S.H.E was born from a need to contextualize the lives of African transgender and intersex women employing a feminist framework.

The lack of vocal African transgender and intersex women gave birth to the organisation.

Further, transgender and intersex women are not visible in African feminist spaces. This is something that needed to be changed. S.H.E, as an organisation was first represented in a meeting on women’s sexual and reproductive health rights in East London, South Africa in November 2010. Since then, the organisation has gone from strength to strength.

Their work is based on collective action and though we were registered as a coalition with the South African Department of Social Development, they work on an equal basis with all our partners. They work with partner organisations and their various constituencies. They employ a feminist agenda as an ideological underpinning to their work.

 

Mission

S.H.E is a feminist collective of trans and intersex women and orginisations with an African focus. They work with and for:

Trans & intersex women/girls in Africa
Sexual & Gender minorities
Sex Workers

Vision
S.H.E. envisions a world in which women of all ages, independent of gender identity, have the freedom to realise themselves fully as human beings and celebrate their womanity and womynity.