Gender and LGBTQ+ rights

I interviewed women fighting for trans inclusion at Hampstead Heath Ponds.

For New Internationalist, I wrote about Christian feminists in Brazil campaigning for abortion rights.

I spoke to the parents of trans kids in Scotland in light of the For Women Scotland ruling, and uncovered Edinburgh council’s trans-exclusionary school bathroom policy.

I reported on the reproductive rights of transmasculine people in anti-abortion Brazil for CNN.

For CNN I investigated a case involving the alleged sexual abuse of girls at a shelter run by a German man in Uganda. This piece was a Finalist for an Amnesty International Media Award.

I commissioned and edited a debate by two feminist experts about domestic violence criminalisation.

For The Guardian, I wrote about how women vendors in a market in Kampala are tackling sexual harassment in their workplace.

For African Arguments and the Daily Monitor I wrote about toxic masculinity and the spread of HIV in Uganda.

I broke this news story which went on to be covered extensively by international media.

For Thomson Reuters I reported from Lilongwe, Malawi's capital, on a protest against sexual violence after a series of alleged police assaults on women.

For Al Jazeera I reported on the impact the Uganda-Rwanda border closure was having on women small business owners.

For The People newsletter, I wrote about the role of the algorithm in increasing gender divides and amplifying misogyny.

I produced an award-nominated documentary for The Guardian about Stella Nyanzi, a feminist activist who ran for office in Uganda after being released from prison.

I interviewed trans and intersex people who are fleeing the UK due to the ongoing rollback of their rights, and international LGBTQ+ groups which confirmed an uptick in requests for help from trans Brits.

I uncovered an event hosted by a Christian right organisation in Uganda, promoting anti-LGBTQ+ laws to delegates from 22 African countries.

In the early days of TikTok, for Dazed I reported on how women in South Asia were using it as an unorthodox route into the entertainment industry.

I investigated police handling of domestic violence cases in Uganda.

In this multimedia piece for CNN, reported on women DJs in Uganda creating safe spaces for women and LGBTQ+ people in Kampala. This article was nominated for a One World Media Award.

For New Internationalist, I interviewed women working as extras in Dhallywood, Bangladesh’s struggling film industry.

For The Guardian, I met with some of the young LGBTQ+ Ugandans imprisoned and tortured during the Covid lockdown.

For Thomson Reuters I interviewed transgender men in Uganda about gender inequality and feminism.

I investigated a gender discrimination case at a leading science university in Switzerland.

I attended Sharjah Architecture Triennial and wrote about a project exploring the lives of women living in public housing in Iran.