African Gender Institute
AGI is a feminist research institute located within the Department of African Feminist Studies in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town (UCT). We are committed to connecting with African womxn who identify as feminist thinkers and activists across disciplinary, institutional and geographic borders. We have aimed to make the boundaries between research, pedagogy and activism porous, so that these arenas can become epistemologically coherent. Two core principles have informed AGI’s work: first, the simple understanding of knowledge production as organic and people-centred; second, a respect for the generative and transformative power of collective processes. AGI has lead research projects on: gender justice, sexuality and human rights; peace and conflict studies; religion and sexuality; and capacity building in relation to gender and women’s studies knowledges.
African Feminist Studies
The Department of African Feminist Studies runs teaching, research and development programmes in the broad area of gender and transformation. In working to develop knowledge and strategies for the advancement of gender equity and democracy, the Department of African Feminist Studies builds links between scholars, researchers and practitioners across the African continent.