From cultural change strategies to building communities of collective care
Plenary two of the 13th International AWID Forum.
Gender transitions: A personal story
Tangarr Forgart is a Trans activist who works with 'Lavendar Menace' in the Ukraine.
Movement Sparks: State of Our Feminist Movements
The State of Our Feminist Movements animation is the first of “Movement Sparks”, a series of animations exploring key topics facing our movements for justice and liberation today; and the need for integrated and coherent approaches that cut across diverse locations, agendas, and strategies.
How feminist art can rock CSW
Feminist artists have been invited to participate in a UN Women-organised festival at CSW 61 to produce films around the theme of “The Personal is Political.” What happens when artists enter spaces to which they are not traditionally invited?
What Do Our Movements Want?
This piece is the second part of a series of reflections from a range of movements organizing for justice around the word. Another world is possible & we have to demand it! We want a world free of racism, gender and social inequality, reflected in institutional policies and practices, individual attitudes and behaviors, and cultural beliefs, messages and norms.
What Movement-Building Looks Like: Solidarity as the Foundation
This is the third part of a series of reflections from movements organizing for justice around the word. Throughout these contributions, we can see that solidarity is rooted in a willingness and openness to learn and exchange with others. Solidarity is a cornerstone of our movements, entailing mutual support and collaboration across boundaries.
Amplifying Francophone voices
In 2008, for the 11th Forum in Cape Town, Genre en Action (Gender in Action) launched a mobilization in partnership with AWID, which increased francophone participation. The project was recreated in 2012 for the 12th Forum in Istanbul, by way of the Francophone Village. For the 13th Forum in Brazil in 2016, we are determined to pursue these efforts. But what have we learned since Cape Town?
There can never be political change without cultural change
As part of AWID's ongoing commitment to building creative cross-movement work, we are exploring multiple ways of working with and learning from artists and cultural makers from diverse social movements as a means of building solidarity, stimulating creative connections, and facilitating mutual learning.
Imagining Feminist Futures Through Artivism
In just over a month nearly two thousand individuals from diverse cultural and political spheres and social movements will gather together in Bahia, Brazil for the upcoming AWID Forum.
Movements Matter. Period.
By Cindy Clark
"Whilst working to resist oppressions, we also need to radically confront challenges within our own movements. The Women’s March on Washington, and the hundreds of sister marches that took place across the globe are a timely reminder of that call to action."