Civil society organisations across Africa call for protection from coronavirus to be a global public good, freely and fairly available to all
Covid-19 has killed over a hundred thousand people across Africa, decimated African economies, and pushed millions of people into poverty and hunger with no end in sight unless there is a shift to ensure immediate full access to vaccines. The virus has profoundly exploited existing inequalities, disproportionately affecting frontline healthcare and other essential workers most of whom are women, and people who were already living in poverty.
Ensuring every African can get a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine, swiftly and free of charge, is the most effective way to save lives and livelihoods, keep our children in school, reduce unemployment rates and re-open our economies. Without it, gains made by African countries on issues of food security, democratic governance, gender justice and women’s rights will be reversed completely.
African Publishing Innovation Fund Names Five 2021 Projects
These new African Publishing Innovation Fund grants respond to the educational shortfalls in parts of Africa where the switch to digital has left students without adequate resources.
The fishing village of Butre in Ghana, the type of rural community in which girls in particularly have faced challenges in accessing online learning because of a significant urban-rural digital divide. Girls are expected to take on childcare responsibilities and household chores. Image – iStockphoto: TG23
‘Scalable Digital Learning Innovations’
In its announcement today (March 10) of its allocations of US$170,000 in 2021 funding, the African Publishing Innovation Fund has named five projects to receive grants, from an initial total of 311 applications from 26 African nations.
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