Taking Stock of 2018 Feminist Wins and Renewing our Resolve to Fight

The mobilizations specially provided platforms, space and amplified the voice in protesting against the violence women suffer on a daily basis; reclaiming the power to challenge oppressive systems and policies and advocating for keeping institutions and states accountable. We feminists do proclaim that the personal is political, which is difficult to articulate when sometimes discussions are sanitized and devoid of political nuance hence the resistance and mobilization.

Uphold Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Women in their Diversity: Intersection between GBV and Disability

During the #16DaysOfActivism, it is critical to recognize the profound ways in which gender based violence affects women and girls. Beyond that, it is also important to amplify the experiences of women and girls in their diversity and understand that women are affected differently depending on their experiences and situations.

#HearMeToo: Feminist First

Feminist First By Mercy Eni I am a feminist first Excuse me sir, you heard me? Yes, you mister with the litter of disdain you throw my way At my hair kinky as it gets, my face when that acne breaks, my shirt, my pants Armored in your spick and span, suit and tie Betrayed…

HERStory #ስለሷ – Kelemua on sustenance through the informal sector

Kelemua Tadesse is in her 60s and currently living in Addis Ababa. All the people who know Kelemua well consider her as a brave woman with many untold stories. As AfricanFeminism (AF) is featuring the HERStory #ስለሷ series, I wanted to know why and how they believe she is a brave woman. She was in…

Adventures of an ‘Abyssinian Nomad’: Interview with Maskarm Haile – HERStory #ስለሷ

A spirited African woman on a journey of discovery across Africa and across the plains of her self knowing. Meet Maskarm Haile and get to know her a bit through HERStory.

HERStory #ስለሷ – Eden on escaping early marriage

I met Eden in my uncle’s house serving coffee while I was having a serious conversation with my cousins about early and arranged marriage. We did not know Eden was paying attention to our conversation until she sat beside me and told me, she had ran away from her birthplace because her parents forced her…

HERStory #ስለሷ – Habtamua on shoe shining, life & other matters.

Our HERStories series explore the lives and document the experiences of various women from all walks of life. In this piece, our volunteer Yabi Deres from Addis Ababa strikes up a conversation with Habtamua in the city of Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.