A picture of Abebu sitting at a desk
23 May 2025

Young, Female, and Fearless Abebu: The New Face of Leadership in Guna, Ethiopia

Abebu is not only challenging social norms but is also reshaping what leadership looks like in Guna, and by extension, Ethiopia—young, female, and fearless.
Gebeyanesh Ethiopia
03 Apr 2024

Young Women’s Fight Against Menstruation Discrimination in Ethiopia

Gebeyanesh Niguesse, a 23-year-old female activist in the Genja Youth Group, leads a remarkable group of 10 young women.
Learning and Development Cycle
11 Mar 2024

FACILITATING FOR POLITICAL CHANGE: BUILDING COLLECTIVE POWER

A toolkit for trainers to use in sparking positive social change, including empowerment, organising processes and more.
Haseena
08 Mar 2024

HASEENA'S COURAGE: FIGHTING CHILD MARRIAGE AND PATRIARCHAL NORMS

This International Women's Day, March 8th 2024, we celebrate women who have defied and continue to defy harmful societal practices
Design by GrlzWave – a feminist organisation and multimedia platform started a few years ago by three young women who were fed up with a system ruled by conservative and religious patriarchs.
04 May 2023

The Young Activist #11

MAKING WAVES 🌊
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GrlzWave
03 May 2023

GRLZWAVE IS THE GEN Z MIDDLE FINGER TO GEORGIA’S CONSERVATIVE PATRIARCHY

IN GEORGIA A NEW WAVE OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CALLING FOR CHANGE.
Portrait Mary Jacob
08 Mar 2023

THE LANDSCAPE OF MY LIFE

A PORTRAIT OF MARYJACOB OKWUOSA BASED ON A DIALOGUE WITH ARTIST MADELEINE KATE MCGOVAN.
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20 Dec 2022

The Young Activist #10

RESISTING REPRESSION ✌
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The feminist leadership training at Global Platform Uganda is a steppingstone for future female politicians and leaders
18 Nov 2020

In Uganda women are structurally disadvantaged

The political system in Uganda is a male-dominated environment and this does not make it easy for young women and girls to fully compete.