Sex Workers’ Rights are Women’s Rights
Amplifying Womenās Voices: Zambian Women Speak
Basali Amoho provides a container for womenās activism as individuals and as a community. The group aims to bring diverse women together, whatever their religion or background, to advocate against gender imbalances and violence against women.
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Why African Women Need to Write
"I've never engaged in this kind of writing before. I've given my testimonies to other people. But I have never tried to put it on paper for myself so that others can learn from my experiences," says Malawian activist Mirriam…
African Union: Feminists Unite
Linking up at the 20th African Union (AU) Summit, womenās rights lobbyists from across the continent called for an end to all forms of violence against women. At the Pan Africanism and African Renaissance Dialogue, young women issued a statement:…
Blasting Open the Lid on Violence against Zimbabwean Women
āIn Zimbabwe we are anticipating elections and a referendum in 2013, and previously our experience has been that women face rape and sexual violence in these circumstances," says Tariro Tandi of the Musasa Project, a JASS partner that focuses on…
Women fight for quality ARVs in Malawi
CEDAW Shadow Report-GALZ
This report, published by The Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe (GALZ), covers cases of violations experienced by LBT people in Harare and Bulawayo in response to continued attacks on the bodies of Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transwomen and Transmen. Most…