On May 13, Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC Alliance), carried out a flash protest against the government’s failure to provide relief food or funds to the people…
We didn’t see it coming, a novel virus that has put the world on its knees. For some months we thought we were safe until tragedy hit home, in Uganda when the…
It all started with a tweet. The day is 17th May 2020. 17th May is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Usually, we would celebrate this day at an event…
As African countries continue to battle the Coronavirus pandemic, African women’s rights activists and organisers continue to find ways to respond to the challenge. With all the limitations that measures to stem…
“Are we working from home or living at work?” Seanice Lojede, a digital media strategist asked in a tweet recently. The COVID-19 pandemic has upended what was conventionally accepted as the workplace;…
Dear sister, I have been meaning to write you this letter. You are constantly in my thoughts. I think of us, and how this world would look different if white cishetero homophobic…
Every morning I wake up, pick up my phone, or turn on my computer, to catch up on the news. In these new normal times of COVID-19, I must say that the…
Society, as always, has its uncountable excuses on how women must act, coupled with the usual anthem of ‘how to woman’. However over the years, we have seen; ‘how to feminist’ and…
A few weeks back, during good old pre-COVID-19 days, a friend in the feminist circle received an alarming message on Facebook. It was from her ‘Facebook friend’ who was conversant with her…
Since hitting the world at the end of last year, the novel coronavirus has claimed thousands of lives, it is wrecking economies while leaving many workers uncertain about their current and future…