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STRATEGIC INITIATIVE FOR THE HORN OF AFRICA (SIHA)
Borne of the social justice movement, the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) Network is an indigenous African women’s rights organisation with a soul. Today we continue to work as an inclusive and diverse feminist women’s rights network that holds a unique position working as a regional civil society organisation in politically volatile contexts. SIHA works in a variety of cultural, political, and geographical environments in Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Somaliland, Sudan and South Sudan.
SUPPORT THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN AND THEIR RIGHTS FOR DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (STEWARD)
Support the Empowerment of Women and their Rights for Development (STEWARD Women)’s mission is to develop, shape and empower South Sudanese women to advocate for policies that foster equal economic opportunity and secure human rights for women and children. We work under five thematic program areas, namely: access to justice and the rule of law, psychosocial support, community security, women economic empowerment and sexual and reproductive health.
THE INTER-AFRICAN COMMITTEE ON HARMFUL TRADITIONAL PRACTICES (IAC)
The Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices affecting the Health of Women and Children (IAC) is an international and African regional umbrella body that has been working on policy programmes and actions to eliminate Harmful Traditional Practices in the African Region and worldwide.
Le Comité interafricain sur les pratiques traditionnelles affectant la santé des femmes et des enfants (IAC) est un organisme international et régional africain qui a travaillé sur des programmes et des actions politiques visant à éliminer les pratiques traditionnelles néfastes dans la région africaine et dans le monde entier.
THE INTER-AFRICAN NETWORK FOR WOMEN, MEDIA, GENDER EQUITY AND DEVELOPMENT (FAMEDEV)
Réseau Inter Africain pour les Femmes, Médias, Genre et Développement (FAMEDEV) est une organisation de défense des droits des femmes dont le siège est basé à Dakar au Sénégal. La MISSION de FAMEDEV est d’amener des changements substantiels en Afrique en utilisant les médias et en soutenant la promotion des femmes africaines dans les médias, de contribuer à l’établissement d’un système de réseaux de contacts fonctionnels pour la promotion des femmes africaines dans les médias, et d’aider au renforcement des compétences et des capacités des Africaines dans les médias au moyen de formation, de réseaux de contacts, d’activisme et de fundraising.
Inter African Network for Women, Media, Gender and Development (FAMEDEV) is a women’s rights organization headquartered in Dakar, Senegal. FAMEDEV’s mission is to bring about substantial changes in Africa by using the media and by supporting the promotion of African women in the media, to contribute to the establishment of a system of functional contact networks for the promotion of African women in the media, and to help build African women’s media skills and capacities through training, networking, activism and fundraising.