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I'm an #Africanfeminist, a very radical one and my role and work in this sector is because of who I am and where I come from. I am the daughter/grand daughter of farmworkers. - Mercia Andrews, Women's Rural Assembly
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“I think the topic Defending the Commons is also an important thread that runs through the Rural Women’s Assembly. We have tried to build on the knowledge of the rural women and what they do already.” Mercia Andrews
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“We need to be much stronger and put forward the articulation with what is wrong with the system. The idea of defending the commons is central when reimagining a future.” - Mercia Andrews
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I'm one of the founder members of the Rural Women's Assembly in Mozambique. Working in the field you have a chance to learn, see and do things. - Carmen Munhequete
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This COVID pandemic is a manifestation of the destruction of the commons, the way the capitalist system has tried to grab land, control seeds and destroy ecological systems and food systems. Re-imagining development is about defending the commons - Mercia Andrews
Development is not inclusive. We need to re-imagine development that puts gender at centre stage. We need to reimagine the vision from below and disrupt the dominant models of development which are reflected in policy. - Constance Mogale
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“Government may have policies that are well intended that are coming from above but we need to know what is coming from below. What women propose and what they state as their issues. We also need to be cognizant of the language that we use. It is very classist. “-Constance Mogale
“We need to disrupt the dominant policy models that aren’t necessarily bringing about any changes and take into consideration other social factors, beyond patriarchy.” -Constance Mogale
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#SouthFeministFutures needs to tackle development from the perspective of land because dispossession of land is at the root of our oppression - Nancy Kachingwe
“It’s really time to bring the women on the ground to be a part of the decision process. Let’s not forget the important role the women play in their families, they are also leading their families, in also providing for them.” -Carmen Munhequete
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“Women are often in the production but when it comes to the market, they don’t have a voice so often they are pushed to the back. Organising has been important because organising changes things.” -Carmen Munhequete
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The paternalistic relationship between people in power and people in rural areas needs to change - Nancy Kachingwe @1africa1love
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Women are leaders in their own right yet there’s this tendency of undermining that leadership when we do policy. The reason the rural women survive even with lack of resources, is because they manage to make leadership decisions -there has got to be harnessing.” -Constance Mogale
We need to create our own spaces because where we are now, it was never meant to include us. It was patriarchal empires. The original map and architecture didn’t include. We are just ‘the other’ and need to disrupt this narrative and create our own spaces.” -Constance Mogale
“We need to disrupt the system but we also need to understand that we are dealing with a system of capitalism and not just of patriarchy, and need to look at how we challenge power and raise consciousness and reimagine a different system.” -Mercia Andrews
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“Africa will bear the brunt of an overheated continent. In as much as we produce less greenhouse gasses, we will bear the brunt of this unequal engagement. We become the dumping ground." -Mercia Andrews
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In southern Africa the development path is extractive. It's about digging it up and shipping it out, including in agriculture. Whatever is in the way must be moved, including people. This continues to underdeveloped Africa and must be challenged - Mercia Andrews
Confronting power presents the challenge of violence. The violence we talk about in the home is not disassociated with the violence we face when defending the commons. - Nancy Kachingwe
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