Social change when it comes to gender issues can only be changed, when women themselves come to the Awakening of their selves. The idea of transformation and policy can only work when women who are in strategic positions within the political, social and economic spheres are able to talk and stand up for themselves. At the moment in South Africa there seems to be number of women in strategic position within the public and government fields, but very few of them are making tangible change in the advancement of women’s right in their constituency. Read More
I wear my power
There is something special about a woman who loves herself, a confidence of self-assurance and a smell of power. A woman has many ways to show her confidence and love for one’s self and many women choose clothes as the choice of weapon. They choose to love themselves and wear that love on their bodies, in well-tailored power suits, gorgeous long or short well-made dresses, or they spend thousands on Rand's on one item, it’s the damn money, they should be allowed to spend it any way they wish, shouldn’t they?
Gender Policies
I will be looking at the Morden gender policy development, making reference to the Women in Development (WID) projects and the Gender and Development projects within Tanzania and South Africa. I will be doing research on policies and programmes put in place to forward the agenda of women’s rights and progressive projects in the chosen Afrikan states and the Global South. Red More
Call to be Womanist
Women take Lead
We as women need to start taking up leadership positions and start leading everywhere we are. I was sad when i was in a conversation with some of my colleagues, and they told me that they where not ready for a female president in our university, on the bases of gender alone.A good leader is not based on gender rather her abilities and capabilities. A soon as we as a society move away from making leadership gender base, we can see a new wave of leadership rising, a type of leadership that is chosen on merit of their potential and ability to lead.
That is why i am an advocate for great leadership and i am an activist for
women to not be afraid of taking leadership positions, that are stereotyped , as male positions. there is no male position when it comes to leadership, rather there is a leadership position, that needs to be filled by someone who is capable.
Call To Young African Women
Africa is changing, but it seems as a continent it is taking longer to get women involved in higher decision making tables and governance. The transformation of the African economy has not made enough space for its female counterparts. Young female Africans need to awaken a generation that will not fear to take up positions that are in the forefront of African leadership and of decision-making in their countries and on the Continent.
Woman like Nkosazna Dr Zuma, Fatou Bensouda,
Joyce Banda,Ellen Johnson, Catherine Samba-Panza, Thuli Madontsela, have opened up new possibilities for women in politics in African economics, education and business, but we cannot only have a few prominent females in critical positions of decision making in Africa. In the history of Africa, the continent has only had three female presidents and that is something that needs to be challenged by a new generation of young African females, who have something to say and contribute to the welfare of Africa. The 2013 list of most influential politicians in Africa, 9/20 are female, this is a great reflection of Africa’s transformation but the problem is that there are no young people on this list, with the youngest being Lindiwe Mazibuko who is 34-years-old. African politics needs to be reformed and be integrated with young people and women.
Understanding where African Women are in feminism
The feminist movement seems to have so many deferent sub-movements that it may seem to someone who is not fully aware of what feminism is, there is a split within the feminist movement itself , a lack of cohesiveness. The term black feminist has been used by many African women from all over the world. A question of why they would want to define themselves as black feminist, not referring just to there skin colour but rather to their ideologies of the feminist movement, they argue that sexism, class oppression and racism go hand in hand. Read more