Founded in 1994 in London UK, Moyo wa Taifa, Pan Afrikan Women’s Solidarity Network is an activist, advocacy and solidarity organisation.
Translated from ki-Swahili, Moyo wa Taifa means “heart of the nation” reflecting our conviction on the central role of women in the development of all human enterprise.
Established to connect the historical and contemporary struggles of Afrikan women on the Continent and in the Diaspora, Moyo wa Taifa locates the struggle for women’s emancipation within the context of our people’s aspiration for total transformation.
Our struggle for emancipation (as women) and for liberation (as a people) is also a struggle against the global exploitation of our labour (as workers) and the plunder of our resources (as Afrikans).
Moyo wa Taifa is dedicated to the mobilization of a mass movement united in struggle for the full social, political, cultural and economic rights of Afrikans within the framework of a sovereign United States of Afrika, including her Diaspora.
Cognisant of the need to locate our work within the context of our historical experiences as Afrikans wherever we may find ourselves, on the Continent or in the Diaspora and whether we are from the Continent or the Diaspora, Moyo wa Taifa is an autonomous people’s empowerment organisation (PEO) which organises to:
- facilitate advocacy, solidarity services and resources for grassroots women’s groups and organisations
- rebuild historical bridges and people-to-people networks between Continental Afrika and her global Diaspora
- develop national and international fora and platforms for Pan Afrikan voices and perspectives
- mobilise international advocacy and solidarity on issues of Afrikan self-determination including Women’s Rights, Economic Justice, Reparations and Debt Repudiation
Currently based in London, UK and Accra, Ghana, Moyo wa Taifa has worked in the UK since 1994 and in Ghana since 1998.