1/7 The 2020 @mailandguardian list of powerful SA women is out, recognising magnificent work done by ordinary women. QW+ congratulates all 50 women - and a shout out to the members of our database who are on the list.
#WomensMonth2020 #PowerfulWomen #LeaveNoVoiceBehind

2/7 Our database (over 300 women+ voices now) is available to journalists - we work to boost the voices of women in the media. We would not exist without the generous participation of these people! Today we celebrate these #PowerfulWomen...

3/7 Dr Shakira Choonara, public health consultant; Dr Glenda Davison, Head of the Biomedical Sciences Department at CPUT; Lauren Hermanus, Director of Adapt;
@ChoonaraShakira @laurenhermanus

4/7 Nomahlubi Jakuja, Consultant at The World Bank; Safura Abdool Karim, researcher at the Wits School of Public Health; Dorah Marema, President of GenderCC's board since 2010;
@AkSafs @maremadorah

5/7 Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, UNHRC special rapporteur, Commission for Gender Equality; Dr Hlengiwe Ndlovu, doctoral fellow in the Sociology Department and Transforming Humanities Through Interdisciplinary Knowledge at Wits University;
@drtlaleng @village_thinker

6/7 Nokuzola Ndwandwe, CEO of Team Free Sanitary Pads; Mahlatse Nkuna, a black woman of trans experience; Laurel Oettle, Director of the Association for Rural Advancement; and Carla Watson, Founder of foryouandyours.
@ZolaNdwandwe @Shlatz @laurel_oettle @sayswatson1

7/7 See the full list here: https://powerfulwomen.mg.co.za  and again, congratulations to all 50 people on this amazing list! (And apologies for deleting an earlier version of this thread, which had a small mistake - if only Twitter would let us edit tweets!)