Satisfashion UG’s Woman Crush Today Is Afro-feminist Lawyer Twasiima P. Bigirwa

Twasiima is an Afro-feminist lawyer and writer with a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University and a Bachelor of Laws from Georgetown University Law Center. She believes deeply in the collective liberation of women and has made it her life’s purpose to live and show that another way is truly possible. She has also worked tirelessly to shift the public perception of minorities in Uganda for several years.

Twasiima has several years of experience focused on advocacy and policy influencing, as well as program and fundraising development with national and international non-profit organizations.

Twasiima recently started a podcast dubbed ‘Another Way’. The Podcast seeks to explore social, economic, and political alternatives through a series of conversations in addition she also works with Segal Family Foundation where she drives SFF’s strategy and oversees grant-making in Uganda. Twasiima also serves as co-board chair of Womankind Worldwide and has recently also served as a global advisor for FRIDA: The Young Feminist Fund focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa.

When asked about the feminist agenda In an interview with EA Scene and how the movement has evolved in Uganda Twasiima had this to say:

Like all movements, the feminist movement in Uganda has grown and continues to do so. To answer this, we have to look at where women and minorities were thirty years ago, and where we are too. Of course, we have made some progress and we can look at the ability to vote, representation and others as wins. The movement has also evolved in how we organize; leveraging new technologies to mobilize and connect. There are many people today who come to feminism because of the work feminists on Twitter, TikTok, and other platforms are doing. These build on the works of those who theorized and taught before us.

On challenges and the feminist movement and how they could be countered Twasiima said, “We must always hold onto the hope that we can build a more abundant, judicious, and safe world. It is that hope for what we are fighting for that sustains us, even in the midst of challenges of any kind. We must begin to invest in abolitionist and transformative justice methods that mirror back to us the kind of world we want to see.”

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Source: EA Scene and SegunFamilyFoundation

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