Guidance on preparing a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls
The Sex Worker Inclusive Feminist Alliance (SWIFA) has prepared guidelines to support sex workers’ rights-based submissions to the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls (SRVAW) for her upcoming report on “prostitution and violence”. Please see the call for submission at https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2024/call-input-report-special-rapporteur-violence-against-women-and-girls-human. These guidelines provide suggestions and background information about the kind of information, […]
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 […]
Funders need to understand the challenges trans activists face
Joya Sikdar is a leading trans activist in Bangladesh for 25 years and the founder and president of the organisation Somporker Noya Setu (SNS).* On the International Trans Day of Visibility 2022, we talked to her about her activism and challenges. She also highlighted how funders like the Dutch government could help advance trans activism. […]
Letter from feminist organisations to members of the Scottish Parliament
15 December 2022 To,Nicola Sturgeon MSP, First MinisterShona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local GovernmentChristina McKelvie MSP, Minister for Equalities and Older PeopleDouglas Ross MSP, Leader, Scottish Conservative and Unionist PartyAnas Sarwar MSP, Leader, Scottish LabourPatrick Harvie MSP, Co-Leader, Scottish Green PartyLorna Slater MSP, Co-Leader, Scottish Green PartyAlex Cole- Hamilton MSP, […]
Raising Women’s Voices: Recommendations for the European Commission & United Nations
Public Statement from the Count Me In! Consortium – 18 Sept 2017 We, the members of the Count Me In! Consortium (CMI!) [i], applaud the European Commission’s investment of EUR 500 Million to the United Nations for women’s rights and ending violence against women. At a time when closing civic spaces increasingly constrict and threaten women’s rights, these […]
Our Bodies, Our Realities, Our Rights: Building cross-movement solidarity on bodily autonomy, integrity, and self-determination
Our bodies are the primary means by which we experience and participate in society. Without full control over our bodies, structurally excluded groups such as women, sex workers, LGBTQ+ people, intersex people, and people living with disabilities cannot enjoy the full constellation of human rights. Human rights defenders clearly emphasised this message during an online […]
Money and Movements Initiative
CMI! recognises that challenging power imbalances in funding decisions and ensuring that donor resources benefit girls, women and trans people in truly transformative ways, entails seising opportunities to influence existing mechanisms, as described here. CMI! also perceives the need to go further. We believe that ensuring sustainable resourcing for feminist activism will require development of a […]
ALLIANCE FOR FEMINIST MOVEMENTS
Together securing financial and political support for feminist activism
Feminist movements are key catalysts of positive change around the world. To foster their work for a gender just and better world, these movements must be funded and supported. In 2021, the Count Me In! consortium contributed to the formation of the Alliance for Feminist Movements – a multi-stakeholder alliance that aims to increase, sustain, and improve financial and […]
Join Count Me In! and allies at CSW66
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the largest global convening on advancing women’s rights and gender equality. The 66th session of CSW will take place from 14 to 25 March 2022. All side events and parallel events will be fully virtual. Join the Count Me In! consortium and allies at […]
