When I die, bury me where my mother wants me to be buried. When I die, let my mother’s wishes be respected. I recently found out that once married via a traditional…
For the last 63 years, the United Nations has hosted a commission on the status of women (CSW) established as a functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) by ECOSOC…
If you work in the development sector, you’re bound to hear, in the weeks preceding March 8th: “let’s host a workshop celebrating women”. Or see several initiatives and posts on social media…
In early November 2019, an ordinary meeting on maladministration in a small town near the Ethio-Eritrean border ended abruptly. A woman had revealed she had been raped by a police officer over…
Black fishnet stockings. Black thigh-high boots, block-heels, slightly worn out-leaning to the left As if to mimic her disposition, Black leather skirt, fitting-like a glove, with a silver zipper running down the…
I have to confess that I have always been slightly irritated by the assumption that as an African, privileged to have been to school and with a job, I cannot or should…
On February 20, late evening, my WhatsApp buzzed. It was news of another arrest. Sheena Bagaine, a student at Uganda Christian University was held and police were refusing to release her on…
The aftermath of Dr. Stella Nyanzi’s irresistible poem speaking to power directly activated an intense slew of fragile masculinities collapsing, patriarchs calling for her arrest and the said arrest was eventually executed.…
“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson. Conflict is one of the biggest challenges facing the African continent, fuelled by inequality, poverty, unemployment,…
What does liberation look like if it doesn’t come with structural change? This is a question that many of us with election cycles coming up need to ask ourselves, especially before throwing…