“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” – Maya Angelou Patriarchy is exhausting, every day feels like and…
Rukia*, a seventeen-year-old Form three girl from a rural area in the coastal part of Kenya, found out she was pregnant after the holidays back in 2019. The ‘nurse’ she approached at…
On March 1, 2021, a businessman got into an argument with his wife. He assaulted her and she had to be rushed to the hospital for immediate medical attention. She later went…
On March 11, 2021, the Malawian parliament refused a tabling of the Termination of Pregnancy Bill. I remember the nerves and excitement the night before the set date when members of parliament…
“I have always had to invent the power my freedom needed.” -June Jordan. We continue to brave and survive the Covid-19 pandemic, a health crisis with varying strains killing millions of people…
One finds little literature on Muslim women and girls authored by Muslim women through their lived experiences. As the Holy Quran admonishes Muslims with an obligation to seek knowledge, the Women in…
Radical social and political change has always been a part of African history, and feminist movements have been an integral force in moving the continent forward. As we complete one year since…
Over 1200 people have signed their names to a statement in support of LGBT rights in Ghana and against government, media, and religious repression. These people are amongst a silent majority of…
On February 17, during the vetting of Adwoa Safo, the nominee for the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Mahama Ayariga the MP for Bawku Central asked whether lesbian, gay, bisexual…
To the laudation of feminists and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights activists, on 28th January 2021, President Biden rescinded the Mexico City Policy popularly known as the Global Gag Rule (GGR). This…