African women's voices and experiences need to be heard at global summits | Memory Kachambwa

Africa CSW was set up as an alternative to the Commission on the Status of Women, so we can ensure no one shuts us down At the UN headquarters in New York, ministers, activists, feminists and advocates are meeting to discuss gender equality and women's rights. But the annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) - the UN's biggest global gathering to discuss these issues - is an event African women and girls struggle to attend and participate in.If it is not visa denials (this year saw little or no attempt from embassies to help facilitate visas to the US), it's the lack of adequate resources to fly to New York and stay for the meetings; if it's not language problems, then it is the minimal time and space granted to deliberate our unique issues. Continue reading...