Women’s rights Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/womens-rights/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:06:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Women’s rights Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/womens-rights/ 32 32 67616479 Kenya’s female freedom fighters were the silent heroes of the anti-colonial movement – here are some of their stories https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/kenyas-female-freedom-fighters-were-the-silent-heroes-of-the-anti-colonial-movement-here-are-some-of-their-stories/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/kenyas-female-freedom-fighters-were-the-silent-heroes-of-the-anti-colonial-movement-here-are-some-of-their-stories/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:06:58 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=573633 Oral histories serve as a challenge to the evidence in the colonial archive.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/what-are-the-downsides-to-allyship/feed/ 0 72203 Humans not witches! We persist and say their names: Nyanga’te, Moraa, Sigara, Sindege https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/humans-not-witches-nyangate-moraa-sigara-sindege/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/humans-not-witches-nyangate-moraa-sigara-sindege/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 17 Oct 2022 13:15:14 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=72128 October 17, 2022 marks the first anniversary of the horrific lynching of four elderly Kenyan women: Agnes Moraa Ototo, Sabina Sindege Mayaka, Jemimah Nyangáte Mironga, and Rael Sigara Onkware. The four women were branded as witches and viciously attacked by a mob of men, women and children.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/humans-not-witches-nyangate-moraa-sigara-sindege/feed/ 0 72128 The electricity crisis in South Africa continues to brew https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-electricity-crisis-in-south-africa-continues-to-brew/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-electricity-crisis-in-south-africa-continues-to-brew/?noamp=mobile#respond Thu, 29 Sep 2022 08:02:53 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71957 South Africa will not move into the light until the social value of access to electricity is affirmed.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-electricity-crisis-in-south-africa-continues-to-brew/feed/ 0 71957 Liberia confirms first female Chief Justice in 19 years https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/liberia-confirms-first-female-chief-justice-in-19-years/ https://thisisafrica.me/africans-rising/liberia-confirms-first-female-chief-justice-in-19-years/?noamp=mobile#respond Mon, 19 Sep 2022 09:24:57 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=71889 Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh is the third female Chief Justice in Liberia’s 175 years of existence. The founding member of the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) and former Associate Justice was one of two female judges in the current five-member Supreme Court.

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