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Governing Gender: Violent Extremism in Northern Nigeria (2021)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2021). Governing Gender: Violent Extremism in Northern Nigeria. Africa development, 46(3), 1-19

This article draws on a qualitative study piloted in Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria, to unpack the gender logics that shape why women join Boko Haram, their roles, how they are perceived by their communities on their return and how these dynamics inform... Read More about Governing Gender: Violent Extremism in Northern Nigeria.

Rite of Being: Gender and Bodily Autonomy in Manenberg (2021)
Book Chapter
Okech, A. (2021). Rite of Being: Gender and Bodily Autonomy in Manenberg. In A. Halligey, & S. Matchett (Eds.), Collaborative Conversations: Celebrating Twenty-One Years of The Mothertongue Project. Modjaji Books

Movement Building Responses to COVID-19: Lessons from the JASS Mobilisation Fund (2021)
Journal Article
Okech, A., Essof, S., & Carlsen, L. (2022). Movement Building Responses to COVID-19: Lessons from the JASS Mobilisation Fund. Economia Politica, 39(1), 249-269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40888-021-00241-9

This article draws on the work of Just Associates (JASS), a feminist movement support organisation that strengthens the leadership and organising capacity of community-based women networks in Southern Africa, Southeast Asia, and Mesoamerica, to trans... Read More about Movement Building Responses to COVID-19: Lessons from the JASS Mobilisation Fund.

Feminist Digital Counterpublics: Challenging Femicide in Kenya and South Africa (2021)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2021). Feminist Digital Counterpublics: Challenging Femicide in Kenya and South Africa. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 46(4), 1013-1033. https://doi.org/10.1086/713299

What happens when misogyny leads to increasing murders of women, whose lives are considered not worthy because their respectability is under attack? What do feminists do in a global moment when antifeminist backlash emerges with fervor in politics, p... Read More about Feminist Digital Counterpublics: Challenging Femicide in Kenya and South Africa.

COVID-19 responses and human rights in selected African countries (2021)
Journal Article
Okech, A., Mwambari, D., & Olonisakin, '. (2021). COVID-19 responses and human rights in selected African countries. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 26(3), 549-555. https://doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2020.1813381

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the need for states to strike a delicate balance between implementing measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, and respecting the rights and dignity of the populace. Human rights organisations warned that COVID-19... Read More about COVID-19 responses and human rights in selected African countries.

Global movement for Black lives: A conversation between Awino Okech and Shereen Essof (2021)
Journal Article
Okech, A., & Essof, S. (2023). Global movement for Black lives: A conversation between Awino Okech and Shereen Essof. European Journal of Women's Studies, 30(1 supplt), 34S-42S. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506820978903

This conversation reflects on the importance of transnational Black solidarity in a global moment where the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed structural inequalities that sustain Black death and the global movement for Black lives has focussed attention... Read More about Global movement for Black lives: A conversation between Awino Okech and Shereen Essof.