A decade of supporting women and communities
WoMin is proud to mark a decade of supporting women and communities resisting extractive developments, in collaboration with partners across the African continent with our publication, Women Build Power! Celebrating 10 Years of Pan African Ecofeminist Organising.
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WoMin is a Pan African ecofeminist alliance that partners with women and communities impacted by large-scale mining and extractive industries. We shine a light on the harmful effects of extractivism on African peasant and working-class women, their land, and their livelihoods, and work to amplify their voices and movements.
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On Language and the Pedagogy of Liberation
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The Future Will Not Build Itself: Reflections from the African Feminist Forum
Attending the fifth African Feminist Forum (AFF) in Windhoek, Namibia, this past August offered fresh perspectives and the opportunity to engage with a group of inspiring African women. Convened under the theme “Hasego – We Have Arrived!”, this pivotal forum brought together feminists from across the continent and the diaspora to reflect, strategise, connect movements, and advance feminist visions for justice and collective liberation. The event also marked the 20th anniversary of the African Feminist Charter. As L. Muthoni Wanyeki highlighted in her keynote address, “twenty years of building, resisting, imagining, crafting feminist alternatives across our continent,” participants were reminded of the critical importance of feminist spaces for sharing solidarity and building connections around common struggles facing their communities. The celebration bridged past and future through storytelling circles that revisited the journeys of African feminists, complemented by a dynamic panel offering thought-provoking reflections on Africa 30 years from now. The discussions on envisioning the future were particularly...
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