Thread by @MakeWomenCount

Given it's #WomensHistoryMonth we shall be replugging old interviews MEWC conducted with some remarkable women leaders/activists across Africa. #IWD2019

1. Virginia Muwanigwa is a passionate women's rights advocate. makeeverywomancount.org/index.php/comm…

2. Leah Chatta Chipepa, ex-ED of Akina Mama Wa Afrika. 'Challenge is to build on successes that AMwA has achieved by hard work and vision of those before me so that AMwA remains relevant to the needs and aspirations of African women here and abroad.'

makeeverywomancount.org/index.php/comm…

3. Our very own @rainasow. 'Mobilise resources, re-invigorate commitment, create awareness, focus on young women at the grassroots level, to give women and girls a real voice in decision-making positions.' makeeverywomancount.org/index.php/comm…

@rainasow 4. Dorothy Okello, a Ugandan technologist and engineer, known for her work in the Women of Uganda Network or WOUGNET.
makeeverywomancount.org/index.php/comm…

#WomensHistoryMonth #IWD2019

@rainasow 5. 'Education has a transformative power to open up girls’ worlds and minds,' says Chika Oduah, an independent journalist and photographer based in Abuja, Nigeria. She covers human rights, culture, conflict and development in sub-Saharan Africa.

makeeverywomancount.org/index.php/comm…

@rainasow 6. Purity Kagwiria is a young feminist activist based in Nairobi, Kenya. 'We realised women's voices, and esp those from underprivileged backgrounds were missing from many decision making processes and part of that is due to lack of access to education.' makeeverywomancount.org/index.php/comm…

@rainasow @threadreaderapp hello! please, unroll