I must have been about 14 years growing up in the late 90s in rural Uganda when I overheard a conversation about abortion by a group of women. It was one of…
In January 2022, Kenyan women held a month-long sit-in and protests in front of their Consulate in Lebanon, demanding accountability for the consular staff they accused of exploitation, mistreatment and non-responsiveness, and asking for repatriation and adequate support.
Feminism is a political project about what could be. It’s always looking forward, invested in futures we can’t quite grasp yet. – Lola Olufemi In October 2020, the UN Women declared the…
“We are each other’s harvest: we are each other’s business: we are each other’s magnitude and bond.” Gwendolyn Brooks. Collective care has always been central to our existences as Africans before we…
Ghana is unsafe for lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) women, and this is a feminist issue. LBQ women are rarely part of national debates about women’s rights, and a deep undercurrent of…
On February 07, 2022, Senegal won the country’s first African Cup of Nations at Olembé Stadium in Cameroon. The victory, well-deserved, had come after two previous failed finals in 2002 and 2019.…
Domestic workers work in the sphere of our private lives where they perform essential care work, in conditions that are mostly unregulated and hidden from public view. This raises the risks of…
CW: This blog contains information about sexual assault and/or violence. It has been 5 years since my lifetime academic exclusion from Rhodes University, South Africa. It soon will be the 6th anniversary…
Of late, I have been thinking a lot about how we – ‘civil society club’ can speed up “walking the talk”– working with communities towards just, sustainable, and equal society. Most of…
Atim, mother of 6-year-old sexual abuse survivor “When I discovered my daughter had been sexually assaulted, I rushed her to the hospital where they found medical evidence of sexual penetration. She was…