Towards a Transformative, Feminist Approach to Trauma in Africa: Perspectives…

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‘A proper woman, in the African tradition’: The construction of gender an…

This article discusses how Wangari Maathai’s life experiences narrated in her autobiography Unbowed offers an opportunity for discussing the contradictions surrounding the perception, place and i…

Gendered Epidemics and Systems of Power in Africa: A Feminist Perspective on …

This article is about systems of power, and the way different power systems – global, local, patriarchal and family – interconnect and create vulnerability to epidemic and infectious diseases a…

Exploring the Relationship Between Participation in an Adult-women’s Soccer…

Rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in Sub-Saharan Africa are among the highest of any region in the world. Empirical studies on the effectiveness of IPV-prevention programs in A…

Leadership, Voice, and Visibility Strengthening African women’s voice and r…

Despite recent gains in areas such as school attendance and literacy, the struggle for women’s rights and equality in Africa remains constant. Alongside the socio-economic barriers holding down m…

CHARTER OF FEMINIST PRINCIPLES FOR AFRICAN FEMINISTS

"The African Feminist Forum took place from 15 - 19 November 2006 in Accra, Ghana. The meeting brought together over 100 feminist activists from all over the region and the diaspora. The space was…

Feminist Africa 22 Feminists Organising — Strategy, Voice, Power

Feminist Africa is guided by a profound commitment to transforming gender hierarchies in Africa, and seeks to redress injustice and inequality in its content and design, and by its open-access and …

“I’m not a feisty bitch, I’m a feminist!” Feminism in AWAKE! Women of…

Although being an African, a sex worker and a feminist are often considered to be incongruent identities, in certain embodiments they intersect and inform each other. This Profile highlights what…

#MosqueMeToo:Islamic Feminism in the Twitter sphere

In this paper I examine the impact of social media campaigns, using the trending hashtag #MosqueMeToo as an artifact to analyze the extent to which these visual codes (through their democratic mode…

Book Chapter: Is Formal Education Empowering?

This book attempts to show that the teaching-learning process in higher education, and religion, taught and learned through non-formal and informal education (or the hidden curriculum), and other s…