African Women: Economic Futures Convening Report

AWDF convened the African Women: Economic Futures (AWEF) at the Best Western Hotel in Accra, Ghana from September 13 to 15, 2018 as part of a movement building effort for conversation and activism …

AMWA Beijing Herstory

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The Representation of Sex Workers in South African Media: Danger, Morals and …

The ideological construct of gender typically positions women below men, and “others” certain types of women even more, especially those distinguished from idealised femininity by aspects of …

Book Review: Women and the Informal Economy in Urban Africa: From the Margins…

The strength of this book lies in how the author brings to the surface the invisible dynamics of African women in economic informality, namely their mobilization, collective and individual entrepre…

Culture, Tradition, Custom, Law and Gender Equality

The purpose of this article is to discuss the impact of culture,3 tradition4 custom5 and law on gender equality. However, before the article discusses that matter it will examine the influence of…

Resisting Dominant Discourse: Implication of Indigenous, African Feminist The…

In the paper we explore tensions between Western gender theory and research, and post-colonial and indigenous feminist standpoints, which challenges us to redefine our roles as feminist-activist ed…

(Re)turning to “Rape and the Inner Lives of Black Women”: A Black Feminis…

This article serves as an introduction to a symposium commemorating the thirty-first anniversary of Darlene Clark Hine’s 1989 essay “Rape and the Inner Lives of Black Women in the Middle West: …

Exploration of a "Gap": Strategising Gender Equity in African Universities

This paper reflects on the central themes of this dream by exploring some current thinking on the way in which dominant forces in African universities have opened up possibilities for strategising …

GVEP’S Experience with Working with Women Entrepreneurs in East Africa

This paper draws on GVEP International’s experience in working with women entrepreneurs in East Africa under the Developing Energy Enterprises Programme (DEEP). It provides an overview of the D…

“These Girls’ Fashion is Sick!”: An African City and the Geography of S…

As an urban feminist geographer with a research interest in African cities, I was initially pleased when the web series, An African City, debuted in 2014. The series was released on YouTube and als…