The rate of sexual and gender-based violence in Namibia is so high that women fear walking down the street to catch a taxi to and from work, that women fear going outside…
As a normative frame, religion shapes the construction of gender, gender relations and womanhood in various ways. This is evident in the layered connection between fantasies of national wellbeing, religion and womanhood. …
I had lunch with my girls the other weekend after not seeing each other for some months. Like so many of our other conversations, the topic was about our bodies. This time…
Political shows and programmes in Ghanaian media are male-dominated. Turn on your radio or TV set any morning, what greets you are the usual faces and voices of men. Come back to…
She woke up terrified, alone, and hopeless trying to process and write her dream. These were the protagonists: Her The rapist Her mother’s priest/pastor Her friends A bunch of women who were…
Coronavirus is an immensely defining global health crisis, individuals and states have borne the effects of the pandemic in varied measures. In addition to the health crisis, the pandemic has exposed shortfalls…
The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound effects globally, crippling economies and exposing fragile health systems, with women and girls being some of the most vulnerable. In Sierra Leone, cases have risen over…
The Internet has primarily been my “office” for the few years I have been doing feminist movement building. It has fronted the birth of great movements I am thrilled to be part…
One too many Namibian women have lost their lives as a direct result of illegal abortion. One too many Namibian women have lost their freedom due to the criminalisation of abortion. One…
The international development sector has long hidden an ugly secret. Beneath its benevolent exterior, lies a long and complicated history that is intimately tied to the West’s imperial past. The recent global…