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Following our open call for nominations and a thorough review and interview process by our Board’ Nominations & Governance Committee, we are presenting 4 candidates for election who would complement our current Board’s skills and expertise.
The HRC and the UN human rights system have missed a great opportunity to make virtual and hybrid meetings an improvement in real access and participation. Modalities this year have tended to exacerbate the flaws of in-person meetings, making virtual meetings less accessible than before, including by transferring responsibilities to participants.
Item 8 General Debate
Please note that an abbreviated version of this statement was delivered orally on 1 October 2020 to fit the time requirements of the Human Rights Council.
We make this statement on behalf of 354 organizations and 643 individuals.
As of January 2021, we will no longer publish jobs on our website. This is to better focus on our core work of co-creating Feminist Realities.
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“[To be a woman leader] is to love and defend our
culture, land, race, identity.
It is to defend who we are.”
- Claudia Rincón, Colombian leader
Throughout history against oppression, those on the frontline always know that the struggle might take their lives. For a body that persistently refuses to be invisibilized, refuses to be at the very least passive in the face of oppression, is stolen, just like the land.
On every corner of this planet, we who refuse to have our bodies, our minds, our communities bound and suppressed, have always had heroes, we are surrounded by them, they are with us, they are us.
As of today, we are excited to offer our members a more open and flexible way to be part of a worldwide feminist community, and contribute to building collective power across movements, based on principles of global solidarity.
Beijing Unfettered is about young feminist movements across the globe engaging in offline and online conversations with a creative and participatory methodology.
It's time for bold solutions, that are people and environment centred, and feminists are creating them!