Feminism

The Silent Infiltration: Tracing the Threads of American Evangelical Influence on LGBTQI+ Rights

April 8, 2024

ARLANA SHIKONGO Namibian political and public voices have echoed decades-old claims that homosexuality is ‘un-African’ and a supposed ‘Western import’ inconsistent with local religious values. Last year, after a Supreme Court judgment that immigration law must recognize same-sex marriages conducted abroad, a surge in anti-LGBTQI+ rhetoric was observed. The ruling catalyzed intensified debates on LGBTQI+ rights. Equality While the judgment affirmed our constitutional commitment to equality, it also revealed an… Keep Reading

Evil, in the name of culture

July 9, 2021

– Frieda Ndeutala Kaunapawa Mukufa Coming from a black household that is deeply Christian and is highly embedded into culture and tradition, the topic of abortion is a no go at the table of discussion. It is often shunned upon to even fathom the idea that a woman should feel the need and choose to terminate a pregnancy because she feels like it. With this practice, comes the imprisonment of… Keep Reading

Young Mother

July 9, 2021

– Beatrice Schultz “I can’t concentrate in class because I worry about him: how he is, if he has eaten, if he is ok…” Books clutched to her chest, head down, walking through the corridors hoping not to be seen. The teachers don’t see her, her peers laugh and avoid her. Suddenly she has become a sign of shame in the school. Everyday is a challenge to make it to… Keep Reading

Take the lead: journeying toward gender parity

July 9, 2021

– By Agnes Yeboah Gender diversity in the workplace is not a big ask. It is a small and simple goal. It is the basic ambition of having an equal number of men and women in an organisation. Also known as gender parity, it can specifically be defined as having an equal number of men and women hired at a similar rate, compensated equally for the same job, and given… Keep Reading

Our Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams

June 28, 2021

– Bertha Tobias Young Namibian women are currently picking up the baton of revolutionary social change as it pertains to gender equality in the Land of the Brave. They currently self-determine in ways that our foremothers could have only dreamed for them. Importantly, they are running through the left-over shards of the glass ceiling which has been shattered by the sheroes who came before us. When I reflect on the… Keep Reading

Culture: Friend or Foe?

June 28, 2021

– Bertha Tobias “Without community, there is no liberation.” Poet warrior and feminist Audre Lorde’s sentiment speaks to the power of communities to actualise significant socio-cultural changes. Lorde’s statement reminds us that community is responsible for culture and, by extension, the ways in which it governs our everyday lives. More often than not, culture shapes our worldviews and decides our perceptions long before we have the chance to do so… Keep Reading

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