By Gifty Nyame Tabiri
Released in 2022, the documentary “When Women Speak” put a rare spotlight on the history of women’s activism in Ghana from the 1960s onwards. It portrays long-time activists and their struggle for the rights of women in their own voices. In our latest post, Gifty Nyame Tabiri reviews that film on the tracks of voluntariness and underscores the necessity of voluntary agency for women’s activism in a post-colonial state.
By Silke van Dyk
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By Alexander Obermüller
Securing emergency medical care, firefighting and other public emergency services has been a continuous challenge for towns and cities since the end of the 19th century. By taking us to turn-of-the-century Vienna and its Voluntary Ambulance Association, Alexander Obermüller traces the history of these challenges, examining the class status of volunteers and asking if voluntary services always had to be unpaid. Read more in our recent post.
