Seodi White is a social development lawyer, socio-legal researcher and writer on women’s human rights. As an African feminist and Director of Women and the Law in Southern Africa Research and Education Trust (WLSA Malawi), she has been influential in achieving ground-breaking law reform to protect women’s rights, and in promoting women’s access to justice … Continue reading
Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya (Africa) in 1940. She was the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctorate degree. Upon returning to Kenya, Maathai dropped her forename, preferring to be known by her birth name, Wangari Muta. When she arrived at the university to start her new job, she … Continue reading
We love it when men break barriers too. Watch how Pravin Nikam talks about the “taboo” of periods in his talk Continue reading
After watching her sister get pregnant at 11, Memory vowed to defy the traditional practice ofkusasafumbi, a practice in which young girls are forced into marriage once they begin menstruation. This talk by the 18 year old is powerful and moving. Take a look here. Continue reading
Marie Gisèle Aimée Rabesahala was born in 1929 in Madagascar. She was a politician and activist who was the first woman to hold a ministerial position in the government of Madagascar. Marie entered politics at the age of 17, campaigning on behalf of political prisoners, and becoming Madagascar’s first woman municipal Councillor, before becoming the … Continue reading
