Welcome to episode 1 of a podcast recorded by the Autonomy Project: Zimbabwe In this rustic and unedited episode, Lala, Tash, Mz Black and Thandi talk about the Zimbabwean LBQ context – how liberal is liberal and are we still struggling […]
Are we going nowhere slowly?
We will walk as far as we can Feminism! We are feminists! The term/ phrase has been both a blessing and a curse, mostly a curse. In a room full of conservatives, it is the label that defines all the […]
A Zine Making Exercise
In 2019 Autonomy Collectives came together in Gaborone, Botswana to share with one another the experiences, lessons and challenges they have had in organising as LBQ women under the theme of Autonomy in their own countries. The main actors within […]
I sit with curling tongs
I sit with curling tongs Straightening out the kink that leads to my despair I find myself transported as a 16th century compere My finger clicks a search engine Feminists of sound enraged mind and tongue The communis rixatrix or […]
Sexuality Rights Organising at the ACHPR
As recently as 2015 Commissioner Bechir Khalfallah from Algeria, in a public session at the African Commission on human and peoples’ rights (ACHPR) – the foremost regional body built to protect and promote human rights on the continent stated the […]
Inside out
Enough, now, of this introspection Self-reflection I must advance, or change direction Makes no sense to mope and brood Be in a mood What I need is a change of attitude The experts on this all agree That what […]
Life Plan
Our different lives are so distinct And yet so consummately linked Apart in our dependent selves Like a single cupboard’s separate shelves What will it take to make us see You can’t be you unless I’m me? That hurting […]
Midnight Lover
Surf the Galaxy of Love
Standing at the Borders
I grew up in Gaborone, Botswana, a big city with a small town feel and one of the warmest-both the people and climate. I have called it home for almost 3 decades and will continue to call it home because […]
African Feminist Organising and the Right to Development
The right to development presents a key opportunity for African feminist organising on sexual rights in multilateral spaces. Unlike the flattened neoliberal models of development often proffered by our governments, development under this framework is understood to be a “a […]
No justice for sexual assault victims in Kenya
On any given day, women in Kenya are facing thousands of different forms of sexual harassment and assaults. Reports of sexual assaults in Kenya have been on an alarming rise but unfortunately most sexual assault cases are never reported. In […]
Une histoire parmi d’autres, une quête de libération…
Je ne sais pas ce qui se trame derrière mon existence. Tout ce que je sais est que je suis vivante et donc piégée, je n’ai pas été consultée avant ma naissance et je me retrouve ainsi à devoir passer […]
Rainbow Nation
Autonomies
Ceci n’est ni un récit ni un article académique. Ce papier, ses mots sont le fruit de longues honnêtes discussions avec des personnes formidables, de mes propres expériences et de mon vécu de tous les jours en tant qu’un.e assigné.e […]
Violência Doméstica – um ensaio académico
Pertence à Mulher o dom de ensinar a arte da paz ao mundo em luta e sedento deste néctar (Gandhi) Resumo O presente artigo académico visa retratar o fenómeno social de violência doméstica, perpetuada por homens contra mulheres, no seio […]
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