Felogene Anumo is a young feminist activist based in Nairobi who has advanced gender equality through grassroots and online activism, research and capacity building of young women activists. She is author of the “Feminist Leadership and Development Curriculum for Adolescent Girls” and co-author of the “Report on the Status of Ratification on the Rights of women in Africa.” She works at the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID).
African feminist movements are diverse. But we can, and must, learn from decades of transformational organising on the continent. As African feminists, we face multiple systems of oppression including the effects of colonisation, neocolonisation, white supremacy, militarism, the globalisation of capitalism and neoliberalism. Yet our movements are more vibrant and radically political than ever before. …
