{"id":2046,"date":"2008-10-13T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-13T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/browse\/900"},"modified":"2008-10-13T10:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-13T10:31:00","slug":"feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Feminist Quotes at the African Feminist Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I was reading through some of the notes I took at the 2nd African Feminist Forum recently held in Kampala, Uganda and just have to share some of the great quotes which struck me (some funny, some spot on, some simply controversial&#8230;&#8217; Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Feminism is like Christianity, you have to convert people.\u2019 Hope Chigudu quoted by Dr Hilda Tadria<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Retired, still not tired\u2019 Dr Hilda Tadria<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Many of us have learnt to settle for the world as it is, not the world that ought to be\u2019 Michelle Obama quoted by Dr Hilda Tadria<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Integrity is what you do when no one is watching\u2019 Rotary speaker quoted by Dr Hilda Tadria<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Have you ever heard of inviting your oppressor to join you? In every sense of the word they have screwed us up\u2019. Solome Nakaweesi Kimbugwe<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If someone hasn\u2019t felt how it feels to eat last, to work more and to earn less how do you expect them to support you\u2026\u2019 Solome Nakaweesi Kimbugwe<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Arguments below the waist beads\u2026a kick in the ovum\u2019s\u2019 Zeedah<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Patriarchy is a system so men are not the enemy\u2019 Pregs Govender <\/p>\n<p>Nana Sekyiamah<br \/>Programme Officer<br \/>Fundraising &#038; Communications<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was reading through some of the notes I took at the 2nd African Feminist Forum recently held in Kampala, Uganda and just have to share some of the great quotes which struck me (some funny, some spot on, some simply controversial&#8230;&#8217; Enjoy! \u2018Feminism is like Christianity, you have to convert people.\u2019 Hope Chigudu quoted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Feminist Quotes at the African Feminist Forum - The African Women&#039;s Development Fund (AWDF)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Feminist Quotes at the African Feminist Forum - The African Women&#039;s Development Fund (AWDF)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I was reading through some of the notes I took at the 2nd African Feminist Forum recently held in Kampala, Uganda and just have to share some of the great quotes which struck me (some funny, some spot on, some simply controversial&#8230;&#8217; Enjoy! \u2018Feminism is like Christianity, you have to convert people.\u2019 Hope Chigudu quoted [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The African Women&#039;s Development Fund (AWDF)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-10-13T10:31:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Communications\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Communications\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Communications\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0944a265659ce379489416a043736097\"},\"headline\":\"Feminist Quotes at the African Feminist Forum\",\"datePublished\":\"2008-10-13T10:31:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":200,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\\\/\",\"name\":\"Feminist Quotes at the African Feminist Forum - The African Women&#039;s Development Fund (AWDF)\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2008-10-13T10:31:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0944a265659ce379489416a043736097\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Feminist Quotes at the African Feminist Forum\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/\",\"name\":\"The African Women&#039;s Development Fund (AWDF)\",\"description\":\"...for African women to live in a world in which there is social justice, equality and respect for women\u2019s human rights.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0944a265659ce379489416a043736097\",\"name\":\"Communications\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c75e7e45966638c563a850199ab501542ba34fdd7e9c820c233654f2f8418777?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c75e7e45966638c563a850199ab501542ba34fdd7e9c820c233654f2f8418777?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c75e7e45966638c563a850199ab501542ba34fdd7e9c820c233654f2f8418777?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Communications\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/awdf.org\\\/OldSite\\\/author\\\/communications\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Feminist Quotes at the African Feminist Forum - The African Women&#039;s Development Fund (AWDF)","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Feminist Quotes at the African Feminist Forum - The African Women&#039;s Development Fund (AWDF)","og_description":"I was reading through some of the notes I took at the 2nd African Feminist Forum recently held in Kampala, Uganda and just have to share some of the great quotes which struck me (some funny, some spot on, some simply controversial&#8230;&#8217; Enjoy! \u2018Feminism is like Christianity, you have to convert people.\u2019 Hope Chigudu quoted [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\/","og_site_name":"The African Women&#039;s Development Fund (AWDF)","article_published_time":"2008-10-13T10:31:00+00:00","author":"Communications","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Communications","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\/"},"author":{"name":"Communications","@id":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/#\/schema\/person\/0944a265659ce379489416a043736097"},"headline":"Feminist Quotes at the African Feminist Forum","datePublished":"2008-10-13T10:31:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\/"},"wordCount":200,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\/","url":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\/","name":"Feminist Quotes at the African Feminist Forum - The African Women&#039;s Development Fund (AWDF)","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/#website"},"datePublished":"2008-10-13T10:31:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/#\/schema\/person\/0944a265659ce379489416a043736097"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/feminist-quotes-at-the-african-feminist-forum\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Feminist Quotes at the African Feminist Forum"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/#website","url":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/","name":"The African Women&#039;s Development Fund (AWDF)","description":"...for African women to live in a world in which there is social justice, equality and respect for women\u2019s human rights.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/#\/schema\/person\/0944a265659ce379489416a043736097","name":"Communications","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c75e7e45966638c563a850199ab501542ba34fdd7e9c820c233654f2f8418777?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c75e7e45966638c563a850199ab501542ba34fdd7e9c820c233654f2f8418777?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c75e7e45966638c563a850199ab501542ba34fdd7e9c820c233654f2f8418777?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Communications"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/awdf.org"],"url":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/author\/communications\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}