The Feminists Shaping Africas Future (News a

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Published on Tuesday, 24 May 2016 11:30
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An event brings together women from all over the continent.
Open Society Foundations Ebola battlers in Liberia. Queer feminists from South Africa. LGBTI activists in Uganda.

All of these women have contributed to the struggle for democracy and justice in Africa.

Women demonstrate in large numbers after a series of sexual assaults on female journalists in Cairo on November 25, 2011. © Jess Hurd/Redux Facebook Twitter

And all of them—and many more—were present at the African Feminist Forum, a biennial event at which the women working to build a more progressive Africa strengthen their ties and share their stories.

Learn about some of these women and their extraordinary work.

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