriarch. 2. Of or relating to a patriarchy: a patriarchal social system. 3. states; * promoting the better utilisation of African women's NGOs by development agencies and regional and international intergovernmental organisations such as the OAU OAU abbr. Organization of African Unity OAU n abbr (= Organization of African Unity) → OUA f OAU n abbr (= Organization of African Unity and the various UN agencies; * mobilising resources for African women's development, equality and other women's human rights by local, regional and international sources; and enabling collective action by African women's movements women's movement: see feminism; woman suffrage. women's movement Diverse social movement, largely based in the U.S., seeking equal rights and opportunities for women in their economic activities, personal lives, and politics. in order to tackle regional gender issues. Since its inception in 1988, FEMNET has played a leadership role for African women's NGOs at regional and international decision-making and policy fora. FEMNET works in three main programme areas: Advocacy, Training and Communications. For more information please contact: African Women's Development and Communications Network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. (FEMNET) Off Westlands Road P.O. Box 54562, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: +254 2 3741301/20 Fax: +254 2 3742927 E-mail: admin@femnet.or.ke Website: www.femnet.or.ke FEMNET Board Members West Africa West Africa A region of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea. It was largely controlled by colonial powers until the 20th century. West African adj. & n. Mama Koite Chairperson Syndicat National de l'Education et de la Culture (SNEC SNEC Singapore National Eye Centre SNEC Subgroup on Nuclear Export Coordination SNEC Syndicat National de l'Education et de la Culture (French: Trade Union of Education and Culture) ) BP 1866 Bamako, Mali Tel: (223) 222 4721/222 6146 Portable: (223) 674 8979 Fax: (223) 223 0025/222 0868 Email: snec@cefib.com mamakoite@yahoo.fr Augustine Quashigah Executive Board GAPVOD Women in Development PO Box 1562, Accra, Ghana Tel: 233 24 257467/8190549; 233 21 775028 (home) Fax: 233 21 773372/776712 Email: augustine@ghana.com Mme Opportune op·por·tune adj. 1. Suited or right for a particular purpose: an opportune place to make camp. 2. Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time: an opportune arrival. Santos Santos (sän`t  s), city (1996 pop. 412,288), São Paulo state, SE Brazil, on the island of São Vicente in the Atlantic just off the mainland.
Board of Trustee Nouvelle Opportunite Pour la Femme La Femme is a women-only beach in Marina, Egypt which caters to Muslims who want to swim in comfort away from prying and prurient view of "men and cameras". External links
[1] Africaine (NOFA NOFA Northeast Organic Farming Association (New Jersey) NOFA Notice of Funding Availability NOFA National Organic Farmers Association ) BP 1996 Lome, Togo Telephone: (228) 227 82 68 lelecopie: (228) 222 41 20 Email: aksantos@togoimet.com Central Africa Elise Kindja Muhimuzi Executive Board CONAFED Avenue Mutombo Katsh no 7 PO Box 5744, Kinshasa/Gombe Republique Democratique du Congo Tel: 243-9918406 Email: conafed@ic.cd Consolee Mukanyiligira Board of Trustee AVEGA AVEGA Association des Veuves du Génocide Agahozo BP 1535 Kigali, Rwanda Tel: 250 08 520122 Email: avega@rwandal.com mukanyiligiraconso@yahoo.fr East Africa Kibre Dawit Choir, Board of Trustee Kisama Africa University Africa University is a, "private, Pan-African and United Methodist-Related institution." It has more than 1,200 students from 16 African countries and the world.[1] It is located 17 Km outside Mutare, Zimbabwe's fourth largest city. College PO Box Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (ăd`ĭs ăb`əbə) [Amharic,=new flower], city (1994 pop. 2,112,737), capital of Ethiopia. It is situated at c.8,000 ft (2,440 m) on a well-watered plateau surrounded by hills and mountains. , Ethiopia Tel: 251 1 201683/9-206401 251 1 204732 (direct line) Email: kisama_Africa@yahoo.cam Pamela Kola kola: see cola. Board of Trustee CRECHE Po Box Nairabi, Kenya Tel/Fax: 245 20 569786 Email: creche_kola@hotmail.com Norah Matovu Winyi Treasurer FIDA-Uganda PO Box 2157, Kampala, Uganda Tel: 256 41 530848/077 825829/031 262971 Email: fidauganda@africaonline.co.ug nomir2002@yahoo.com Fatma Allo Executive Board TAMWA TAMWA Tanzania Media Women's Association PO Box 20027, Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam Largest city (pop., 1995 est.: 1,747,000), capital, and major port of Tanzania. Founded in 1862 by the sultan of Zanzibar, it came under the German East Africa Co. in 1887. , Tanzania Tel: 255 741 328056 Email: fallo@zitec.org Southern Africa
