I live in Kampala where I work with Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA). AMwA is a pan-African international women’s non-governmental organisation, which builds the leadership capacities of young African women to influence policies and decision-making spaces. As the Africa Regional Coordinator, I coordinate the African Women’s Leadership Institute, lobbying and advocating at the national, regional and international level, promoting feminist epistemology in Africa, networking and feminist movement building. I am a feminist because I am against all forms of patriarchy that oppress women. My mission is to contribute to the dismantling of patriarchy in both my personal and professional life. Although I have fought for women’s rights as far back as I can remember, AMwA and its African Women’s Leadership Institute (AWLI) was the space where I completely embraced my identity and ideology as a young African feminist. I am a proud AWLI alumni. My personal journey as a feminist has also been shaped by not just the spaces I have occupied, but by my mother, friends, and colleagues who have been my role models, mentors and provided the social networks that I lean on to inspire and push me forward. I believe in continuous learning and practicing feminist values and not just talking or rhetoric. I also believe in transferring skills and knowledge, mentoring and building a younger generation of feminists needed to own and sustain the gains of the women’s movement in the midst of challenges. The women’s movement has made important gains across the continent over the past 30 years. However today we are seeing growing political, social and cultural threats to this progress. There is a backlash of religious, cultural and other forms of fundamentalisms that have also penetrated the women’s movement. We are seeing the erosion and shrinking of autonomous spaces for feminists. All of this can be overcome. We need to keep investing in building feminist leadership, including through mentoring young African women. The battle with patriarchy continues, in my own personal life and in the lives of my fellow activists, in particular around challenging religious and cultural fundamentalisms. We also need to keep growing and promoting feminist epistemology and the body of feminist knowledge. Central to our success is keeping and building new feminist autonomous spaces that enable feminists to analyse, mobilise, rejuvenate and strategise for action. There are many African women who have dedicated their lives to make the world a better place for girls and women. I am proud to join them in defence of women’s rights. I want both my daughter and son to inherit a world where women and men live in equality, peace and justice