Ofelia Maria Mosquera Usuga
Co-Creating Feminist Realities
While we dream of a feminist world, there are those who are already building and living it. These are our Feminist Realities!
What are Feminist Realities?
Feminist Realities are the living, breathing examples of the just world we are co-creating. They exist now, in the many ways we live, struggle and build our lives.
Feminist Realities go beyond resisting oppressive systems to show us what a world without domination, exploitation and supremacy look like.
These are the narratives we want to unearth, share and amplify throughout this Feminist Realities journey.
Transforming Visions into Lived Experiences
Through this initiative, we:
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Create and amplify alternatives: We co-create art and creative expressions that center and celebrate the hope, optimism, healing and radical imagination that feminist realities inspire.
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Build knowledge: We document, demonstrate & disseminate methodologies that will help identify the feminist realities in our diverse communities.
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Advance feminist agendas: We expand and deepen our collective thinking and organizing to advance just solutions and systems that embody feminist values and visions.
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Mobilize solidarity actions: We engage feminist, women’s rights and gender justice movements and allies in sharing, exchanging and jointly creating feminist realities, narratives and proposals at the 14th AWID International Forum.
The AWID International Forum
As much as we emphasize the process leading up to, and beyond, the four-day Forum, the event itself is an important part of where the magic happens, thanks to the unique energy and opportunity that comes with bringing people together.
We expect the next Forum to:
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Build the power of Feminist Realities, by naming, celebrating, amplifying and contributing to build momentum around experiences and propositions that shine light on what is possible and feed our collective imaginations
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Replenish wells of hope and energy as much needed fuel for rights and justice activism and resilience
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Strengthen connectivity, reciprocity and solidarity across the diversity of feminist movements and with other rights and justice-oriented movements
Learn more about the Forum process
We are sorry to announce that the 14th AWID International Forum is cancelled
Given the current world situation, our Board of Directors has taken the difficult decision to cancel Forum scheduled in 2021 in Taipei.
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Annual Report 2009
Our 2009 Annual Report includes highlights of another busy year of action and reflection at AWID as we implement our commitment to boldly, creatively and effectively contribute to the advancement of women’s rights and gender equality worldwide.
In the report you can find out about our programmatic achievements, membership, finances, what to watch out for in 2010, as well as information about our Board and Staff.
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We would like to thank the Amar.ela collective of women feminists activists and creatives who made this series possible, and especially Natalia Mallo (the team’s octopus) for her support and accompaniment throughout this journey.
We also extend our deepest gratitude and admiration to all the collectives and people who participated in this project, and we thank them for sharing their time, wisdom, dreams and hopes with us. We thank you for making this world a more just, feminist and sustainable one.
We hope the rest of the world will be as inspired by their stories as we are.
Sara AbuGhazal
Biography
Sara AbuGhazal is a Palestinian feminist living in Beirut. She is a co-founder of Sawt al-Niswa, a collective that produces knowledge in Beirut. She is the co-director of The Knowledge Workshop, a feminist organization based in Beirut that works on feminist oral history and archiving. Sara is currently the Regional Coordinator of the Regional Coalition for Women Human Rights Defenders in the Middle East and North Africa.
Sara strives to help create spaces of feminist transformation and solidarity. Her work is mostly centered on building sustainable movements in the MENA region. She is invested in knowledge production, feminist transformation, and Palestine. She publishes regularly in sawtalniswa.org and her fiction also appears in Romman e-magazine.
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There is nothing like being in a shared space, exchanging body energies,... seeing the world and doing something together. Events like the Forum are among the strongest of the global feminist movement.
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Debbie Stothard
Biography
During her 38-year career, Debbie Stothard, has worked with diverse communities and activists to engage states, IGOs and other stakeholders throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas on human rights and justice. Her work is focused on the thematic priorities of business and human rights, atrocity prevention, and women’s leadership. Accordingly, she has either facilitated or been a resource person at nearly 300 training events in the past 15 years. Most of these were grassroots-oriented workshops delivered in the field, focused on human rights advocacy, economic literacy and business and human rights, and transitional justice and atrocity prevention. Her work in transitional justice and atrocity prevention has mainly focused on Burma/Myanmar, however she has provided advice on responses to other country situations around the world.
During 1981 – 1996, Debbie worked as a crime reporter, student organizer, policy analyst, academic, government advisor and food caterer in Malaysia and Australia while volunteering for human rights causes. In 1996, she founded ALTSEAN-Burma which spearheaded a range of innovative and empowering human rights programs. This includes ALTSEAN’s ongoing intensive leadership program for diverse young women from Burma, which in the past 22 years, has helped strengthen and expand women’s leadership in conflict-affected zones. She served as a member of the Board of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) for 9 years as Deputy Secretary-General (2010-2013) and Secretary-General (2013 – 2019) during which she promoted the mission and profile of FIDH at approximately 100 meetings and conferences per year.
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What about the visas?
We are acutely aware of the practical hurdles and emotional distress associated with international travel, particularly from the Global South. AWID is working with TCEB (the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau) to support Forum participants with acquiring visas. More information about this visa assistance will be available upon registration, including contact information for where and how to apply.
What is AWID?
The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international feminist membership organization.
We work to achieve gender justice and women’s human rights by strengthening the collective voice, impact and influence of global women’s rights advocates, organizations and movements.
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Hybrid like never before
For the first time, the AWID Forum offers three modes of participation
In-person
Participants will come together in Bangkok, Thailand. We can’t wait!
I have written a paper about an issue related to Women’s Rights and Development. How can I share it with AWID’s members?
Teresa Scalzo, Esq.
