“We Live in Fear on Land That Is Not Ours”
“My name is Nonhlanhla from the Eswatini Rural Women’s Assembly. I live in the Mbandeni community — on a farm we were allocated by local authorities through the Gukonta system.…
“My name is Nonhlanhla from the Eswatini Rural Women’s Assembly. I live in the Mbandeni community — on a farm we were allocated by local authorities through the Gukonta system.…
RWA Zimbabwe held its Photographic Seed Exhibition, at Harare Botanical Gardens from the 13th to the 18th of September 2024. The exhibition was well attended and attracted many people which…
Today, on International Day of Peasants’ Struggles, the Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) stands in solidarity with all peasants who are under attack—especially rural women across Africa and the Global South.…
Good evening, everyone. Thank you very much for this opportunity. My name is Lonhlanhla Mthethwa from Swaziland, and I'm just going to elaborate a little bit about my country. Swaziland,…
My name is Mamalefetsane Phakoe from Lesotho. I would like to start by introducing my country to those who doesn't know where is Lesotho and how it looks like. Lesotho…
INTRODUCTION The Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) hosted a regional webinar on 16 April 2025 to commemorate the International Day of Peasant Struggles, under the theme: “We Are Not Invisible –…
Rural Women Assembly (RWA) took part in the Annual Strategic General Meeting for the Africa Climate Justice Collective (ACJC) held in Nairobi from 6 to 11 April 2025, affirming their…
“When the River Weeps: Rural Women Voice Concerns and Demands for Justice in the Wake of Kafue-Mwambashi Pollution” The people of Chingola, Kalulushi, and Ndola have experienced one of the…
The Rural Women's Assembly (RWA) expresses its deep outrage and heartbreak over the disastrous pollution of the Kafue River caused by the collapse of the tailings dam at Sino-Metals Leach…
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has long been plagued by conflict, with its eastern regions experiencing particularly severe violence. This ongoing turmoil has had devastating consequences for all civilians,…