Here we celebrate our successes, share our challenges and honour the wonderful people who make our world turn: journalists and women+ sources everywhere.
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Are you ready to step into the media industry, sharpen your skills, and help shift who gets to speak in African news? Quote This Woman+ (QW+) is looking for the right people to join us as volunteer interns in 2026. We’re offering 6-month and 12-month internships where you’ll gain critical work experience while contributing to … Read more
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Q: What do Pratley Putty, Pinotage and the Prepaid Mobile have in common with South Africa’s First Thursdays?A: They’re all South African inventions that went global. Quote This Woman+ has started its own First Thursdays programmes with a series of online webinars at 3 pm SAST on the first Thursday of each month, where you, … Read more
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Zuha Ajlan is a South African neuroscientist and an advocate for education in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine. She is the founder of Shadow A Scientist, a non-profit company dedicated to making careers in STEM more accessible to young scientists in Africa. Since 2022, Shadow A Scientist has reached over 3,000 students across South … Read more
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Being asked to be interviewed on any media platform, be it radio or live TV, can elicit feelings of excitement or nervousness (or even both), especially when it’s your first time on air. Whatever the case, showing up prepared is one way to make sure you don’t fumble the opportunity. One question that you or … Read more
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We are looking for a Volunteer Financial Support Person who wants to put their skills behind the movement. You don’t need to be a CFO – just someone with solid financial literacy, an eye for detail, and the will to help dismantle patriarchy by making sure our finances are rock-solid. What you’ll do What you bring What … Read more
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Athandiwe Saba is a multi-award-winning journalist and a leading voice at the intersection of AI, data, journalism, and social impact in Africa. She founded the Mail & Guardian’s data desk and has worked at the Sunday Times and City Press. She previously led Africa’s biggest Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) team, the ILAB, focused on fighting … Read more
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Journalists get a lot of press releases – and this sums up how most of them feel about it: “For decades I started my mornings weeding through the press releases in my inbox, one finger hovering over the ‘delete’ key and ready to strike.” Neil Hayes, writing here: Journalists’ Advice on How to Write Press … Read more
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Voices 24/25 Fellows Sign Off With Power On 10 July, the Voices 24/25 Fellows gathered on Zoom for a closing ceremony marking the end of their six-month journey with QW+. What followed was a less formal send-off and a more electric handover: a screen full of beaming faces, celebrating what it means to find your … Read more
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A Message to QW+ 2024/25 Fellowship graduates by Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, former QW+ board member, and currently the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health. To Quote This Woman+ Class of 2024/2025 Fellows, some words as you reflect on the contributions that you have made and your dedication over the months. I join … Read more
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Asanda Ngoasheng is the new chair of the Board of Directors for Quote This Woman+. She is also Expert 1: the first expert that QW+ signed up to its database back in 2019 when we started as a brand-new feminist media non-profit. Ngoasheng is a socio-political analyst with a focus on policy analysis, political events, … Read more