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April 2015: Interactive hearings with the business sector and civil society take place
Informal interactive hearings with the business sector and civil society took place on 8 and 9 April 2015 respectively at UN headquarters in New York.
- Women’s rights organizations and other CSOs raised concern about the limited participation of Member States during the CSO hearings and thus the Addis Ababa CSO Coordinating Group (ACG) issued a letter to the Co-facilitators
- The second drafting session of the Addis Ababa outcome document was held from 13 – 17 April 2015 at the UN Headquarters. The basis of discussion was the Zero Draft.
- The WWG on FfD presented recommendations on the FfD themes to Member States in different official sessions and side events. Among the key areas of concern for women was the fact that the zero draft did not give sufficient emphasis to the enormous, negative impacts of financial crises caused by instability in international financial systems on development, equality and human rights, particularly women’s human rights.
Barin Kobane
Barin was a member of the all-women fighting unit of the Kurdish People’s Protection Unit (YPG)
She was killed while on active duty.
Lebanese journalist Hifaa Zuaiter wrote: “Barin represents everything we have heard about the courage of the Kurdish female fighters, and her death is far more than the killing of a rival, or the result of a political or ethnic struggle. The horror of displaying her body only because she is a woman stems from the fact that she dared to threaten male hegemony by becoming a female fighter on a battlefield meant for men”.
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المواضيع
نرحب بالطلبات عبر مجموعة كاملة من المواضيع والتقاطعات المهمة للحركات النسوية وحركات العدالة الجندرية. في نموذج الطلب، ستتمكن/ين من تحديد أكثر من موضوع يناسب نشاطك.
- أجساد حرة، أرواح حرة: كل ما يتعلق بالاستقلالية الجسدية، الجندر والجنسانية، الصحة والحقوق الإنجابية، التحرر من العنف القائم على النوع الاجتماعي، وحرية العيش بأمان، المتعة والفرح في أجسادنا وهوياتنا ومجتمعاتنا المتنوعة، وأكثر من ذلك بكثير .
- مقاومة محاربة الحقوق: محليًا وعالميًا، تقود النسويات والنسويون الطريق في مقاومة جميع أشكال الاضطهاد المتعدد الجوانب، بما في ذلك الفاشية والأصولية والأنظمة الاستبدادية؛ لدينا الكثير لمشاركته ووضع الاستراتيجيات مع بعضنا البعض.
- الحركات والتنظيم: دعونا نتعرف على حركات بعضنا البعض. من التنقل في السلطة (الداخلية والخارجية) إلى استراتيجيات الحماية في مواجهة قمع المرأة والمدافعين/ات عن حقوق الإنسان المتنوعي/ات الجندر، ومن بناء التحالفات إلى الأشكال الإبداعية والناجحة للتنظيم، دعونا نتعلم ونستلهم من بعضنا البعض.
- العدالة الاقتصادية والاقتصاد النسوي: يشمل هذا الموضوع جميع الجهود النسوية لتحويل اقتصاداتنا، من تحدي النماذج الاستخراجية السائدة والدفاع عن حقوق العمل إلى تجسيد وعيش الممارسات والبدائل الاقتصادية النسوية في الحياة اليومية.
- تمويل /توفير الموارد للنشاطات: يمثل تأمين التمويل الذي تشتد الحاجة إليه تحديًا مشتركًا للحركات في جميع أنحاء العالم؛ دعونا نفكك معًا نظام التمويل النسوي، بدءًا من التحليل النقدي وحتى التجارب المباشرة والطرق العملية لتمويل العمل النسوي.
- المناخ، العدالة البيئية، الأرض والمياه: للعدالة البيئية والمناخية جذور عميقة في العديد من حركاتنا ومجتمعاتنا؛ من التقاليد القديمة إلى الرؤى المستقبلية، ومن القرى البيئية إلى الحملات لإنهاء الاستخراج وترقية العدالة الصحية، ندعو إلى نطاق كامل من الأنشطة المتعلقة بجميع جوانب العدالة المناخية والبيئية.
- العسكرة، الحرب والصراع: نهدف إلى تسليط الضوء على تنظيم وتحليل التجارب النسوية في كثير من الأحيان في الجبهة الأمامية للاستجابة للأزمات والمساعدة في الحفاظ على الحياة والمجتمع والعدالة في أقسى أوقات الحرب والصراع الذي طال أمده.
- إنهاء الاستعمار: يعتبر إنهاء الاستعمار أمرًا أساسيًا في كل موضوع من موضوعاتنا، ولكنه يقف أيضًا بمفرده، كأجندة نسوية رئيسية للمقاومة وبناء العالم في العديد من الحقائق الاستعمارية وما بعد الاستعمارية.
- الواقع الرقمي والتكنولوجيا النسوية: نرحب بفرصة الاحتفاء بالمبادرات النسوية المذهلة التي تحول العوالم الرقمية، وتتحدى هياكل السلطة التكنولوجية الكبيرة، وتضفي الطابع الديمقراطي على التكنولوجيا من خلال الناس ومن أجلهم حقًا.
- العدالة الشفائية: هناك تنوع مذهل في أساليب الرعاية الجماعية والعدالة الشفائية. في جميع أنحاء العالم، يستعيد المشافين/ات والحركات العدالة الشفائية كمبدأ سياسي، ومجموعة من الممارسات، ورحلة تعليمية، وأسلوب حياة، والكثير غير ذلك.
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How can I fund my participation in the AWID Forum? Many activists will not be able to afford the cost of the Forum – is AWID doing anything to provide assistance?
Please visit the "Funding ideas" page to get some ideas and inspiration for how you can fund your participation at the next Forum, including the limited support AWID will be able to provide.