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I remember being about two years old and angry, my initiation into heteronormativity in the family yard. An uncle or neighbour calling me his wife to laughter and encouragement from those around. I was too young to understand why this […]
In the minds of many queer Africans, there stands a panopticon – a prison-like structure with a tower containing a singular guard formed of queerphobic social norms. It is a violent structure What makes violence, violence? As I write this, […]
After being immersed for at least two years in editing and writing a report on violence against women, thinking about violence led me back to an excerpt captured in CAL’s Feminist Disruptor handbook. The excerpt references a multitude of feminist […]
On this International Women’s day we present to you: The Feminist Disruptors Series: A Handbook The 2021 International Women’s Day theme is #ChooseToChallenge. We thought this an ode to feminist activism, which is constantly challenging all that threatens us with […]
La version française suit ci-dessous Submit your ideas! Feminists, activists and women human rights defenders working in countries in the Global South have been struggling with and challenging systemic and institutional oppression, including crisis in governance, patriarchy and heteronormativity, climate […]
When we were putting together the concept for issue #3 of the African Feminist Standpoint it was immediately obvious that we needed to speak to the folks at The Feminist Republik Platform. As we are all aware, feminists have been […]
‘Let’s Dance (The End)’ This is the last chapter of the 2007 book ‘What’s the Point of Revolution if We can’t dance’ by Jane Barry and Jelena Dordević.’ In this chapter of the book, we are invited to dance and […]
Numéro 3: Inspirez Soumettez-nous vos idées! Les soins personnels, le mieux-être et le bien-être, sont des idées concepts et (parfois) des mots à la mode que nous entendons dans les espaces des droits de l’Homme depuis un certain temps maintenant. […]
[French version below] Self-care, wellness and wellbeing are ideas, concepts, and (sometimes) buzzwords that we have been hearing in human right spaces for some time now. Slowly but surely activists, movements and organisations have begun to pay attention to the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Issue #2 Take a seat, smash the table, demand autonomy! Submit your ideas! Women have little control over their bodies and by consequences on their lives. From access to abortion and reproductive and sexual health services, to expressions of sexuality […]
With Egypt taking over the chairmanship of the African Union, the African Union’s reform process has been back in the news, with continued speculation about what a change in leadership could mean for the process. Whilst the reform process has […]
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