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Until We Consider Every Human Life Sacred, We Are All in Danger
9th January 2023 For Immediate Release While for many of us, the new year presents an opportunity to look hopefully upon the future, for the community of LGBTQIA people who woke up to another gruesome murder of their own, the hope for a better year seems to pale only a…
Read More »PROGRAMME ASSOCIATE – ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND CLIMATE ACTION
Job Title: Economic Justice and Climate Action Associate Organization: Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda Reports to: Economic Justice and Climate Action Lead Supervises: Economic Justice and Climate Action Intern We are on the lookout for a Programme Associate for the Economic Justice and Climate Action (EJCA)…
Read More »VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ARE NOT BENEFITING FROM THE AFRICA MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FACILITY IN KENYA
A joint case study by Akina Mama wa Afrika and Wemos critically analysing the design and rollout of The Africa Medical Equipment Facility (AMEF) illustrates that AMEF has failed to make health care accessible and equitable for vulnerable populations. The AMEF is a blended finance facility created to support private…
Read More »HEALING IS OUR INHERITANCE
Any activist will tell you that working on issues pertaining to violence against women and girls (VAWG) means being in a constant state of emotional pain, rage and stress. With 1 in 3 women being subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner, VAWG is one of…
Read More »Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) Launches Issue 2 and Issue 3 of the LEADERS’ Journal Contributing to the Re-imagination of Feminist Alternatives in Africa
KAMPALA, Uganda —In the words of Yvonne Vera, ‘A woman writer must have an imagination that is plain stubborn, that can invent new gods and banish ineffectual ones’. Professor Sylvia Tamale, a Ugandan feminist scholar and educator, spoke at the 2022 African Feminist Forum on decolonising knowledge and implored feminists to…
Read More »Africa Needs A Socially Just Approach To Energy Transition
As Global leaders convened in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt for the 27th Conference of Parties (COP 27) summit discuss the energy transition this week, African feminists, climate justice advocates, and civil society are demanding[1] socially just and inclusive approach to energy transition. Read more... (751 words, estimated 3:00 mins…
Read More »Akina Mama wa Afrika at COP27
The 27th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) is happening from the 6th to the 18th of November 2022 in Sharm El-Sheikh. This year’s summit will bring together governments, civil society organisations, and others to accelerate much-needed global action to confront the climate crisis. Join AMwA at COP27…
Read More »Rising In Resistance Against Fundamentalism: An East African Regional Convening Of African Feminists
On a cool September evening, somewhere in Kampala-Uganda, a hall rang with peals of hearty laughter typical of old friends reuniting and the bubbly chatter of new friendships in formation. Wherever the eye rested, stirrings of joy abounded. In one corner, gifts of artisanal soap and scented candles passed from…
Read More »Here Is Why Restriction To Safe And Legal Abortion In Africa Does Not Save Lives
Every year on September 28, activists around the world commemorate International Safe Abortion Day by conducting various activities like mobilising constituencies and critical stakeholders to take action to call for the realisation of access to safe and legal abortion for all. This year’s theme is ‘Abortion in Uncertain Times, and…
Read More »Abortion As A Feminist Issue : AMwA’s Rethink Space on Feminist Approaches to Safe and Legal Abortion in Uganda
According to Guttmacher Institute’s report in 2017, the abortion rate in Uganda is slightly higher than the estimated rate for the East Africa region, which was 34 per 1,000 women during 2010–2014. In addition, a 2010 report from the Ministry of Health indicated that 8% of maternal deaths were due to unsafe abortions. Likewise,…
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