🟠 Feminism, social justice, democracy and sustainable development with Cities, Local and Regional Governments
🌍 @uclg_org #Listen2Cities#CitiesareListening
🧡#25N webinar #WYDEWomensLeadership
“We are transforming policy into tangible action across Africa. Women’s participation requires criminalizing all forms of #VAW, change social norms, foster our leadership & solidarity mechanisms”
🗨️@LoweMayor, Banjul Mayor #REFELA President
🧡#25N#WYDEWomensLeadership
"#LocalGovs are🔑to #ACTtoEndViolence & promote #NoExcuse to digital violence. They change social norms by integrating equality in school programs & support survivors"
💬Mary Marjorie Martin-Chan, Former City Councillor, Tuguegarao City, Cagay
En estos 16 días de activismo esta mañana participó en el panel: Cuidar es Poder, acción local feminista contra la violencia, hable de las estrategias establecidas en nuestro seminario internacional con las alcaldesas de Latinoamérica para prevención y atención de las violencias y de nuestro modelo AHORA, gracias @UCLG_Saiz por la invitación. #25N 🧡💜
🧡#WYDEWomensLeadership
G. Dossa, Adj. 2e District Porto Novo:
Les violences sont un continuum: domestiques, physiques, numériques, avec de lourdes conséquences humaines.
La lutte n'est effective qu'en travaillant depuis le terrain et la municipalité en tant que point d'entrée.
💜#25N#ACTtoEndViolence#Listen2Cities
Wrapping up today's #WYDEWomensLeadership roundtable with key takeaways to continue discussing tomorrow!
Stay tuned!
✨Local & Territorial Voices of Power: Women’s Leadership to End Violence Against Women
📅26 Nov.
🕒15-17.00 CET
📍Online
💜#WYDEWomensLeadership:
#ACTtoEndViolence Against Women in Politics: Ensuring Safe Spaces"
"Wether online or IRL, threats, harassment and violence against women leaders are constant and often prevent us from fully focusing on our mandate."
🗨️@PamDamoff, Former MP, Canada
#25N
💜#WYDEWomensLeadership: Mettre fin aux violences online
"L'étude du @CEMR_Equality montre que +1/3 des dirigeantes sont sujettes à des violences politiques, notamment en ligne et venant de leurs propres collègues. Il faut agir."
🗨️Élise Pereira @villedetours#ACTtoEndViolence
💜#ACTtoEndViolence#25N#16Days
🌐Ensuring safe spaces for women's full participation to political life and decision-making is key to enhance their political engagement and permanence.
👉Follow our #WYDEWomensLeadership roundtable on Ending Violence Against Women in Politics!
🧡GET INSPIRED AND #UNiTE to #ACTtoEndViolence#25N#16Days
Worldwide, feminist leaders are reshaping the Municipal Movement around care and equality.
Discover our new itw series developed w/ the support of #WYDEWomensLeadership:
🎙️“Voices of Change” https://t.co/vpqwtBCRQI
@uclg_org highlights how cities and regions are redefining governance and rights from the ground up, advancing a multilateralism that delivers — grounded in proximity, solidarity, and shared responsibility.
Read more from @UCLG_Saiz and Mounir Laymouri 👇
Sponsored by @uclg_org
#LGRs are🔑entrypoints for women’s political participation but gender norms &violence still push many out
The Feminist Municipal Movement leads the way:
🔁Reshaping leadership
🏛️Renewing local democracy
Cécile Roth @uclg_org Focal Point for Equality
#Listen2Cities#WYDE#IPU150
📢 "Why is scaling up so hard when feminist leadership is so powerful?
The Feminist Municipal Movement leads the way by breaking stereotypes, building alliances, and transforming institutions through care, quotas and solidarity."
SG @UCLG_Saiz#GenEq AC FML CoChair #IPU#WYDE
Honored2 co-panel with @UN ASG @felipepaullier at Local & Regional Govts Day,co-hosted by @uclg_org at #CSW69.As a rural Africa local govt official,I c how gender-responsive policies&youth inclusion drive sustainable communities.Local leadership is th foundation of global change
En días pasados acudí, por invitación de @uclg_org y @FLACMA_, a la 𝟲𝟵º 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗶ó𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗶ó𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝗠𝘂𝗷𝗲𝗿 #CSW69 en @UN, en la ciudad de New York, una agenda de trabajo que permitió intercambiar experiencias, propuestas y sumar alianzas para fortalecer la igualdad y desarrollo de las mujeres. Les comparto las reuniones que establecimos en estos días.
Por las mujeres y niñas #UnidosSí, #UnidosSiempre.
#Beijing30 #WYDE
At #CSW69 General Discussion, the #LocalGov constituency calls for:
✅More women in decision-making at all levels
✅Stronger action to prevent violence against women
✅Inclusive, intergenerational multilateralism
✅Financial system reform to empower #LRGs, advance equality & care
#Listen2Cities🟣#CSW69#GenderEquality requires men as active allies in dismantling patriarchy, championing inclusive leadership & driving systemic change.
#LRGs lead with gender-responsive policies and care-centered governance.
🗨️@MilkaMoraa@msa_county, Pres. REFELA-Kenya
Honored to open Day 2 of the Local & Regional Governments forum at #CSW69 alongside Spain’s Minister of Equality & global leaders. Seeing Banjul showcased as an inclusive city under my leadership means the world!
#Listen2Cities🟣As the #LRGs Days end, we celebrate #CSW69 as a unique occasion to create valuable alliances and strengthen solid partnerships in the pursuit of #Equality for all, everywhere and Localizing #Beijing30.
✨Statement & Recommendations: https://t.co/HiTQZdXGzq #WYDE
🟣#Listen2Cities#CSW69
"As current times show, we cannot only depend on national contexts. #LRGs must be recognized as the driving force behind gender-responsive and community-based policies, ensuring that no woman, no girl, no territory is left behind."
🗨️@MayorSPH@CityMVIA