African Journal of Gender and Women Studies

African Journal of Gender and Women Studies | Vol. 11, No. 10, October 2026 | pp. 183–196

DOI: 10.46882/2026/AJGWS/001328

Article Type: Research Article

Title: Intersectionality in Corporate Diversity Initiatives: Black Women’s Experiences in Multinational Tech Firms

Names of Author: Kemi Adeyinka¹ & Samuel O’Connor²

Author's Affiliation: ¹Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, Lagos, Nigeria; ²Department of Management and Organization, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Abstract:
Global technology corporations have increasingly expanded engineering hubs across African cities while promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) pledges to attract female talent. However, corporate gender initiatives frequently treat women as a monolithic category, overlooking how race, nationality, and socio-economic background intersect to shape workplace hierarchies. Black African women in multinational tech firms routinely report wage disparities relative to expatriate peers, tokenistic representation in public branding, and exclusion from core product architecture teams. This paper investigates the workplace experiences of African women software engineers and product managers in Lagos, Nairobi, and Dublin. Grounded in intersectional organizational theory, the research draws on confidential interviews with 38 female tech professionals. The findings reveal that genuine workplace equity requires transparent global pay-parity audits, equitable intellectual property attribution, and dismantling neocolonial management structures.

Keywords: Intersectionality, tech industry, corporate diversity, Black women in tech, workplace equity, organizational culture, Nigeria, Ireland

Manuscript Timeline: Received: August 29, 2026; Revised: September 29, 2026; Accepted: October 03, 2026; Published: October 15, 2026.

Citation: Adeyinka, K., & O’Connor, S. (2026). Intersectionality in Corporate Diversity Initiatives: Black Women’s Experiences in Multinational Tech Firms. African Journal of Gender and Women Studies, 11(10), 183–196. DOI: 10.46882/2026/AJGWS/001328

African Journal of Gender and Women Studies | Vol. 11, No. 10, October 2026 | pp. 169–182

DOI: 10.46882/2026/AJGWS/001327

Article Type: Research Article

Title: Gendered Labor in Transnational Nursing Migration: Brain Drain, Care Deficits, and Diaspora Advocacy

Names of Author: Grace Osei-Bonsu¹, Ravi Shankar², & Claire Moreau³

Author's Affiliation: ¹School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana; ²Centre for Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India; ³Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

Abstract:
Aggressive international recruitment of healthcare professionals by high-income nations has accelerated the out-migration of skilled female nurses from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. While overseas employment offers higher wages and remittance opportunities for migrant nurses and their families, it simultaneously exacerbates critical staffing shortages and maternal mortality risks in under-resourced domestic public hospitals. Furthermore, migrant nurses in host countries frequently encounter racialized deskilling, credential non-recognition, and barriers to senior clinical leadership. This paper explores the structural drivers and lived consequences of transnational nursing migration among Ghanaian and Indian nurses working in Canada and the United Kingdom. Utilizing transnational feminist political economy, the study synthesizes interviews with 44 migrant nurses and health policy analysts. We advocate for ethical bilateral recruitment frameworks that fund domestic nursing education and protect migrant workers’ professional mobility.

Keywords: Nursing migration, care drain, transnational labor, health equity, feminist political economy, diaspora advocacy, Ghana, India

Manuscript Timeline: Received: August 28, 2026; Revised: September 28, 2026; Accepted: October 02, 2026; Published: October 15, 2026.

Citation: Osei-Bonsu, G., Shankar, R., & Moreau, C. (2026). Gendered Labor in Transnational Nursing Migration: Brain Drain, Care Deficits, and Diaspora Advocacy. African Journal of Gender and Women Studies, 11(10), 169–182. DOI: 10.46882/2026/AJGWS/001327

African Journal of Gender and Women Studies | Vol. 11, No. 10, October 2026 | pp. 155–168

DOI: 10.46882/2026/AJGWS/001326

Article Type: Research Article

Title: Feminist Digital Archives, Memory Work, and the Preservation of Women’s Liberation Movements

Names of Author: Tsitsi Chigwedere¹ & Arthur Pendelton²

Author's Affiliation: ¹Department of History and Heritage Studies, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe; ²Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States.

Abstract:
Official national archives across postcolonial nations have frequently marginalized the grassroots organizing, underground pamphlets, and oral histories of women’s liberation movements, privileging male nationalist leaders in state memory. In response, feminist archivists, scholars, and community activists are utilizing open-access digital repositories to preserve endangered activist ephemera and democratize historical knowledge. However, digitizing sensitive feminist records raises complex ethical questions regarding survivor privacy, community data sovereignty, and long-term digital preservation. This paper examines community-led feminist digital archiving projects in Southern Africa and North America. Grounded in decolonial archival theory and feminist memory studies, the research draws on interviews with 26 archivists and oral history practitioners alongside analyses of digital repository governance models. We demonstrate how participatory, consent-driven digital archives safeguard marginalized histories while empowering younger generations of feminist organizers.

Keywords: Feminist archives, digital preservation, memory work, women’s liberation, decolonial archival theory, oral history, data sovereignty, Southern Africa

Manuscript Timeline: Received: August 27, 2026; Revised: September 27, 2026; Accepted: October 01, 2026; Published: October 15, 2026.

