SAASA, stands for the Safe Abortion Alliance of southern Africa. We are a feminist alliance building partnership based on reproductive justice throughout the SADC southern African development community. Initiated in 2023, SAASA seeks to expand safe abortion provision through coordination, advocacy, training and education, as well as policy and legislative reform. To date we have members in ten countries including, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Madagascar, South Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We view increased access to safe abortion provision as central to sexual reproductive health rights, and reproductive justice and find conservative patriarchal views prevent full bodily autonomy.
Membership
Membership is open to values aligned groups working in SADC. To Join SAASA, here’s a link to the membership form:
SAASA Coordinating Committee:
- Chairperson – Refiloe Mamolise Harris (She-Hive Association, Lesotho) email: opm@shehive.co.ls
- Communications Coordinator – Neo Bridgette Nthepha Kitso (Feminist Alliance Botswana, Botswana) email: nthephakitso@gmail.com
- Resource and Mobilization – Vimbai R. Nyika (Women’s Action Group, Zimbabwe) email – vimbairugarenyika@gmail.com and Maria Caetano (Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da Comunidade , Mozambique) email: Mcaetano@fdc.org.mz
- Advocacy and Policy – Lyness Kumbukani Soko (Malawi Human Rights Center, Malawi) email – lynessksoko07@gmail.com
- Security and Wellbeing – Mbolatiana Raveloarimisa, Nifin’akanga movement, Madagascar email- mbolatiana.raveloarimisa@yahoo.fr
