Most literature on land tenure in sub-Saharan Africa has presented women as a homogenous group. This study uses evidence from Ghana, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe to show that women have differentiated pro…
This history of urban agriculture in Africa dates to the colonial era when farming flourished in urban areas, largely to meet consumption needs of bureaucrats, settlers, and other elites. Urban agr…
Voice, Power and Soul is a platform to amplify the voices of African women and more importantly to challenge the dominant narratives which portray African women largely as passive recipients of aid.
Background: The Mahalapye district health management team (DHMT) conducts regular audits to evaluate the standard of services delivered to patients, one of which is the prevention of mother-to-chil…
The African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) hosted the fourth regional African Feminist Forum (AFF) in Harare, Zimbabwe from 10-12 April 2016 under the theme, African Feminism: Voice, Power and Sou…
Social media platforms have grown by leaps and bounds over the past eight years, as has social media activism against sexual violence. The intensification of the #MeToo Movement in 2017 has spurred…
This piece is therefore informed by a panel presentation of student experiences of GWS at particular South African institutions. Barabra Boswell shared her insights of GWS at the University of the …
HIV/AIDS is recognized as a national priority health issue in Ghana. Consequently, the Ghana AIDS Commission and the National AIDS Control Programme were established, among other things, to enhance…
Fiela’s child and Sorg are two female-authored popular Afrikaans novels that entertain as subtext dynamics of female agency in the same region and historical period, namely the Little Karoo of …