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A session that was supposed to be about experiences of hate crimes, and remembering people we have lost due to homophobia, ended up into an emotional session. The session started well with presentations from the panels. Chan from Zambia, who identifies as a transgendered man said, he feels and has seen that there is no unity within the feminist movement. When issues affecting women are addressed, it is not very often you hear transpeople mentioned.

Pacific women: Pacific women’s spaces at AWIDSometimes we have moments of magic that make our heads spin, our skin tingle, our hearts thump and skip in tune to the singing inside. There have been many such moments at my first ever AWID experience here in South Africa.