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:
- Our Seed Initiatives, has helped 20 ideas that emerged at the Forum to grow into concrete actions
- The video “Defending people and planet” and guide “Weaving resistance through action” put courageous WHRDs in the spotlight and present concrete strategies they use to confront corporate power.
- With our animations about the State of Our Feminist Movements and Climate and Environmental Justice, movements now have creative tools to support their advocacy work.
- The compiling artistic expressions of our #MovementsMatter series continues to inspire stronger and more creative organizing around the world.
- Movements can also benefit from new methodologies on Visioning Feminist Futures (Coming up soon!)
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 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.
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Cartas de Amor a los Movimientos Feministas
Como podrás o no saber, AWID está celebrando su 40º aniversario en 2022 y, para festejarlo, se eligieron los lemas «Reunir, sembrar e irrumpir». En honor a esta ocasión, hemos invitado a lxs afiliadxs, aliadxs y al personal de AWID a escribir sus propias «Cartas de Amor a los Movimientos Feministas». En conjunto, hemos encendido una constelación de movimientos feministas. Nos mantengamos cerca mientras forjamos el viaje y seguimos reuniéndonos, sembrando y desmantelando.
Nota sobre nuestra Colección de Cartas de Amor
Todas estas cartas de amor fueron escritas por activistas que están compartiendo sus diversas experiencias en los movimientos feministas. Algunas pueden incluir contenido delicado o complejo sobre abuso sexual, violencia sexual, conflictos, exclusión, entre otras piezas potencialmente perturbadoras o provocadoras. Aunque las cartas están llenas de amor, cuídate al leerlas.
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QUE NOUS ADORONS
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When you come to the center of São Paulo, you will see the building of the Ocupação 9 de Julho - a landmark in the struggle for social housing and an important cultural site. This is the work of The Homeless Workers Movement (Movimento dos Sem-Teto do Centro, MSTC) a movement of over 2000 people that operates in the city center and converts abandoned spaces into housing for low-income workers, children, women, adults, the elderly, migrants and refugees. In this particular building, they provide food and shelter to 122 families.
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دعوة للمشاركة
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NORTE DEL CAUCA, COLOMBIA
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¡MERECEMOS
MAS!
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คุณสามารถคาดหวังว่าจะมีอุปกรณ์มาตราฐานสำหรับกิจกรรมและการนำเสนอเตรียมไว้ให้ ได้แก่ กระดาษฟลิปชาร์ท ปากกามาร์กเกอร์ โพสต์อิท รวมถึง โปรเจคเตอร์ อุปกรณ์ด้านภาพและเสียง อุปกรณ์เพิ่มเติมนอกเหนือจากนี้ถือเป็นความรับผิดชอบของผู้จัดกิจกรรม ฝ่ายโลจิสติกส์ AWID จะพร้อมที่จะตอบคำถามและให้คำแนะนำต่างๆ
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Les militants de l'ASOM dans les rencontres, les défilés et les événements
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ما هي الإجراءات التي سيتم اتخاذها لحماية الصحة العامة واحتواء مخاطر تفشي فيروس كورونا؟
نحن نراقب هذه المخاطر والمخاطر الأخرى بعناية، وسننشر معلومات شاملة عن الصحة والسلامة عند فتح التسجيل، حتى تتمكن/ين من اتخاذ القرار. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، تم تصميم التنسيق الهجين لتوفير تجربة مشاركة هادفة للمشاركين/ات الذين/ اللواتي يفضلون عدم السفر أو غير القادرين على السفر.
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Metzineres provides the following kinds of support, known as
Environments of Shelter:
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Karen Empeño & Sherlyn Cadapan
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Convocatoria para actividades: ¡Plazo ampliado hasta el 1ero de febrero de 2024!

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