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Welcome to 2026, where Africa is still the youngest continent on earth, and the number of Africans under 25 is now so large that it’s basically shaping the future of everything. For QW+, we see this in the context of the new post-journalism world, where young people everywhere forgo traditional news brands in favour of … Read more
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It is currently the 16 Days of Activism Against Gendered Violence. And as Quote This Woman+, an African feminist non-profit working for a gender-just media, we call on all thought-leaders and writers to exercise responsibility for the words, phrases, and acronyms they choose in this conversation. We refer in particular to the easy euphemisms and acronyms … Read more
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26 November 2025: Quote This Woman+ (QW+), an African feminist non-profit working to build a gender-just media, has released an open letter calling on government, international NGOs, academics, media professionals and civil society to choose their words with care during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gendered Violence campaign. The open letter challenges the linguistic … Read more
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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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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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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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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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When government officials hinted at increasing VAT, so many South Africans, especially women+, didn’t just hear tax jargon. They felt a deep, gut-level anxiety. When the price of basics like bread, soap, or electricity goes up, it’s not policy; it’s panic. For millions living on the edge, a hike in the price of bread, soap, … Read more
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Many people are feeling overwhelmed by the sometimes astounding events which seem to be unfolding at a rapid fire pace in the geo-political space. Some people say that every time they switch on the news there’s a story that provokes shock, anxiety or anger at the injustices meted out by the powerful, or act of … Read more