On June 1, 2023, the Senegalese courts finally ruled on the Sweet Beauty case, in which Adji Sarr, a young woman employed at this passage parlor, accused Ousmane Sonko, leader of the Pastef political…
A tweet with a screenshot excerpt from the article Sheroes and Silencers: Navigating Power in Feminist Spaces appeared on my timeline last night. Alongside it, these words from the Twitter user: “To…
Whether I chose feminism or feminism chose me, I am not sure. What I am sure about is that the women in my department at the university made it easier and continue…
By Senegalese Feminist Activists Translated from French to English by Dr. Rama Salla Dieng May 26, 2023 The fight for women’s rights in Senegal remains a fight that is certainly endless, but…
The National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) gained a historic win at the Kenyan Supreme Court on February 24, 2023. It was finally able to register as an official nongovernmental…
Ugandan queer feminist anthropologist, poet, and activist Stella Nyanzi was arrested in November 2018 for violating the Computer Misuse Act when she posted a poem on the occasion of President Yoweri Museveni’s…
In 2014, the government of Sweden fulfilled a liberal feminist dream. It announced and established the first openly feminist foreign policy (FFP) in history in a bold effort to address obstacles to…
“Taking away women’s right to consent can be a form of affirmative action” In Uganda, sexism thrives in seemingly mundane and blatantly malignant forms. From the everyday policing of women’s bodies, the…
On April 29th, 2021, a 21-year-old Iniubong Umoren left home in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom, Nigeria, for a job interview. She never returned alive. At 4:29 PM that day, Iniubong’s friend sent out the…
At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the gripping images of militarised response to contain the virus spread in Uganda couldn’t be missed. Images of women traders and market vendors beaten by…