Many of us come from societies where marginalized people are expected to know “their place”. Here, power can manifest in the form of belonging to a dominant group with regards to age,…
Consent remains one of the issues often not discussed by young women and femmes in Tanzanian society. The denial of the bodily autonomy of young people and people who belong in marginalised…
Sunday morning November 22, 2020, I am lying in bed scrolling through my phone because it is a lazy day. I receive a text from my friend sharing a link to a…
It was one cold morning in June, and as listened to my youngest daughter get ready for her online class, I had no reason to believe that anything would be different from…
Every year, between November 25 to December 10, the world brings collective energies to mark the 16 Days of Activism Campaign against Gender-based Violence. The theme for the 2020 year focuses on…
Non-consensual Dissemination of Intimate Images (NCII) has become a particularly worryingly growing trend that threatens the voice and lives of many women on the continent, both on and offline. In July, African…
Uganda, like many countries in Africa, is going through an election period as both parliamentary and presidential positions are up for grabs come January 14, 2021. The constitution of Uganda in Article…
Living in Windhoek for 4 years allowed me to observe the gender equality progress Namibia was making but recently I have witnessed, in whatever way I can, in the conversations and my…
In August, as the reality of living while trying to survive a pandemic was finally hitting, and the magnitude of challenges to Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights were becoming amplified. Advocates were…
Recent populist politics has resulted in a resurgence of interest in nationalism as a critical concept although much of the discussion unsurprisingly continues to be skewed towards Euro-America and male political performances.…