In addressing various issues African women and girls grapple with, gendered data is important. We know that in Africa, like in most of the world, women and girls are far from enjoying the same rights, resources, opportunities and protections as men and boys because of gendered inequalities that are historically rooted in colonial legacies and patriarchal systems.
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The mobilizations specially provided platforms, space and amplified the voice in protesting against the violence women suffer on a daily basis; reclaiming the power to challenge oppressive systems and policies and advocating for keeping institutions and states accountable. We feminists do proclaim that the personal is political, which is difficult to articulate when sometimes discussions are sanitized and devoid of political nuance hence the resistance and mobilization.
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