Colours and Brushstrokes : Paths to the African Feminist Knowledge Circles

The African feminist knowledge circles are an evolving space where African feminists convene their identities, stories, tools, politics and approaches from their many journeys of challenging the pa…

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

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Validating Woman's Knowledge and Experience: A Case Study of Women's Experien…

"This paper aims at demonstrating that women’s experiences and knowledge about food security are critical in order to create all inclusive and more comprehensive policies not only in food s…

Rural Women’s Perspectives on Marriage and Related Issues: Analysis of Pers…

This paper is based on personal stories as told by Kenyan women. The stories were compiled by the author in 2001 and 2002when interviewing Kenyans on their views regarding the new constitution. T…

Feminist Africa 20. 2015: Pan-Africanism and Feminism

This issue set out to continue documenting and reflecting on feminist contributions to pan-Africanism, and the implications of pan-africanism for feminism in Africa.

Validating Women's Knowledge and Experiences

This paper is to examine what women know about food security and then creates space for them to tell their stories and experiences on food security/insecurity. it also argue that women's experience…

Feminism with a Big “F”: Ethics and the Rebirth of African Feminism in Ch…

The 21st century has seen an outpouring of works by African women writers and many of them have been unabashedly feminist. These works have one thing in common: they tell of bodies in pain and they…

Wrestling with Standpoint theory... Some Thoughts on Standpoint and African F…

This essay attempts to probe the theory of standpoint feminism, and the charge of epistemic privilege associated with the theory. Standpoint theory itself can be seen to have emerged in the context…

Evidence - Based Prevention of Violence Against Women : Building African Femi…

From 19 to 20 August 2019, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) hosted a two-day convening on Evidence-Based Prevention of Violence Against Women in Accra, Ghana. The space was created …

The Effect of the Sub-Saharan African Gender Divide on the Rights and Status …

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to a substantial gender divide that encompasses numerous aspects of life. Though this divide is a historic reality for Sub-Saharan Africa, the recent and current process …