Sara Longwe Immediate Past Chairperson Lengwe Clarke & Associates 36 Villa Wanga, Chelston PO Box 37090, Lusaka, Zambia Tel: 260 1 283484 Fax: 260 1 283646 Email: sararoy@zamtel.zm longwe@mailcity.com Natasha Primo Secretary Women's Net PO Box 62577, Marshalltown 2107, South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. Tel: 27 11 83355959 Fax: 27 11 83379997 Email: natasha@womensnet.org.za Mercy Siame Board of Trustee NGO NGO abbr. nongovernmental organization Noun 1. NGO - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government nongovernmental organization Coodinating Committee PO Box 50239, Lusaka, Zambia Tel: 260 97 814885/233345 Email: ngocc@zamnet.zm sonya3@zamtel.zm Homa Mungapen Board of Trustees, FEMNET Bahai International Council of Mauritius Office of External Affairs & Public Information 40 Volcy Pougnet St. Port-Louis, Mauritius Tel: 230 212 2179/2109685 Tel/Fax: 230 211 1212 Email: homajoon@intnet.mu Informations, experiences, idees, strategies Informations Utiles sur FEMNET Le Reseau ré·seau or re·seau n. pl. réseaus or réseaux 1. A net or mesh foundation for lace. 2. Astronomy de Developpement et de Communications de la Femme Africaine (FEMNET) a ete cree en 1988. Cette organisation se proposait au depart de partager, entre les organisations non gouvernementales axees sur la promotion de la femme, les informations, les experiences, les idees et les strategies dans le cadre (company) CADRE - The US software engineering vendor which merged with Bachman Information Systems to form Cayenne Software in July 1996. des communications, de la gestion des reseaux, de la formation et de la sensibilisation, dans le but de promouvoir l'emancipation de la femme, l'egalite entre les sexes et d'autres droits humains reconnus aux femmes en Afrique. L'objectif primordial primordial /pri·mor·di·al/ (pri-mor´de-al) primitive. pri·mor·di·al adj. 1. Being or happening first in sequence of time; primary; original. 2. de FEMNET est egalement de renforcer le role et la contribution des ONG ONG Organisation Non Gouvernementale ONG Organización No Gubernamental ONG Organização Não-Governamental (Brazil) ONG Organizzazione Non Governativa (Italian) africaines essentiellement orientees sur l'emancipation de la femme, l'egalite entre lesesexes et sur d'autres droits humains dont les femmes sant censees jouir en Afrique. Parmi les visees du Reseau figurent aussi bien la creation d'une instance de concertation et d'une structure formelle a travers lesquelles cas organisations non gouvernementales peuvent se retrouver et partager les elements d'information, les donnees d'experience et les differentes strategies permettant de renforcer leurs contributions a l'emancipation de la femme, a l'egalite entre les hommes el les femmes [beginning strikethrough] et a la reconnaissance [end strikethrough] aux femmes africaines le droit Le Droit (established on March 27, 1913) is a Canadian daily newspaper, published in Ottawa, Canada and is operated by Gesca since 2000. History The newspaper was launched at that period as a tool to condemn Bill 17, an Ontario legislation that abolished education a la jouissance Jou´is`sance n. 1. Jollity; merriment. d'autres droits humains. FEMNET est regi par des statuts, des organes directeurs et une strudure de gestion administrativa qui se presentent comme suit: * Des organes de coordination nationale (points focaux) au niveau des pays africains dont les representants participent aux conferences de programmation ainsi qu'a l'Assemblee Generale qui siegent tous les trois ans; * Un Conseil Executif elu, compase de 11 membres parmi lesquels deux membres elus par sous--region, et une Presidente. Le Conseil Executif compte egalement deux mem bres de droit [French, Justice, right, law.] A term denoting the abstract concept of law or a right. Droit is as variable a phrase as the English right or the Latin jus. It signifies the entire body of law or a right in terms of a duty or obligation. , coop COOP See Banks for Cooperatives (COOP). tes sur la base de leurs attributions au sein de l'Organisation, la Presidente sortante et la Directrice Executive * Un Conseil de gestion compose com·pose v. com·posed, com·pos·ing, com·pos·es v.tr. 1. To make up the constituent parts of; constitute or form: de sept membres charge de la surveillance du patrimoine de FEMNET; et * Un secretariat dirige par la Directrice Executive et charge de l'application des programmes de FEMNET. Les objectifs specifiques de FEMNET comportent : * Le partage des experiences en matiere de