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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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
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A big part of being a speaker is being able to be reflective, to be able to be reflexive. And that means really thinking about, when my voice is warranted? And when is me speaking, actually speaking over the very people that I want to represent and whose voices I want to be able to amplify.
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Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal – Quote This Woman+ (QW+), a South African non-profit organisation dedicated to amplifying women’s voices in the media, today announces the successful completion of its first South Africa Voices Fellowship Programme. The programme, which ran from December 2024 to June 2025, took a group of dedicated women+ and LGBTQI+ activists from marginalised, rural, … Read more
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Access the Source Audit Tracker This simple Google Sheet will help track how women+ and impacted audiences are represented in African news stories. It will record the number of sources quoted, gender breakdown, and whether those quoted are given agency. This means if they speak for themselves, are presented as experts, and are not portrayed … Read more
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Samukezi Mrubula-Ngwenya is a committed social justice activist and academic, advocating for the rights of Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer (LBQ) individuals in South Africa. With a research focus on Gender Politics, her work explores LBQ narratives and lived experiences, social movements, democracy and political activism, African sexuality, gender-based violence, and Feminist Foreign Policy. Her academic … Read more
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By René Sparks On June 26, 2025, the Budget Justice Coalition (BJC) co hosted a Gender-Responsive Budgeting Workshop. The workshop included Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ), Section 27, Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP), TB Accountability Consortium (TBAC), Equal Education (EE), Southern Centre for Inequality Studies (SCISS), Black Sash, Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC), South … Read more
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Every June, rainbows appear across social media timelines and shopfronts. But at Quote This Woman+, we know that Pride is more than a campaign moment, it’s a call to action. It’s a reminder that queer lives are political, vulnerable, powerful, and always worth quoting, all year round. Pride traces its roots to resistance. The first … Read more
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Caroline Peters is a seasoned African feminist, activist, and human rights defender with over three decades of experience combating gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa. She is the Founder and Director of the Callas Foundation, based on the Cape Flats, which supports survivors of violence through court accompaniment, psychosocial services, community kitchens, and educational empowerment … Read more
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“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” — African Proverb At Quote This Woman+, we believe in the power of the mic. And in Cape Town over 21–22 May 2025, that mic was handed to African women who are not just participating in global conversations, they’re reshaping … Read more