2009 UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impacts on Development

• The 2009 conference was an outcome of the 2008 Doha conference. The Doha Declaration had mandated that the United Nations hold a conference, to be organized by the President of the General Assembly, on the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development.
• During the conference women’s groups, through the WWG, highlighted the impact of the global financial crisis on vulnerable groups. In their statement to the members, the WWG proposed necessary actions to be taken by member states to redress the effects of the crisis to women. They stated that other social groups affected by the crisis are key to a response that is harmonized with international standards and commitments to gender equality, women’s rights and human rights and empowerment. 

• Visit the official FfD3 conference website for details and updates
• Join the Women’s Working Group on Financing for Development and learn more about their contributions to the FfD process (or send an email to: wwgonffd@gmail.com)
• Join the CSO FfD group (or email addiscoordinatinggroup@gmail.com or submitting a request to join: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/global-social-economy)

Other useful links to stay informed:

• AWID special focus section on FfD3
• Women’s Major Group
• Post-2015 Women’s Coalition
• WWG on FfDW
• AWID special focus section on post 2015 development agenda
• CSOs for the 3rd FfD conference
• RightingFinance
• The official conference website

1. Activity proposals will initially be screened by AWID staff.
2. Organizers of shortlisted proposals will then be invited to participate in a voting process, to choose among the shortlisted activities. Those with the most votes will be included in the Forum program. AWID may make a few adjustments to the final selection to ensure our program has an adequate balance across regions, constituencies, issues and methodologies.  
3. Our Forum Content and Methodology Committee will reach out to the organizers of selected proposals to support them in further developing their activities.

We will update the outcomes of this process in the website in due time.

Feminist Art Walk

As part of our commitment to engage more deeply with artists and the practice of co-creating Feminist Realities, AWID collaborated with an Artist Working Group to advance and strengthen feminist agendas and realities in their communities and movements through their creative expression. Our intention here is to bring feminist creatives together in a powerful and brave space where they grow and live freely, and where they shatter toxic narratives to replace them with transformative alternatives.

Feminist Art Walk

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