African Women Leaders Network 2025 - Intergenerational Retreat! Opening remarks at one of the most incredible platforms I’ve experienced. A room full of African Women Leaders - the wisdom, the sisterhood, the commitment to paving way for generations to come - simply unmatched! Lets us all be reminded to rally and support the Continent’s interventions to prevent and curb violence through the Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (CEDAWG), and continue to create an enabling environ

African American women have always been part of the African American struggle for full equality. Early freedom fighters like Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Anna Julia Cooper fought against multiple oppressions. In our new YouTube video, scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw explains how the intersections of these oppressions manifest today in the term she coined, "intersectionality." Watch the full story and subscribe now! bit.ly/2gmn4Ln #HiddenHerstory #APeoplesJourney | Smithsonian's National Museum