November 23, 2023
Africa: African Women Won't Be Heard At Cop So We Wrote Our Own Climate Plan
The Women's Climate Assembly brought together movements from across Africa and came up with a powerful declaration. Read more »
September 15, 2023
Africa: Building the South-South Feminist Archive - an Interview With Ghiwa Sayegh of Kohl Journal
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
July 12, 2023
Africa: 20 Years After Maputo, It's a Long Road Ahead to Gender Equality
Two decades on from a landmark treaty advancing the rights of African women, gender equality remains alive on paper, elusive in practice. Read more »
June 30, 2023
South Sudan: Women's Rights in South Sudan - When Is the 'Right Time'?
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
May 04, 2023
Tanzania: 'They Wish We Didn't Exist' - Tanzania School Goers Speak of Transport Woes
In the daily sharp-elbowed jostle to board daladalas, school students find themselves at the back of the queue. Read more »
April 13, 2023
Africa: Men Fighting, Women Breaking-Up - Sudanese Women's Movements, the Wing of the Patriarch?
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
April 06, 2023
Africa: Co-Optation of Feminisms - the Funders' Agenda
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
April 04, 2023
Burundi: 'Let The Women Be Respected' - Activists Tackle Femicide Problem
As authorities turn a blind eye to the growing cases of violence and spousal murder, women's rights activists are increasingly vocal. Read more »
March 15, 2023
Uganda: Well-Funded Riddles - Notes From Uganda's Sexual Culture War
As Christians fall out over gay rights, the Ugandan state, built on the martyrs who resisted homosexuality, has some soul-searching to do. Read more »
January 31, 2023
Africa: Blackness, Pan-African Consciousness and Women's Political Organising Through the Magazine AWA
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
November 30, 2022
Africa: On Blackqueer Fugitivity Beyond the Nation-State
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
November 15, 2022
Morocco: Generational Gaps in Feminist Movements
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Africa: Feminizing the State Apparatus - a Mirage for Women's Liberation
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Africa: Beyond Pacification - African Feminisms - A Constant Awakening
Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing… Read more »
September 07, 2022
Kenya: New Govt Has a Chance to Secure Reproductive Rights
Kenya's sexual health rights are beholden to US decisionmakers. New legislators must take back control. Read more »
July 01, 2022
Zimbabwe: Building Houses While Knocking Down Gender Barriers in Zimbabwe
The pandemic has accelerated generational shifts as more women join the once male-dominated construction industry. Read more »
June 22, 2022
Africa: Believing in Gender Equality Isn't Enough. Men Must Join the Fight
The key to achieving greater female political representation lies with those occupying most leadership positions worldwide: men. Read more »
June 17, 2022
Uganda: Saving Lives and Broken Hearts With Breast Milk in Uganda
Breast milk donations can mean life or death for newborns, but safety misconceptions and stigma hamper their lifesaving potential. Read more »
June 16, 2022
Nigeria: "We Copy It From Them" - How Campus Politics Sets Scene for Big Man Politics
Nigeria has one of the lowest rates of female political representation in the world. This culture is established and reinforced early. Read more »
May 25, 2022
Egypt: 'People Said It's Haram' - Happy Mums Show Reality of Adoption in Egypt
Individuals telling their stories and shifts in popular culture are gradually eroding the stigma around Kafala adoption. Read more »
May 04, 2022
Africa: We Cannot Keep Leaving Women With Disabilities Behind in Leadership
I know first-hand the difference that having women at the table can make. Read more »
March 19, 2021
South Sudan: No Justice for Women, No Peace in South Sudan
The South Sudan crisis since 2013 has caused untold suffering to South Sudanese women. They have experienced displacement, loss of family members and gross human rights violations,… Read more »