About three weeks ago, several members of the Ethiopian LGBTQIA+ community and allies in the diaspora woke up to TikTok videos containing pictures of their smiling faces under an Amharic text declaring,…
For days, the hunters have been gathering in their thousands on Telegram groups and TikTok live sessions, devising ways to capture their prey. They exchange notes about how to spot the “homosexual”.…
The World Bank has announced it will halt new loans to Uganda over the harmful anti-LGBTIQ law. On 26 May, Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni assented to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023, which criminalises…
The Women Deliver Conference, held since 2007, is one of the world’s largest gatherings on gender equity and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). This year, amidst a global backlash against…
Transitions and change are the only constants in life. We grow, we regress, and sometimes we plateau. But how do we measure progress and according to who, especially if one is involved…
This week, grassroots advocates, governments and multilateral organizations, private sector corporations, philanthropies and gender justice activists are all gathering in Rwanda for the Women Deliver conference. Such gatherings are important – certainly in…
Every year since 1995, countries and experts gather to discuss the state of climate change caused by human activities and assess progress made by each state on global greenhouse gas emission reduction…
The advancement of digital technologies has had a significant effect on democracy by transforming the way people interact with and consume information online. These technological innovations hold great potential to address gender…
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…