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Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) under the auspices of the Voices for Climate Action (VCA) programme welcomes proposals from African based feminist creative organizations, collectives, and coalitions to partner in developing innovative advocacy knowledge products and materials. Through this partnership, our hope is to illuminate the precarious and yet often…

The consultant will map out and analyse the existing gender gaps in the EAC and EALA policy and legal frameworks using gender transformative and feminist analysis. As part of the study, the consultant will also establish the following; a) Desk research and analysis of the EAC and EALA Policy and…

“Nothing replaces being in the same room, face-to-face, breathing the same air, reading and feeling each other’s micro-expressions”. This is why Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA), ignited with excitement, hosted a partners’ rendezvous this year in Uganda, setting the stage for an unforgettable grounding with its partners.  Read more... (712…

The struggle by women to break from deliberate and sustained patriarchal systems and mechanisms of oppression, and the movement to expand space for women in all spheres of life is well documented. In Kenya, gender equity has taken center stage resulting in the development and enactment of various legal and…

Job Title: Communications Support Organization: Akina Mama Wa Afrika (AMwA) Department: Communications Reports to: Communications Coordinator Contract Terms: Full-Time Duty Station: Uganda We are on the lookout for a Communications Support who will play a supporting role in key aspects of AMwA’s communications work to ensure the story of the…

This Intersectional Feminist Climate Action Guide is an advocacy and programming tool for civil society, women rights activists, feminists, environmentalists, and minoritized groups i.e. indigenous people, people with disabilities, and gender-expansive persons, among others in Africa and the Global South who take on a central role as creators, facilitators, and…

In the word 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 decolonizing knowledge and implored feminists to engage…

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 decolonizing knowledge and implored feminists to engage…

The Oralherstories is an anthology of stories from 16 African women politicians in their diversities. The collection curates the lived experiences of the women’s backgrounds and reflects diversity in age, education, party affiliation, and position in the parties. Bravingly, these women shared their journeys with us, from their childhood dreams…

Download the Guide in English, French, or Spanish The Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ)’s Tax and Gender Working Group, together with ActionAid International, Akina Mama wa Afrika and Womankind Worldwide, launched today Framing Feminist Taxation vol. 2: Issues and tools for analysis and capacity building – a case study…