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AWID Forum: Co-creating Feminist Futures

In September 2016, the 13th AWID international Forum brought together in Brazil over 1800 feminists and women’s rights advocates in a spirit of resistance and resilience.

This section highlights the gains, learnings and resources that came out of our rich conversations. We invite you to explore, share and comment!


What has happened since 2016?

One of the key takeaways from the 2016 Forum was the need to broaden and deepen our cross-movement work to address rising fascisms, fundamentalisms, corporate greed and climate change.

With this in mind, we have been working with multiple allies to grow these seeds of resistance:

And through our next strategic plan and Forum process, we are committed to keep developing ideas and deepen the learnings ignited at the 2016 Forum.

What happens now?

The world is a much different place than it was a year ago, and it will continue to change.

The next AWID Forum will take place in the Asia Pacific region (exact location and dates to be announced in 2018).

We look forward to you joining us!

About the AWID Forum

AWID Forums started in 1983, in Washington DC. Since then, the event has grown to become many things to many peoples: an iterative process of sharpening our analyses, vision and actions; a watershed moment that reinvigorates participants’ feminisms and energizes their organizing; and a political home for women human rights defenders to find sanctuary and solidarity.

Learn more about previous Forums

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I can’t attend the Forum in person, how else can I participate?

More than just an event, the AWID Forum is part of our Feminist Realities Journey, with many spaces to come together, online and offline, for sharing, discussing, strategizing and co-creating feminist realities.

Learn more about the Feminist Realities Journey and everything that will happen before the Forum. Join our mailing list to stay tuned for Post-Forum announcements!

We are exploring options to participate virtually at the Forum and we will share information when we know what we can offer.

Presenté una propuesta para el Foro anterior. ¿Es necesario que Ia presente nuevamente?

Sí, por favor. El mundo ha cambiado desde 2021, y te invitamos a proponer una actividad que refleje tus realidades y prioridades actuales.

Referencias de interés

Explora estos proyectos elaborados por los equipos de AWID para promover la defensoría de derechos y perspectivas feministas.

Will the AWID Forum still be in Taipei in light of the COVID-19?

AWID is closely monitoring the global COVID 19 situation and for now anticipates continuing with the Forum as planned.

If at any moment the situation demands  something different, we  will let you know right away.

The 14th AWID International Forum is scheduled to take place 20-23 September 2021 in Taipei,.

More information

Forum 2024 - FAQ - General Information - Thai

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Message de bienvenue

Hakima Abbas, AWID

"Nous utilisons les outils dont nous disposons pour partager notre résistance, nos stratégies et continuer à renforcer notre pouvoir d'agir et de créer de nouveaux mondes courageux et justes."

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Why did AWID decide to change the Forum location from Bali to Taipei?

Events in Indonesia, in late 2019 - in particular, signs of intensifying militarization and backlash against LGBTQ rights - led us to question AWID’s ability to maintain a reasonably safe and welcoming environment for the diversity of participants we aspire to bring together at the Forum.

After careful consideration the AWID Board of Directors decided to change the venue for the 14th International AWID Forum, in November 2019 from Bali to Taipei.

Taipei offers  a strong degree of logistical capacities, and is accessible for many travellers (with a facilitated e-visa process for international conferences).  

For more details:

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Day, jour, día 5 festival - Sept. 11, 2021
Assembly as Pleasure: Weaving Feminist Collaborative Projects

Ghiwa Sayegh, Kohl: A Journal for Body and Gender Research
J. Daniel Luther 
Jessa Jordan
María Florencia Alcaraz
Nazlee Saif Arbee


Witchcraft, shamanism and other insurgent knowledge against patriarchy

Sofía Blanco Sixtos, Colectiva Feminista MAPAS

 

Day, jour, día 5 - Sept. 12, 2021
Queering Feminist Imaginaries:
A Workshop for Young Feminists

Nino Ugrekhelidze, AWID
Jorge Davila Akinyi Osanjo


Artivism: a weapon of feminist political resistance in the Haitian context

Pascale Solages, Nègès Mawon
Souzen Joseph, Nègès Mawon
Gaëlle Bien-Aimé, Nègès Mawon


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Workshop
Pleasure Poetry

by Wana Udobang


Workshop
Prison Isn’t Feminist:
Exploring the impact and alternatives to reliance on police and incarceration

Chanelle Gallant
Kai Cheng Thom

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Day, jour, día 8 festival - Sept. 16, 2021
Panel
Placer Corporal para Chicas Gordas 

Amy Lin

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Taller
Ampliar el placer

Hedone

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Taller
Campaña #emptychairs [#sillasvacías]

Caroline Tagny, Coalition of African Lesbians
Carrie Shelver, Sexual Rights Initiative
Emeline Dupuis, Sexual Rights Initiative
Pooja Badarinath, Sexual Rights Initiative
Pooja Patel, International Service for Human Rights
Antje Schupp


