I am honored to bring this solidarity message from Women Watch Afrika, Inc. to Georgia refugees and refugees the world over who are not lucky to share this joy with us today. World refugee day is held every year on June 20. It is a special day when the world takes time to recognize the […]
Families Belong Together
On June 1st, 2018, Women Watch Afrika cohosted a National Day of Action Rally and Press Conference in front of the Atlanta ICE Field Office. The purpose? To bring to light the morally wrong and unconscionable actions of the U.S. Government in choosing to separate children–including infants–from their parents at borders as the families seek […]
Operation Limelight USA
Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is a worldwide problem. Worldwide 3 million girls are at risk of undergoing FGM/C, while 140 million women and girls are currently living with its consequences. FGM/C is practiced in 28 African countries, South East Asia, the Middle East (including Sudan, Somalia, and Yemen), and has been found happening in the United […]
Breaking News on SB 452
Final Update March 30, 2018: Breaking News/Update: SB 452 the anti-immigrant & unconstitutional bill FAILED! Thank you to everyone for the support along the way, for all the calls & emails to the GA Speaker of House, the Gov, the Reps, & for your numerous Hearings attendance @ the State Capitol! #HumanRights #StrongerTogether ——- […]
Happy International Women’s Day
On this International #WomensDay Women Watch Afrika celebrates all women who are focused on making the world a better place, all women who fight for women’s rights & gender equality, and all the courageous & inspiring refugee, asylee, & immigrant women who never stop believing in a brighter and better tomorrow #TimeIsNow #IWD2018
Upcoming Events
See below for Women Watch Afrika’s Upcoming, Current, and Immediate Past Events: Upcoming: International Women’s Day–March 8th 2019 Current: Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Day at the Capitol–February 20, 2019 Immigrant Rights Thursdays at the Capitol–Every Thursday Till March 2019! September 29, 2018: WWA PHA Program and Men Violence Prevention Program Graduations […]
Giving Tuesday
Hello Friends, Happy Tuesday! Please consider donating to Women Watch Afrika, Inc. today. Click the link below. Thanks for your support. #GivingTuesday #GivingTuesday2017 Women Watch Afrika, Inc Giving Tuesday 2017
FGM Mini-Conference
Justice Initiative
JUSTICE INITIATIVE Note: This article is revised from one I wrote in 2011 in the midst of the on-going Black farmer lawsuit against the USDA. It provides an overview of the history of the struggles Black farmers and, importantly, their resistance. Heather Gray A Short History of Black-Owned Land in AmericaMichelle Bachmann’s Crazy Ideas About Black […]
The Next 50 Years
The Surgeon General has released “The Next 50 Years,” an inspirational new video on ending the tobacco epidemic For more than fifty years, the Surgeon General has been reporting about the dangers of smoking and tobacco use. The findings have spurred many of us to help smokers quit, clear the air of secondhand smoke, and […]