African Women Who Fought for Healthcare Rights
3 women in the archive worked for healthcare rights. They came from different countries and different centuries, but each of them saw a wrong that others accepted and set out to change it. Read their stories to see how the same cause looked from very different lives.
3 women in the archive
ModernAlbertina Sisulu
South African anti-apartheid activist and nurse who kept the resistance alive while her husband Walter Sisulu was imprisoned for 26 years alongside Nelson Mandela. She was banned, arrested, and surveilled for decades, and never stopped.
IndependenceAoua Keita
Malian midwife, politician, and activist who became the first woman elected to Mali's National Assembly. Campaigned for women's suffrage, healthcare, and independence from France.
ContemporaryNkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
South African politician and physician who served as the first woman Chairperson of the African Union Commission, having previously led South Africa's transformation of its healthcare system as Minister of Health.