AWDF'S 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence

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Obstacles for Women in Leadership Positions: The Case of South Africa

One of the findings of a 2007 survey done by the South African Commission on Gender Equality is that more than 30 percent of the respondents are of the opinion that women are too emotional to ha…

Reflections on South African's Anti-eviction Campaign

This article focuses on the Anti-Eviction Campaign (AEC) in Cape Town, South Africa, which is part of the larger anti-privatization movement, mobilized by disadvantaged township residents to asse…

Awkward Activisms: Gender and Embodied Mobilization in a Postapartheid South …

The focus of this article, however, is not primarily disciplinary paradigms or the tension of inhabiting incompatible orientations with regard to the ethnographic context of my research. Such con…

Invoking Memories of Legendary African Women: a Reading of Rocha Chimera's Tr…

This article examines how legendary representations enable reinterpretation of the histories of women in Africa. It shows that ascribing heroic and revolutionary qualities to remembered African wom…

Judicial Activism in the Context of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution: Emerging Co…

This article investigates gender implications of judicial activism within the context of the 2011 revolution. Relying on analysis of a sample of judicial decisions in the field of divorce and chi…

Gender Politics and Gender Backlash in Zimbabwe

In sub-Saharan Africa, the history of women’s involvement in liberation struggles and the realignment of gender relations following independence have long been characterized as a kind of gender…

Gender Equality and Women's Rights in the post-2015 agenda

There is no chance of making poverty history without significant and rapid improvements to have lives of women and girls in all countries. The post framework presents a unique opportunity to build …

In Bloom: AWDF Activity Report 2017

We acknowledge African women’s experience, skill and agency in leading positive change in all domains, and therefore focus our investments in resourcing African women’s activism, amplifying Afr…

Easy-to-Use Guide for Mainstreaming Gender

This guide was developed by FEMNET fellows based on their experiences and expertise in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The document helps organisations to mainstream gender in their organisations' polic…