Gender & power
Why sameness is not fairness!
Why treating everyone equally can produce unequal outcomes Few ideas sound more fair than the promise to treat everyone the same. Governments promise equal access to public serv…
Gender & power
Gender & power
When baseline data carries hidden theories of change
The questionnaire was not the problem. The problem was the theory of change it was carrying. Early in my career, I was part of a team conducting a feasibility study for a rural…
Gender & power
The questions we ask shape the roads we build
Rethinking transport, development and the realities we fail to see Development does not begin with projects. It begins with assumptions. Before governments build roads, design p…
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The gatherings we must keep
When was the last time you spent an afternoon without a plan? Not an idle moment, but a deliberate stretch of hours devoted only to the company of others. Last Saturday, my husb…
Gender & power
The water in your mouth: On silence, strategy, and the unspoken dynamics of power
What does it mean to hold your peace? Is silence a shield or a cage? When does a tactical pause become a permanent surrender? I carry a specific piece of wisdom from my mother,…
Gender & power
How women build their own safety
When the police do not come, when the law is a distant rumour, when the house is no longer a shelter, what happens? The world assumes paralysis. It expects waiting. It is wrong.…
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He Was a Good Man: Deconstructing the Duality of Abusers
What do we choose to protect when we call a violent man ‘good’? The phrase echoes in the aftermath, a haunting refrain that isolates survivors and shields perpetrators. We hear…
Gender & power
The architecture of silence: How we built a world where violence thrives
What sound does a silenced woman make in a society that calls her suffering peace? We inherit cultural artefacts as wisdom. We rarely examine them as the foundational concrete o…
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The unnamed feminists: Doing the work without the label
I have been conducting feminist research almost all my working life. However, I kept saying I am not a feminist. I never explicitly indicated this approach in my methodology sec…
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The silent scars - The lasting impact of domestic violence on children
When I first began this series on intimate partner violence (IPV), I did not originally plan to include its impact on children. However, as the discussions unfolded, it became c…
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Sexual violence as the ultimate betrayal in marriage
One of my colleagues once called me bold, and another added, “No subject seems to be off limits for you.” And you know what? They are right. I address topics others might shy aw…
Gender & power
Understanding and confronting physical violence in relationships
Welcome back to our ongoing series exploring the progressive nature of abuse in relationships. In previous posts, we examined various forms of abuse, such as economic and financ…