WomensTrust Announces Retirement of Founder
The WomensTrust U.S. Board of Directors announced today that founder and president Dana Dakin has retired from the Board. February 21, 2012
WomensTrust Annual Report 2010
Having just returned from Pokuase, I’m overjoyed to report that vision is becoming reality. - Barbara Lucas, Chair, U.S. Board of Directors October 22, 2011
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to 3 Activist Women
LONDON — The Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 was awarded on Friday, October 7, 2011 to three women from Africa and the Arab world in acknowledgment of their nonviolent role in promoting peace,... October 12, 2011
African Women in Business
Supporting African businesswomen is key to the economic development of the continent according to Hilary Clinton on Voice of America News.Com June 19, 2011
KPBS Interview
Dana Dakin, founder of WomensTrust was interviewed by Maureen Cavanaugh on KPBS radio Midday Edition at 12:30 on June 6, 2001. Womens Empowerment International, a San Diego-based group, gave... June 6, 2011
Power of Passing Empowerment Along
On Wednesday, April 13, the women of AWE were inspired to hear entrepreneur and philanthropist Dana Dakin tell her own story of the founding of WomensTrust, a women’s empowerment program she... April 13, 2011
Women's Bond Club Award
Dana Dakin is awarded prestigious $25,000 Isabel Benham Award from Womens' Bond Club for making outstanding contributions in the lives of the women of Ghana. April 28, 2010
WomensTrust Makes Strides
"Dakin visited Concord recently with Gertrude Ankrah, the WomensTrust program director, and we chatted in the State House cafeteria" - Susan Cragin, Concord Monitor January 17, 2010
Encore Careers
Encore.org member Dana Dakin, who helps women in Ghana obtain microloans in her encore career, is featured in an interview posted on VibrantNation.com called “Helping Women Help Themselves.... August 31, 2009
The Women's Crusade
IN THE 19TH CENTURY, the paramount moral challenge was slavery. In the 20th century, it was totalitarianism. In this century, it is the brutality inflicted on so many women and girls around the... August 23, 2009
Two Faces of Ghana
"Ghana doesn't flinch from its past, and is creating a new future with forays into eco-tourism..." says author Laban Carrick Hill... August 9, 2009
Africa could slide back into poverty
The Africa Development Bank says millions of Africans are at risk of a substantial income drop. The collapse in the price of commodities could deprive every African of $250 a year. Stephen Beard... May 13, 2009
