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Give to Gain: Redefining Philanthropy for Women's Movement

Binaifer Nowrojee is the president of the Open Society Foundations, the world's largest private funder dedicated to advancing human rights, equity, and justice. She is an international human rights lawyer whose career spans strategic litigation, advocacy, research, and philanthropy across Africa and Asia Pacific. Earlier in her career, she investigated sexual violence during the Rwandan genocide with Human Rights Watch, contributing to the first convictions recognizing rape as a weapon of war. Today, she continues to influence global conversations on rights, accountability, and the redistribution of power. In this special International Women's Day 2025 episode, Dr. Yemisi Akinbobola sits down with Binaifer to explore the global theme Gift to Gain and what it truly means for African women, institutions, and the future of gender justice on the continent. A key focus of the episode is intergenerational collaboration. Binaifer speaks passionately about the moral imagination of Gen Z African women and how older feminists must remain humble enough to learn from new organizing strategies while also offering the institutional support and legal infrastructure built over decades. She closes with a vision of African women putting their heads and hands together across sectors, lifting the continent through passion, commitment, and a shared humanity that rejects single stories and celebrates multiplicity. 00:00:00 Introduction: Give to Gain and Gender Justice in Africa 00:00:56 Meet Benaifah Nauroji: First African Woman President of Open Society 00:02:24 Growing Up as a Minority: Identity and Early Awareness of Injustice 00:03:32 From Dictatorship to Democracy: The Pro-Democracy Movement in Kenya 00:05:17 Books, Writers and Awakening: Shaping a Feminist Consciousness 00:06:24 College in America: Finding Her Voice Through Anti-Apartheid Activism 00:07:35 Audre Lorde and Feminist Identity: When I Dare to Be Powerful 00:08:35 Human Rights Watch and Rwanda: Documenting Sexual Violence as a War Crime 00:10:54 What Give to Gain Means: Standing With Women on the Front Lines 00:12:42 Leadership at Open Society: A Different Kind of Philanthropy 00:14:35 Charlotte Maxeke's Legacy: If You Rise, Bring Someone With You 00:15:42 Glass Cliffs and Backlash: The Reality for Women in Power 00:18:31 Beyond Funding: What Meaningful Giving to African Women Really Requires 00:20:30 Gen Z Leadership and Moral Imagination for a New World 00:21:49 The Kigali Declaration: Addressing Gender Violence in Media 00:23:01 From Recipients to Shapers: African Women and Philanthropic Power 00:24:30 What Governments Must Give: Access, Opportunity and Getting Out of the Way 00:26:21 The Danger of a Single Story: Why Who Tells the Story Matters 00:27:37 Intergenerational Collaboration: What Each Generation Brings 00:30:05 A Vision for African Women: Passion, Commitment and Shared Humanity 00:31:28 What Philanthropy Must Give Up: Humility and the Power of Listening 00:32:25 Closing Reflections: Demanding Structural Change, Not Just Celebration If this episode resonated with you, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Your support helps amplify conversations that strengthen media ecosystems across Africa. Interested in joining a future episode of Her Media Diary? Email: yemisi@africanwomeninmedia.com (mailto:yemisi@africanwomeninmedia.com) You can also listen via our partner radio stations across Africa, and join the ongoing conversation using #HerMediaDiary. Her Media Diary is produced by African Women in Media (AWiM). Follow African Women in Media (AWiM): Facebook (  / 1argsbptvc  ) LinkedIn (  / african-women-in-media  ) TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@realawim?_r=1...) X (Twitter) (https://x.com/RealAWiM) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/africanwome...)