Join the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and Dr. Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed, ICRW’s 2022 Paula Kantor Award winner, for an event highlighting Dr. Mohammed’s research. There has been a great deal of dialogue on intersectionality and feminism, particularly in terms of social movements within the U.S. context. However, there is growing scholarly and activist practices in Africa that are grounded in intersectionality.

In this conversation, Dr. Mohammed will discuss activism of Ghanaian gender and feminist organizations in relation to state-sanctioned violence directed at queer and trans people. Although there is increasing visibility in activism and organizing around issues affecting queer and trans Ghanaians, Dr. Mohammed argues that feminist and gender advocacy groups need to work toward grounding their efforts in intersectionality and feminist accountability frameworks to propel the growth of feminist organizing across the country. Dr. Mohammed will use Ghana as a case study to understand social movements in the larger African context.