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 […]
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 […]
INVEST IN MOVEMENTS AND START WITH TRUST
Feminist movements advance gender equality and human rights by influencing policies, strengthening institutions, and changing social norms. They operate under precarious conditions in the face of rising authoritarianism, anti-gender movements* and polycrises**. And yet, donors collectively under-resource feminist movements. The Alliance for Feminist Movements, Count Me In!, and Leading from the South organised a CSW68 […]
CMI! AT CSW68: EXPLORING FEMINIST ECONOMIC REALITIES, THEIR CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES
Feminist economic realities can take many forms because they evolve around the context and needs of the people in a particular place and time. These realities also prioritise equality and justice for all. Count Me In!’s event at CSW attracted long-due attention to these feminist economic realities, prompting funders and INGOs to rethink the concepts […]
Unfolding the Essentials of Feminist Funding: Join CMI! at CSW68
More and more funders are aligning with feminist movements, recognising the critical need to bolster them with financial resources and political backing. But what’s the best way to do this? How can they ensure maximum support and minimal harm? How can funding reach movements in the best possible way to effect enduring change? To delve […]
REFLECTIONS ON SHAPING FEMINIST FOREIGN POLICY CONFERENCE 2023
A solid and honest Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP), presents an opportunity for a meaningful shift in how a government handles foreign affairs, including international development. There is an ever-increasing demand from civil society for an acknowledgement that a true FFP must focus on equality, justice and human rights and be unapologetically gender-transformative, intersectional and anti-racist. […]
SOLUTIONS ARE IN COLLABORATION: COUNTERING ANTI-RIGHTS MOVEMENTS AT UNGA 78
Today, 75% of the world’s population lives in anti-democratic, anti-rights political environments. Anti-gender and anti-rights movements worldwide have more and more resources and influence. And they come in packs: together with anti-democracy, anti-climate and anti-human rights forces. There is no time to lose. Funders, governments, UN bodies and movements must join with feminist movements to […]
CMI! at Women Deliver: Get Your Hustle On! Be A Good Sex Workers’ Rights Ally
Feminism stands up for bodily autonomy and a life of dignity for all. But often, feminist organisations are absent from sex workers’ rights movements. This can sometimes be due to the lack of information or misconceptions about sex workers’ rights. Join us at Women Deliver 2023 to learn how you can be a better ally […]
