African Feminism web platform
We recently talked to Rosebell Kagumire about women’s rights and peacebuilding. Rosebell is a powerful Pan-African feminist voice, as well as curator and editor of the African Feminism web platform. She is also a member of the r0g_agency’s strategic advisory board.
Hope Advocate Africa
“Don’t let anyone intimidate you” – Caryn Dasah is the founder of Hope Advocate Africa, an organization that provides legal, social, and psycho-social services for women and young girls. We talked with her about her work and asked her what advice she would give to young girls.
spoken word poet and athlete
“Leadership is a crucial space women should occupy in all peacebuilding initiatives,” says Tata Diko Duku, a spoken word poet and athlete. The South Sudanese feminist activist uses her poetry as an advocacy tool to criticize injustices and uphold humanity. We a sked her questions about women’s rights and peacebuilding.
teacher and a human rights activist
Hauwa Abdullahi is a teacher by profession and a human rights activist who keeps fighting all the odds in her Muslim community to protect the rights and dignity of women. She is the founder of Better Life Association for the Underprivileged (BLAFTU), an organisation that protects, empowers women and fights against Gender-Based Violence.
International Relations researcher, community organizer, and human rights advocate
“[When] women are meaningfully engaged in peacebuilding processes, we have seeing their respective communities enjoying a more significant long-term political stability, with a relative lower likelihood of such communities slipping back into conflict.”
Meaza Gidey Gebremedhin is a feminist from Tigray advocating for the human rights of women and girls who are enduring unspeakable suffering and weaponized conflict-related sexual violence in the war-torn region of northern Ethiopia. Read here to learn more about Meaza Gebremedhin’s take on the significance of women’s participation in peacebuilding and actions that need to be taken to promote women’s rights.
Executive Director for Women Peace Initiatives – Uganda (WOPI-U)
Rashida Adong Oketcha is the Executive Director for Women Peace Initiatives – Uganda (WOPI-U), a feminist grassroots women’s organization. She shared with us what she believes needs to happen to involve women and girls in peacebuilding and promote gender justice.
