A reflection
As we are drawn to the end of my blog series, I’d like to pause and reflect on my journey. At the beginning, I was convinced I had a good knowledge about the topic, especially as I had strong ties to Africa, since both my parents were from Africa. However, as the weeks progressed, I realised how wrong I was and how multi-layered and complex this topic actually was. In Week 1, After reading Wainana’s article , I was positive I wouldn’t fall into the same trap of seeing African women as a disappointment and those who hinder the process of development. But as the blogs unfolded, I couldn’t help but focus on struggles which these women faced when collecting water and the negative physical, economic and social impacts this posed on them. I realise this was because most of the discourse I read, were written by scholars from the Global North who rarely focused on the positive experiences. I learnt how impactful the stereotypes that Wainana had mentioned really are, ...