planification, de mise en aeuvre et d'evaluation de projets et des programmes des femmes dans le cadre precis des echanges avec les ONG, les institutions specialisees en developpement et les organismes regionaux, internationaux et intergouvernementaux appropries; * La promotion des adivites des femmes en Afrique en renforcant le pouvoir des organisations existantes et en en creant de nou velles le cas echeant; * La determination a jouer les roles d'avant-garde et de principal initiateur des solutions des problemes feministes qui echappent au controle des mecanismes institutionnels charges de la pro motion de la femme a cause de la menace que ces problemes font pesar sur les systemes politico-administratifs d'inspiration patriarcale; * La promotion d'une meilleure exploitation des ONG des femmes africaines par les institutions chargees des questions de developpement, des organisations regionales, internationales et intergouvernementales telles que l'OUA et les differentes insti tutions specialisees des Nations Unies; * La mobilisation n. 1. Mobilization. Noun 1. mobilisation - act of marshaling and organizing and making ready for use or action; "mobilization of the country's economic resources" mobilization , par diverses sources locales regionales et internationates de financement, des ressources indispensables pour l'emancipation de la femme, l'egalite entre la femme et l'homme et pour d'autres droits humains reconnus a la femme africaine; la promotion, par des associations feminines, des initiatives collectives destinees a aborder les questions regionales traitant de la condition feminine; Depuis ses debuts en 1988, FEMNET a joue un role de leader pour les organisations africaines au niveau regional ainsi que dans les instances de prise de decision et de formulation de politiques au niveau international. FEMNET travaille dans trois domaines principaux, a savoir le plaidoyer, la formation et la communication. Pour plus d'informations, veuillez contacter: Reseau de developpement et de communication des femmes africaines (FEMNET) Off Westlands Road P.O. Box 54562, Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: +254 2 3741301/20 Fax: +254 2 3742927 E-mail: admin@femnet.or.ke Website: www.femnet.or.ke FEMNET Board Members West Africa Mama Koite Chairperson Syndicat National de l'Education et de la Culture (SNEC) BP 1866 Bamako, Mali Tel: (223) 222 4721/222 6146 Portable: (223) 674 8979 Fax: (223) 223 0025/222 0868 Email: snec@cefib.com mamakoite@yahoo.fr Augustine Quashigah Executive Board GAPVOD Women in Development PO Box 1562, Accra, Ghana Tel: 233 24 257467/8190549; 233 21 775028 (home) Fax: 233 21 773372/776712 Email: augustine@ghana.com Mme Opportune Santos Board of Trustee Nouvelle Opportunite Pour la Femme Africaine (NOFA) BP 1996 Lome, Togo Telephone: (228) 227 82 68 lelecopie: (228) 222 41 20 Email: aksantos@togoimet.com Central Africa Elise Kindja Muhimuzi Executive Board CONAFED Avenue Mutombo Katsh no 7 PO Box 5744, Kinshasa/Gombe Republique Democratique du Congo Tel: 243-9918406 Email: conafed@ic.cd Consolee Mukanyiligira Board of Trustee AVEGA BP 1535 Kigali, Rwanda Tel: 250 08 520122 Email: avega@rwandal.com mukanyiligiraconso@yahoo.fr East Africa Kibre Dawit Choir, Board of Trustee Kisama Africa University College PO Box Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel: 251 1 201683/9-206401 251 1 204732 (direct line) Email: kisama_Africa@yahoo.cam Pamela Kola Board of Trustee CRECHE Po Box Nairabi, Kenya Tel/Fax: 245 20 569786 Email: creche_kola@hotmail.com Norah Matovu Winyi Treasurer FIDA-Uganda PO Box 2157, Kampala, Uganda Tel: 256 41 530848/077 825829/031 262971 Email: fidauganda@africaonline.co.ug nomir2002@yahoo.com Fatma Allo Executive Board TAMWA PO Box 20027, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Tel: 255 741 328056 Email: fallo@zitec.org Southern Africa Sara Longwe Immediate Past Chairperson Lengwe Clarke & Associates 36 Villa Wanga, Chelston PO Box 37090, Lusaka, Zambia Tel: 260 1 283484 Fax: 260 1 283646 Email: sararoy@zamtel.zm longwe@mailcity.com Natasha Primo Secretary Women's Net PO Box 62577, Marshalltown 2107, South Africa Tel: 27 11 83355959 Fax: 27 11 83379997 Email: natasha@womensnet.org.za Mercy Siame Board of Trustee NGO Coodinating Committee PO Box 50239, Lusaka, Zambia Tel: 260 97 814885/233345 Email: ngocc@zamnet.zm sonya3@zamtel.zm Homa Mungapen Board of Trustees, FEMNET Bahai International Council of Mauritius Office of External Affairs & Public Information 40 Volcy Pougnet St. Port-Louis, Mauritius Tel: 230 212 2179/2109685 Tel/Fax: 230 211 1212 Email: homajoon@intnet.mu |
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