German amnesia and Herero women
For Namibians fighting Germany over reparations, It’s about more than about a bit of land or perhaps some goats. It’s about time that debt was paid — with interest.
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Dan Moshenberg
Dan Moshenberg founded Women In and Beyond the Global, a open access feminist forum.
Kenya’s #purplezebra Spring
Political springs, as in social movements that topple and/or transform political regimes, occur when the youth
Torture in Zimbabwe
Last Thursday, Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court unanimously “chastised” state security agents for torturing Jestina Mukoko, national director
Zanele Muholi’s “Mo(u)rning” | Exhibition
On Thursday, July 26, the Michael Stevenson Gallery in Cape Town had an opening: Mo(u)rning. Photographic
More than one specter haunts South Africa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5J-i1U6PXQ This week, the World Bank issued a report, South Africa Economic Update: Inequality of Opportunity.
There Are Women in Botswana
It’s not even news that women and children leads AIDS activism in places like Botswana, except when it’s scanted. So, here’s a primer.
Independence Day Edition: What’s more ‘American’ than Chevron Corporation?
July 4. U.S. Day of Independence. What’s more 'American’ than … Chevron Corporation? It’s pretty much
In Sudan, women set the spark
The women of Sudan have had enough. On the evening of June 16, 2012, women dormitory
New public TV series from South Africa: “I am Woman”
Starting on April 1, South Africa's public TV channel SABC3 has been running a weekly series
No room for ambiguity
Kenyan activists raise their voices, placards and fists over US$500 million allocated but not yet spent for anti-retroviral medications. That’s a lot of money, drugs, and lost lives.
Uganda, now you have touched the women
In October 2011, the Ugandan government sent Ingrid Turinawe to the infamous Luzira Prison--Uganda’s Guantánamo--for the treasonable act of walking to work. This week, the State, again, attacked Turinawe and other women activists for the “crime” of standing, speaking out, driving, and generally being. Big mistake.
Joyce Banda is President of Malawi
In her first order of business since being inaugurated as Malawi’s new president on Saturday, Joyce Banda fired the country’s top policeman. No reason was given for the firing, but the BBC reports that the police chief, Peter Mukhito, was in charge last year during anti-government protests over the worsening economy.
Malawians are fed up with Madonna
Malawi is fed up with Madonna and her school daze, with the singer’s refusal to consult
How to celebrate International Women’s Day
March 8, 2012. It’s International Women’s Day, and so how to celebrate? Over the weekend, The
London calling … to the faraway towns of Somalia
Talk about efficiency, how’s this for a developmental scheme. First, encourage, both directly and by 'principled
Pay young women in Malawi to prevent HIV infection?
The Guardian reports: “Cash payments help cut HIV infection rate in young women, study finds: Research
What’s wrong with abortion
The war on women’s health in the United States is a war without borders. It also extends to attempts in Africa to legalize abortion. And the US Republican party and its auxiliaries are in front.
Oprah’s expensive South African education
The talk show host started a private school for girls in South Africa. Shocker: it mostly makes things worse.
Women and rural gentrification in Ethiopia
Ethiopia forcibly relocates rural populations, often at gunpoint and never with any consultation, so the land can become “more productive.”
Remember Caster Semenya
The story of Caster Semenya was always a story of a Black African woman, and was equally always the story of a Black woman.