The Women's History Museum of Zambia has launched a new season of “Leading Ladies”, a short animated Zambian podcast web series that tells the story of historical women who held significant positions of leadership in a variety of fields. This is the 4th installment of 4 seasons that have included narratives from Zambia, Malawi and South Africa which have highlighted stories of regional leading ladies such as Winnie Mandela. The animated podcast is a collaboration between the Women’s History Museum and the Dutch cultural fund HIVOS-Southern Africa Region.
Season 4 of Leading Ladies is centred around the notion of Eco-Feminism and its existence within the Zambian and wider African context. In our history, climate- related risks and climate-driven stress have been managed and hedged by women in a network of system-wide activities and roles. This series explores historical female personalities that played a role in climate resilience, climate peace and environmental protection. The series will contribute to better awareness of how women in our history played environmental management roles, through economic and community activities and leadership. The series will contribute to creating awareness about how women participated in the environment they lived in and occupied roles in the full spectrum of livelihood, knowledge production and leadership possibilities it represented.The series explores characters that represent sub-themes around climate change, conservation and the environment. Some of the subthemes include, climate and the forest, climate and the soil and climate and water.
“The assumption in our past has been that women were not leaders in promoting environmental justice.” The premier episode of the season tells the story of Dr. Musonda Mumba, the wetland eco-warrior, a leading lady that was unphased by her unequal treatment in relation to her male counterparts.
All new episodes of Leading Ladies have been released today on 9th March with a fresh line up of phenomenal women in our Zambian history who contributed to the narrative of eco-feminism!
Stay glued to our social media platforms as we officially launch Season 4 this Women's Month!