Citation: Chigwedere, T., & Pendelton, A. (2026). Feminist Digital Archives, Memory Work, and the Preservation of Women’s Liberation Movements. African Journal of Gender and Women Studies, 11(10), 155–168. DOI: 10.46882/2026/AJGWS/001326

African Journal of Gender and Women Studies | Vol. 11, No. 10, October 2026 | pp. 141–154

DOI: 10.46882/2026/AJGWS/001325

Article Type: Research Article

Title: Women’s Land Rights, Post-Disaster Reconstruction, and Climate Displacement in Coastal Regions

Names of Author: Aminata Sylla¹, Mateo Vargas², & Freja Lindholm³

Author's Affiliation: ¹Department of Geography, Gaston Berger University, Saint-Louis, Senegal; ²Institute of Environmental Studies, National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia; ³Department of Human Geography, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Abstract:
Accelerated coastal erosion, storm surges, and sea-level rise are forcing entire fishing and agricultural communities across the Global South to relocate inland. When state-led post-disaster reconstruction programs distribute replacement housing and land titles exclusively to registered male household heads, divorced, widowed, and unmarried women are routinely excluded from tenure security. Loss of coastal livelihoods coupled with discriminatory resettlement policies exposes displaced women to heightened economic precarity and gender-based violence in temporary shelters. This paper investigates the gendered politics of climate-induced relocation in Saint-Louis, Senegal, and coastal Colombia. Anchored in feminist political ecology and disaster justice frameworks, the study combines spatial mapping with 50 interviews involving displaced women and municipal planners. We argue that equitable climate adaptation requires joint spousal titling, female leadership on resettlement committees, and protection of women’s coastal processing zones.

Keywords: Climate displacement, women’s land rights, disaster reconstruction, coastal erosion, feminist political ecology, tenure security, Senegal, Colombia

Manuscript Timeline: Received: August 26, 2026; Revised: September 26, 2026; Accepted: September 30, 2026; Published: October 15, 2026.

Citation: Sylla, A., Vargas, M., & Lindholm, F. (2026). Women’s Land Rights, Post-Disaster Reconstruction, and Climate Displacement in Coastal Regions. African Journal of Gender and Women Studies, 11(10), 141–154. DOI: 10.46882/2026/AJGWS/001325

African Journal of Gender and Women Studies | Vol. 11, No. 10, October 2026 | pp. 127–140

DOI: 10.46882/2026/AJGWS/001324

Article Type: Research Article

Title: Caregiver Burnout, Eldercare Policies, and the Intergenerational Sandwich Generation

Names of Author: Nomvula Zungu¹, Mei-Hua Lin², & Katarzyna Nowak³

Author's Affiliation: ¹Department of Social Work, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; ²Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan; ³Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.

Abstract:
Increasing life expectancy, urban migration, and declining state investment in public eldercare have placed unprecedented caregiving demands on midlife women belonging to the "sandwich generation"—those simultaneously raising children and caring for aging or chronically ill relatives. Because cultural norms across diverse societies naturalize women’s unpaid caregiving as a moral duty, female caregivers experience acute physical exhaustion, career interruptions, and reduced retirement savings without institutional recognition or financial compensation. This paper examines the lived experiences of sandwich-generation female caregivers in South Africa, Taiwan, and Poland. Anchored in feminist care ethics and comparative social policy analysis, the study draws upon 60 in-depth caregiver interviews and evaluations of national eldercare support schemes. The findings underscore that achieving gender equity across the life course requires universal public eldercare infrastructure, paid family care leave, and caregiver pension credits.

Keywords: Eldercare, sandwich generation, caregiver burnout, feminist care ethics, unpaid care work, social policy, aging, gender equity

Manuscript Timeline: Received: August 25, 2026; Revised: September 25, 2026; Accepted: September 29, 2026; Published: October 15, 2026.

Citation: Zungu, N., Lin, M.-H., & Nowak, K. (2026). Caregiver Burnout, Eldercare Policies, and the Intergenerational Sandwich Generation. African Journal of Gender and Women Studies, 11(10), 127–140. DOI: 10.46882/2026/AJGWS/001324

African Journal of Gender and Women Studies | Vol. 11, No. 10, October 2026 | pp. 113–126

DOI: 10.46882/2026/AJGWS/001323

Article Type: Research Article

Title: Feminist Podcasting, Oral Storytelling, and Counter-Public Spheres in Contemporary Africa

Names of Author: Efia Boateng-Acheampong¹, Maya Deshmukh², & Chloe Tremblay³

Author's Affiliation: ¹Department of Communication and Media Studies, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana; ²Department of Cultural Studies, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India; ³Department of Communication, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada.

Abstract:
Digital audio platforms and independent podcasts have rapidly emerged as accessible, intimate spaces for feminist dialogue, sexual health education, and political critique across urban and diasporic African communities. Unlike tightly regulated state broadcasters or algorithmically volatile visual social media platforms, podcasting enables female hosts and listeners to engage in nuanced, long-form conversations about taboo subjects such as reproductive autonomy, marital expectations, mental health, and queer identity. This paper examines how independent feminist podcasts cultivate transnational counter-public spheres and intergenerational solidarity. Grounded in feminist media theory and African oral storytelling traditions, the study analyzes 45 episodes from prominent feminist podcasts produced in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa alongside listener focus groups. We argue that digital audio storytelling revitalizes indigenous traditions of communal female dialogue while fostering safe spaces for collective consciousness-raising.

Keywords: Feminist podcasting, oral storytelling, counter-public sphere, digital media, African feminism, consciousness-raising, Ghana, Kenya

Manuscript Timeline: Received: August 22, 2026; Revised: September 22, 2026; Accepted: September 26, 2026; Published: October 15, 2026.

Citation: Boateng-Acheampong, E., Deshmukh, M., & Tremblay, C. (2026). Feminist Podcasting, Oral Storytelling, and Counter-Public Spheres in Contemporary Africa. African Journal of Gender and Women Studies, 11(10), 113–126. DOI: 10.46882/2026/AJGWS/001323