By Susan Tolmay Women’s and LGBTQI rights are facing mounting threats in the lead up to the G20 Leaders’ Summit 22-23 November 2025, less than a week away. The Summit brings together global leaders from 19 of the world’s most powerful economies (18 now with USA pulling out) and two regional blocs – the European […]
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By Carren Liandol They call us the Disruptive Generation, as if passion, innovation, and courage are crimes. At the Women 20 (W20) Summit in South Africa, a space meant to shape the future for all women, young voices were few, and when heard, often dismissed as too loud or too bold. But disruption is not
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By Rita Tiriboyi Gender Links and many other feminist organisations, including individual gender advocates, have long engaged in robust advocacy for women’s empowerment. This includes equipping women to take up leadership roles across many areas. However, it looks like the patriarchal community was not ready for these developments. The reaction to most empowerment initiatives is
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By Zintle Khobeni There was a time when speech itself was a form of rebellion. When the Xhosa people created a playful, yet strategic code called Isidubada, a language designed not merely to entertain, but to confuse those who listened with ill intent. It was a tool of survival. Through Isidubada, our ancestors could talk about serious
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By Misheck Mlambo, Director for Hope for Kids Zimbabwe. When I first met Tadiwa, a twelve-year-old girl in rural Marange, she was sitting quietly at the back of a bustling classroom, her makeshift wheelchair framed by rows of broken-down wooden desks that had been abandoned there. She would listen to some lessons through the classroom
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By Andile Tshuma On the dusty plains of Nyamandlovu in Umguza District, a quiet agricultural revolution is unfolding, led not by large-scale commercial farmers, but by a determined group of communal women and men who have transformed their dry land into a thriving wheat hub. Under the Phaphamani Irrigation Scheme, twelve farmers, most of them
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By Bavuma Mthembukazi Resilience in communities to stand up against injustices, the exploitation of power, and inadequate service delivery has been a common thread throughout the year. Could this be a sign of the approaching local elections? A dynamic of having officials in communities with spades in hands near a waste dump captured as “ploughing
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By Zintle Khobeni De Lange It feels like only yesterday when I had my first experience of the Ocean island of Madagascar, , as a WOSSO Fellow, together with other activists, we gathered for the SADC Civil Society Forum and the Souther Africa Youth Forum (SAYoF) Gathering — standing shoulder to shoulder with activists, feminists,
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By Fiona Ruzha For decades, women farmers, especially in Zimbabwe, have shouldered the responsibility of feeding families and sustaining communities. Yet their labour has been undervalued and systematically written off from spaces where issues about agriculture, markets, and policies that directly affect their livelihoods are discussed or passed. Despite these barriers, women farmers in Mutoko
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By Fortune Muzarabani In the remote fishing villages along the banks of the Zambezi River, women in Binga, Matabeleland North province, are leading a quiet revolution. For generations, local communities have relied on fishing for livelihoods, yet post-harvest losses and environmental pressures have long constrained the industry. Today, a group of enterprising fisherwomen is changing
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