Meet Women Where They Are
There is a principle we apply at JASS, born from Feminist Popular Education called “Meet Women Where They Are.” Since I have been at JASS, I think about this and its application quite a bit, especially in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning. A recent trip to a weaving community in Guatemala made me think about the […]
Sex Work Is Work: Only Rights Can Stop the Wrongs
Despite the ongoing shrinking space for civil society to engage with global human rights mechanisms, feminists continue to dispute global human rights spaces like the Human Rights Council (HRC) to uphold rights and standards connected to gender equality, gender-based violence, health and economic rights, sexual and reproductive health and rights. The 56th Human Rights Council […]
What does it mean to have a fierce feminist theory of change?
May 15th 2024, by Marta Musić AWID’s current strategic plan, Fierce Feminisms – Together We Rise, was a call to take on brave conversations and actions. As we embarked on the quest to co-create our strategic plan and the theory of change underpinning it, Octavia Butler’s words of wisdom served as our moral and political […]
HOW SEX WORKERS SPOKE UP AT HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 56
Monday morning of the 24th of June. In one of the largest conference rooms at the UN in Geneva, one of the civil society delegates started her statement – “I am a sex worker and a mother. I offer my sexual services on the street. I am very proud and grateful for my work. The […]
Feminist Economic Realities: economies of support, well-being and care
Feminist economic realities (FERs) are models, approaches, imaginings, and actions that critique and directly challenge unjust economic orthodoxies, most notably global neo-liberal capitalism, and provide solutions to dismantle the unequal power relations that are rooted in systems of economic oppression. They are an attempt at showing a better way of living, working with nature and […]
FEMINIST EVALUATIONS SHIFT POWER AND BOLSTER EQUITY
In August 2023, the Global Change Center and the Praxis Institute of Participatory Practices* published a critical report that highlights the many ways evaluation policies within the development sector can perpetuate global inequalities. The report informs us that inequalities are being “proactively and subtly – reinforced by institutional day-to-day decisions regarding how evaluations are designed, […]
MONITORING, EVALUATION AND LEARNING SHOULD CENTRE CARE, TRUST AND FLEXIBILITY
CMI!’S ‘MEL MATTERS’ CONVERSATION WITH THE UAF SISTER FUNDS The current Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) practices followed by mainstream funders have significant barriers and risks. The most noticeable ones involve how it creates extra burdens for women and girls, puts their safety and security at risk and silences their voices. Whereas feminist MEL can […]
Women at the table: that is investing in global prospects!
This article is written by: Ireen Dubel everything of worth is defencelessgrows rich from touchabilityand equal to everything Lucebert 1974 (translation Diane Butterman 2011) Many preceded Mama Cash in their analysis of and response to the new policy note of Minister Kaag, Investing in Global Prospects. Our response focuses primarily on the significance of the […]
Sex Work, Labour Rights, and Feminist Movements: Reflection on our side-event at CSW66
This blog post is written by Vera Rodriguez, Red Umbrella Fund. Friday 18th of March was the date. For months, the Sex Workers Working Group of the Count Me In! consortium prepared for this day with the Global Network of Sex Work Projects -NSWP, co-sponsor Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other organisations including CNV […]
