Over the last month in Nairobi, we have watched as thousands of people were made homeless as police and eviction crews stormed Ruai and Kariobangi in the middle of the night, demolishing…
Portuguese, Swahili, French and Spanish below. Statement in Arabic can be found here // Kireno, Kiswahili, Kifaransa na Kihispania hapa chini. Taarifa katika Kiarabu inaweza kupatikana hapa // Portugais, swahili, français et…
“When the photos finally came out, I thought, this is done. Life can now go on,” says Martha Kagimba Kemigisha, reflecting on the day her intimate photos were posted online. For the…
Vera Uwaila “Uwa” Omozuwa was just 22 with so much of life ahead of her. She was a student at the University of Benin who went to her church seeking a quiet…
Growing up, I was taught that menstruation was a private affair. I learnt that no one was supposed to know when I was on my period. Everything about how I handled myself…
Sudanese women’s rights groups have been fighting for equality in political participation in the transitional government since last year. Sudan has had a bumpy transition since the deposition of former dictator Omar…
In 2015, I ran an online poll asking 100 Malawians if they considered the non-consensual distribution of intimate images, or ‘revenge porn’ (as it is known colloquially) a form of sexual violence.…
Ethiopian Feminist Zemdena Abebe, in an article published in October 2019 asserted that “democracy is defined as a structure of decisionmaking where power is exercised by the people because our default definition…
It was some time in 2018 during my final year at university. I had just been selected as the first female Entertainment Director of the Catholic University of Malawi. A new academic…
Five years ago, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) carried out research showing that 73% of women had already been exposed to or had experienced some form of online…