The Count Me In! consortium is bringing its collective power and magic to the 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Bolstered by the knowledge and strength of about ten years, we are designing three rich sessions based on the three key areas of our work.
10 March, Monday
From Beijing to Today and Beyond: Funding Feminist Movements to Win – Meeting the moment: What is next for the feminist funding ecosystem?
Organisers: Alliance for Feminist Movements, the Count Me In! Consortium and Women Deliver
Over the past 30 years, feminist movements worldwide have catalyzed transformative change — from the legalization of abortion and the creation of laws to support survivors of violence, to spearheading efforts to defend democracies and protect the planet. During this time, a dynamic feminist funding ecosystem has taken root and flourished to support and sustain the wins of the past 30 years. Despite these advancements, shifting dynamics threaten the progress made to date.
This invite-only event at CSW69 will bring together leaders from feminist movements and funding communities to have a candid and thought-provoking conversation about what we have learned about funding feminist movements, where we are now, and how we must move forward — both within our institutions and collectively — to meet this critical moment. We will ask speakers to reflect on the difficult and complex questions facing us, including how we navigate the anti-gender actors’ increasing influence in the funding landscape, how to respond as longtime funder allies exit the field, and what these leaders’ visions and hopes for the future of funding feminist movements.
12 March, Wednesday
What Can Feminist Movements Today Learn from Beijing 1995?
When and where
● Date: Wednesday, 12 March 2025
● Time: 6:30- 8 pm EST
● In-person venue: Church Centre NYC
Organisers: Count Me In! Consortium, Gender at Work, Just Associates
It is an in-person space co-organised with Gender at Work and Just Associates to connect, reflect, and build power together. Through JASS’s Heart-Mind-Body methodology, we will explore how these histories live in our movements today. Join us in this space if you are attending CSW in-person.
14 March, Friday
Taking Stock and Holding the Line: A Cross Movement Dialogue About Bodily Autonomy
When and where
● Date: Friday, 14 March 2025
● Time: 10:30 -11:45 am EDT
● Venue: Blue Gallery, NYC
Organisers: Count Me In! consortium, European Sex Workers’ Association (ESWA) and ILGA World
Organised by CMI!’s Pushing Back Against Opposition Working Group ESWA and ILGA World, this event in a talk-show format will centre and amplify the voices of sex workers and trans and gender-diverse activists within CSW. The conversation will take stock about the advances on the rights of sex workers and trans and gender diverse people in the last 30+ years, the current geopolitical context and the advance of anti-rights and anti-gender actors within the human rights system and outside of it, and explore how our movements can come together to support the rights and demands of sex workers’ rights and trans and gender-diverse movements.
Where will the money be for feminist organizing? Activists reflection & solidarity circle
This closed space will be organised for activists to connect, reflect and share hope, strength, and solidarity with each other.
17 March, Monday
Beijing+30: Where Are We Now, and Where Do We Want to Go on Economic Justice and Rights?
An Exploration Through Feminist Economic Realities
When and where
● Date: Monday, 17 March 2025
● Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm EST
● Venue: The Church Centre, 8th floor
In 1995 the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action provided a seminal grounding in identifying and calling-out the various key economic challenges faced by women. Thirty years later, our global economic system remains mostly unchanged, with rising inequalities, a commodification of services, and a neoliberal mandate that persistently puts private accumulation and profit over social justice and planetary needs.
In this event organised by CMI!’s Feminist Economic Realities Working group, we will review and reflect on the economic provisions on the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in light of global developments over the last 30 years. At the same time speakers will showcase experiences and stories of FERs to create an understanding of what FERs are about and to inspire and start dialogue of the transformations needed for different stakeholders to learn from feminist economic realities.
