Fatima is a queer feminist writer and organiser who manages the award winning blog Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women, is a co-organiser of the Young Feminist Collective in Accra and a co-founding member of The Gathering, a space for LBQT women and non-binary people to collectively unpacks and navigate their identities and experiences in ways that are empowering and restorative.
Hosts: Dr Annabel Sowemimo and Edem Ntumy Editor: Veronique Belinga
Project Manager: Naz Toorabally
News story references
- Metro: Undercover police to patrol bars and clubs to protect women from predators
- Spycops: https://www.spycops.co.uk/
- Independent: Pandemic triggered 1.4 million unintended pregnancies due to almost 12 million women losing access to contraception, UN study finds
- Independent: Women must be at the core of the government’s health and care reforms
- Women’s Health Survey: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/womens-health-strategy-call-for
Growth:
“Sending love to everyone who has been on the edge for the last 12 months, to those who are grieving but still managed to wake up & continue through another day. Speak to someone. We are going to get through this.” – Dr Annabel Sowemimo
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