Badili Africa #feminizingpoliticalspaces

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Badili Africa is a Pan-African women’s rights organization working to redefine leadership and political participation by centering the voices and agency of grassroots Chama women and young women in tertiary institutions.

We often talk about breaking the silence around GBV. But behind the silence can be fear, stigma, not knowing where to go...
03/09/2026

We often talk about breaking the silence around GBV. But behind the silence can be fear, stigma, not knowing where to go, or not trusting that anything will happen if you speak.

So we brought grassroots women and students into the conversation. We wanted to understand what GBV looks like from their perspective, what makes it harder to prevent, report, and respond to, and what needs to change.

Their voices will help shape the GBV response guidelines we are developing through

02/09/2026

We often underestimate how much civic knowledge we need to navigate everyday life. We confuse the roles of our leaders, then end up taking our questions and demands to the wrong offices.

So how do we hold leaders accountable if we don't know what they are responsible for in the first place?

This is why civic knowledge matters. Through our work, we’re taking these conversations into everyday spaces, so people can better understand their leaders, make informed decisions and know where to turn when an issue affects them.

We need places where we can just be.A place to sit, talk, laugh, complain, ask questions, hear what’s happening, and som...
01/09/2026

We need places where we can just be.

A place to sit, talk, laugh, complain, ask questions, hear what’s happening, and sometimes say things we wouldn't say anywhere else.

But those spaces are disappearing. The places where people naturally meet and build relationships are becoming harder to find.

For many people, the salon or barbershop is still one of those places.

And the people behind those spaces often know their communities in ways you can't capture in a survey. They know who has stopped coming in. They hear what people are worried about. They notice when something is not right.

That kind of trust matters.

Through Transformative Gossip, we spent time with salonists, barbers, and beauticians thinking about what they can do with that trust, from creating safer spaces to knowing when to listen, when to speak, and where to point someone when they need help.

27/08/2026

For Clarice Halanga, the fight against gender-based violence is personal.

She grew up witnessing violence and came to believe that women should have the financial independence to make choices about their own lives including the choice to walk away from harmful relationships.

That belief became the foundation for the work she is now building through BECI, supporting women and young people with skills, livelihoods and knowledge that can help them become more self-reliant.

But the journey to starting her organisation did not happen alone.

Clarice says the encouragement and trainings she received from Badili Africa gave her the push she needed to believe that she could build something of her own. Now BECI breaks cycles of poverty in Nairobi's informal settlements by equipping hundreds of marginalized women and youth with free, practical vocational skills and entrepreneurship training for financial independence. Clarice Halanga

26/08/2026

“I didn’t know I had this much power.”

That was a reflection that came out of our Transformative Gossip sessions with salonists, barbers, and beauticians in Nairobi.

They already have something many formal civic spaces struggle to build: trust. People sit with them every week, share what is happening in their lives and talk about what is happening in their communities. But many had never thought of these everyday interactions as a form of influence or of themselves as people who could shape civic conversations.

It is a reminder that the most important office is the Office of the Citizen.

You don't need a big title to have influence. Sometimes, you just need to recognize the power you already hold to change things.

25/08/2026

Everyone likes to look good; it does not matter your class, age, or gender. Every month, for a few minutes or hours, we book a session with a trusted salonist, beautician, or barber.
Think about who sits in these chairs every day. A CEO, teacher, bartender, student, mother, and boda rider. People from different walks of life, all bringing their stories and experiences into the same space.
They might know about a predator targeting young girls in the neighborhood before it ever makes the news. They might hear that people are losing money to an investment scam. They might know which issues keep coming up in conversations, what people are worried about and what they are hoping for.

In a way, they hold a lot of raw information about what is happening in their communities.
Yet we rarely think of salons and barbershops as civic spaces. What if we did?

That is what we are exploring through Transformative Gossip. We’re working with salonists, barbers and beauticians across Nairobi to see what happens when the people who already hear the community’s gossip every day also have the tools to turn some of those conversations into civic knowledge, action and support.

21/08/2026

Happiest birthday to our Badili stars na Kwendo 🎉🥳
We hope you felt the love from Badili Africa community. Happy weekend.

Women already gather in salons to talk about life, work, relationships, politics and everything in between.So, what happ...
19/08/2026

Women already gather in salons to talk about life, work, relationships, politics and everything in between.

So, what happens when we make those conversations a little more intentional?We’re working with salon and beauty services owners across Kwangware, Mathare and Kayole to turn everyday conversations into opportunities to learn about civic rights, women’s leadership, GBV, political participation and accountability.
Through our Transformative Gossip approach, they are learning how to turn everyday conversations into opportunities to share useful information, identify issues affecting women and young people, and connect people to the right support and referral pathways when they need help.

And this is just the beginning. They’ll take these conversations back to their spaces, where they can share information, connect people to available support, and create a ripple effect of women who know where to turn and what action they can take.

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Mamlaka Road, Parkview Flats, YWCA Rm 26
Nairobi
P.O.BOX86917-00200

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Monday 08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 17:00
Thursday 08:00 - 17:00
Friday 08:00 - 17:00

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