Taller
Realidades Feministas:
Casas de Respiro y Sanación para Defensoras

Ana María Hernández Cárdenas, Consorcio Oaxaca
Nallely Tello Méndez, Red Nacional de Defensoras de Derechos Humanos en México
Jelena Dordevic Liana Funes, National Network of Women Human Rights Defenders in Honduras
Rebeca Girón
Tania Lopes Muri, Movimento de Mulheres da Região dos Lagos
Rogéria Peixinho


Movimiento Fem
Fiesta Bailable Espectacular para Afiliadxs

DJ Cozmic Cat


Day, jour, día 9 festival - Sept. 17, 2021
Historias
Educación sin ataduras:
la historia de Fatoumata

Lina Baaziz

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Instagram Live:

Educación sexual

Oloricoitus

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Voces desde el frente:
Afianzar el poder colectivo para terminar con el encarcelamiento de mujeres en todo el mundo

 

Claudia A. Cardona, Mujeres Libres Colombia
Phyllis Hardy, National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
Grace Natalia, Womxn’s Voice and Women and Harm Reduction International Network
Mónica Marginet Flinch, Metzineres
Kenya Cuevas, Casa de las Muñecas Tiresias A.C.
Dawn Harrington, Free Hearts

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Movimiento como sanación,
Sanación para los movimientos


Kimalee Phillip
Luz Stella Uspina Murillo, Fondo Acción Urgente para América Latina y el Caribe
Sara Munarriz-Awad, Fondo Acción Urgente para América Latina y el Caribe
Tai Pelli
Everdith (Evie) Landrau


Taller
Liderazgo feminista emergente:
levantando mientras escalamos

Deborah A, Black LGBTQ Migrant Project (BLMP)
Anima Adjepong, Silent Majority
Maame Adwoa Marfo, FRIDA
Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah, Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity


Day, jour, día 10 festival
Panel
El placer a través de las fronteras

Lindiwe Rasekoala
Lizzie Kiama
Jovana Drodevic
Malaka Grant

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Panel
Realidades del aborto:
estrategias para luchar contra la injusticia reproductiva

Lindiwe Rasekoala
Lizzie Kiama
Jovana Drodevic
Malaka Grant


Day, jour, día 11, festival
Taller
Creación de redes y solidaridad entre jóvenes organizadorxs feministas

Nino Ugrekhelidze, AWID
Anwulika Ngozi
Okonjo Pooja Singh


Panel
Sobreviviendo la guerra contra las drogas

Ganna Dovbakh, Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA)
Priscila Gadelha, Rede Nacional de Feministas Antiproibicionistas (RENFA)
Veronica Russo, Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Personas que Usan Drogas (LANPUD)
Diana Edem, Heartland Alliance International
Judy Chang, International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD)
Louise Vincent, NC Urban Survivors Union
Aura Roig, Metzineres
Malicia, Live Artist

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Feministas jóvenes por el clima construyendo futuros radicales
Lanzamiento del video y Conversatorio

Sanam Amin, Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development
Maggie Mapondera, Womin African Alliance
Maria Alejandra Escalente, FRIDA
Patricia Miranda Wattimena, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact
Mara Dolan, WEDO
Andrea Vega Troncoso, WEDO

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Antal: universo no binarix

Malicia Sabina, Resistencia No Binarix
Andras Yareth Hernández, Resistencia No Binarix

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Day, jour, día 12, festival
Panel
Gracias, yo puedo tomar mi decisión

Grace Chang, Taiwan Association for Disability Rights
Angel Hsu, Taiwan Association for Disability Rights
Joyann Peng, Taiwan Association for Disability Rights
Amy Wu, Taiwan Association for Disability Rights

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Panel
Aprendizajes feministas de seguridad digital en tiempos de crisis socio-política y sanitaria

Paul Nail Ojeda
Paola Moss


Taller
El estado actual de los bosques:
¿cuál es el problema, y por qué es tan importante?

Camila Romero, VientoSur
Kanta Marathe, Navrachna Samaj Sevi Sansthan
Jeanette Sequeira, Global Forest Coalition

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Visita la sala de afiliadxs de AWID

Jessica Whitbread, AWID


Day, jour, día 13 festival
Taller
Apoyo a la autogestión:
doulas para el aborto, acompañantes, asistencia telefónica y redes radicales de apoyo

Aditi Pinto, Inroads
Daniela Tellez Del Valle, Di RAMONA
Sandra Cardona, Necesito Abortar México
Mickreen Adhiambo, Aunty Jane Hotline and MAMA Network
Zachi Brewster, Dopo Abortion Support
Ika Ayi, Samsara

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Jóvenes Feministas Comparten:
Cómo financiar tus ideas

Nino Ugrekhelidze, AWID
Cassie Denbow
Nida Mushtaq


"Yo Imposible"
Proyección y Discusión con Directorxs Latinx/Centro Americanxs del Club de Cine de AWID

Alejandra Laprea
Patricia Ortega
Alejandra Henriquez
Maria Torrellas
Carolina Reynoso
Camila Rodó
Micol Mtzener
Giovana Garcia