Pictures Afrikadag 2024
The incredible 2024 Afrikadag was captured in over 300 pictures so be sure to take a look to relive this day once more!
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Afrikadag 2024 Recap: Getting Rights Right
On November 16 2024, Pakhuis de Zwijger was transformed into a vibrant meeting place for those passionate about Africa and development cooperation. Young and old, international and Dutch, returning Afrikadag visitors and new guests all came together to discuss and learn about human rights. The central question of the day was: "How do we ensure justice for African countries through support of those who are fighting for human rights and democracy?"
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''Portraits of the past and present'': A photo exhibition from Burundi
In this photo exhibition, displayed in Europe for the first time, Rweze (a women's collective of young photographers) and Impunity Watch invite you to discover portraits of Burundi's past and present, evoking the power of art and storytelling for bridging generations, to shed light into the power of art to confront the past.
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16.10.24 - The theme of 2024: "Getting rights right"
The largest event on international cooperation with African countries this year focuses on the important question: “How do we get rights right?”. What does this theme entail and why is it important to discuss this?
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What happens after the Afrikadag?
The Afrikadag is not solely a yearly returning event about Africa. Much effort is put in by the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) and Foundation Max van der Stoel (FMS) after an Afrikadag to build upon the valuable conversations of the day..
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WECF & WEP talk Feminist Forest Preservation
“They should be left standing,” urges John Baaki about the trees of the African tropical forest. A simple statement that captures the core of the complex puzzle that is forest preservation. Why is it so important to preserve the African forests and what role do Dutch policies have to play in protecting them? Preceding the Afrikadag workshop by Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF), WECF Netherlands Director Christy Aikhorin sits down with longstanding partner John Baaki from Women Environmental Programme (WEP), to ask John all about WEP’s work on gender, climate change and forest preservation – and how they are all interconnected.
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Little changes can make the difference! The power of new activism and citizens’ initiatives
“It is the little things that citizens do. That is what will make the difference.” That is what Dr. Wangari Muta Maathai said in one of her speeches addressed to the whole African continent. Dr. Maathai, a Kenyan environmental and political activist and Nobel prize winner, knew how to stimulate activism and citizens’ initiatives in order to create positive change. Where politics are still often traditional and closed, ordinary people know how to enforce change. This occurs in many areas, such as women’s rights, children’s rights, environmental rights, anti-corruption, and economic rights. With the help of technological developments, and social media as a powerful weapon, more and more people, especially young people and women, are active in putting their voices first. Therefore, the Afrikadag 2018 will focus on activism and citizens’ initiatives.
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Get to know the FEPS
This year the annual Africaday is organised by the Foundation Max van der Stoel (FMS) and the Foundation for European Progressive studies (FEPS).
