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Silence is Not Approval
March 13, 2011 marked the 8th annual WOMEN FIRST 5km race, which is the second largest running event organized by the Great Ethiopian Run. It was my first time running this race and I was excited about...
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Violence & Silence – A TedTalk by Jackson Katz (PhD)
Some really interesting food for thought. Watch the video in its entirety. And here below snippets of his thoughts: …the issues of gender violence, sexual assault, domestic violence, relationship...
View ArticleSexual harassment caught me by surprise
” Beauty Provokes Harassment, the law says, but it looks through men’s eyes when deciding what provokes it†~ Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth I know sexual harassment at the work place by male...
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Breaking the Silence to End Workplace Sexual Harassment in Uganda (by...
This week AfricanFeminism (AF) is running three series pieces on workplace sexual harassment, documenting and sharing the perspectives of other African women. Source: KnowtheLine.com On a project that...
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Ins and Outs of Catcalling
About a week or so ago I shared a comic strip by Adam Ellis & Grace Spelman that addresses the catcalling women are subjected to when walking down the street. Catcalling has been defined as ‘To...
View ArticleConfronting the Use of Defamation Suits to Silence Victims of Sexual Abuse.
Following the escalation of femicide cases in some African Countries particularly Kenya and South Africa, there has been a wave of solidarity in women naming and shaming their abusers on social...
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South Sudan Embassy Case Calls for Safeguards Against Sexual Exploitation and...
“Protect women not Reputations” – Kirabo Nora, a Ugandan-African Feminist, once said. Women who speak up on their experiences of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment within their workplace have...
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How Leaking of My Contact Data Triggered an Avalanche of Online Abuse
It was some time in 2018 during my final year at university. I had just been selected as the first female Entertainment Director of the Catholic University of Malawi. A new academic year had just...
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