This article seeks to explore, at a theoretical level, the broad trajectories of recent African feminist engagements with ideas about gender and violence, and argues that while there is evidence of…
The Council for Higher Education notes the lack of women doing research in South African universities. Focusing on the experiences of South African women academics, this article highlights the ways…
In this article, I describe and analyse women’s activism where I have encountered it in these three settings. From the self analysis and personal transformation processes in each setting I reflec…
This article draws on socio-cultural anthropological research conducted in a rural village in Buhaya, Tanzania, and focuses on how food and nutrition insecurity and gendered vulnerability fuel HIV/…
This thesis explores the pursuit of a new African personality in post-colonial Ghana by President Nkrumah and his African American network. I argue that Nkrumah’s engagement with African American…
From American Idol style talent competitions to Chinese Vogue, the recent influx of digital culture in urban China has irrevocably changed the country’s social landscape. By 2000, Chinese urbanit…
"Women's funds and nonprofit organizations are doing important work in reproductive health, rights and justice (RH/ RR/RJ). To fulfill their missions, they need to make an effective case to funders…
This essay looks into reasons women have for reporting or not reporting domestic violence and sexual assault. While this topic has received a considerable amount of research from scholars, it stil…