Stephanie Jade

@TheLegalCaravan When you have the knowledge it becomes easier to make the right choice. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights @TheLegalCaravan

@TheLegalCaravan African families come in many forms, from single parents, blended families, and child-headed families. Recognition means valuing every structure that provides love and care. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights

As civil society, we are documenting, organizing, and building power from the ground up. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights @TheLegalCaravan

Abortion restrictions do not reduce abortions. Every lawmaker who has voted against safe abortion access while speaking about protecting families, we will not let you forget. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights

Street children are the consequences of governments that chose not to invest in social protection, housing, and economic security. Fund solutions Every child counts #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights

Families are central to sustainable development 2030 agenda Child benefits, parental leave, universal healthcare, affordable childrcare Where is the implementation? Where is the funding? Where is the urgency? #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights

Policymakers: queer guardians exist in your constituencies. They pay taxes, raise children, and contribute to communities. Your policies are incomplete when you do not legally recognize and protect queer guardians. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights

To religious and cultural institutions weaponizing "family" to shame women who leave abusive marriages: You are not protecting families. You are protecting abusers. Accountability is coming. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights

Withholding CSE leaves children uninformed, unprotected and vulnerable to abuse. Every government that bans CSE while claiming to protect families is complicit in the harm that follows. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights

We will outlast the anti-rights groups flooding African policy spaces. Their agendas are not serving us. They are the same people making progressive laws in their countries but coming back to oppress us Our diversity predates your interference. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights

When the government talks about "family values." Which families? Not the woman in an abusive home and no legal aid Not a girl denied CSE and then punished for a pregnancy Not the child on the street with no safety net Fake values protect no one #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights

To every government and policymaker marking the international Day of Families today, your statement means nothing without your budgets. Show us the line items for childcare, SRHR, GBV response, and social protection. We are watching. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights

Join today’s conversation advocating for inclusive policies that protect diverse families and guarantee equal rights, dignity, and wellbeing for everyone equally. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights @TheLegalCaravan

@Sirokumu_ @TheLegalCaravan If it’s your life, it should be your decision: if, when, and how to build a family. No one should be denied the right to decide their own family future. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights @TheLegalCaravan

Across African history, storytelling within families has preserved language, identity, resistance, and culture. Families remain one of the strongest foundations for passing down knowledge, values, and resilience. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights @TheLegalCaravan

Many harmful practices justified in the name of “tradition” have historically denied young women autonomy, healthcare access, inheritance, and education. Progress means protecting dignity while preserving positive cultural values. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights @TheLegalCaravan

History reminds us that families evolve with time. Urbanization, migration, education, technology, and changing social realities continue to shape how African families live, love, and support one another today. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights @TheLegalCaravan

Traditional African societies often relied on collective parenting, where uncles, aunties, neighbors, and elders all contributed to raising children. Community care has always been part of our history and identity. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights @TheLegalCaravan

For decades,conversations about sexuality, consent, menstruation, and reproductive health were often treated as taboo, and today, communities are pushing to break that silence. #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights @TheLegalCaravan

The HIV/AIDS epidemic reshaped millions of families across Africa, with grandparents,older siblings, and guardians stepping in to care for children after loss or displacement. Their resilience deserves recognition and support.Kudos! #Everyfamilycounts #TLC4Rights @TheLegalCaravan