📢 HAPPENING TODAY 🎉
We are so excited for the 2nd iteration of our Women’s Participation and Leadership themed webinar.
During our first iteration in September 2024, feminist actors and Womankind partners from Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Nepal and Afghanistan - shared key lessons and best practices on advocating for Women’s participation and leadership. These feminist insights steered the co-development of WPL focused research.
🕑 2:00 PM EAT | 3:30 PM CAT | 4:45 PM NPT
📍 Zoom – Learning Webinar
Hope to see you there! 🙌🏾
🔗 Register here https://t.co/x8uuTuA7nK
Officials and activists push for marriage equality reforms
Queer couples in Nepal have lived together for years without legal status or protection.
https://t.co/HTsWFugmTY
Happy #PrideMonth2025 🌈
Here at Womankind, we believe LBQTI+ rights are a feminist issue because we are all striving for freedom – freedom from the patriarchy and the harmful systems of misogyny, racism, homophobia and transphobia it perpetuates.
🥁It’s here and it’s beautiful 😍!
📖Everyday Feminism: The Anthology! A powerful collection of stories from 10 global feminist activists sharing their experiences and their journey. We can’t see any better way to celebrate #IWD2025 🤗
Get a copy today https://t.co/W0Yr5rLCXc
Following the supreme court ruling in the UK that the definition of woman attends exclusively to biological sex. Here's a statement from our Co-CEOS on our stand as Womankind Worldwide.
"Everyone has the right to live free from discrimination and oppression. We stand firmly with the trans community and all of the activists, organisations and movements defending their right to live with joy, choice and dignity." -@dishasughand and @DianaWambuiNJ
This has been always our stand. Read our full statement from 2022 https://t.co/VmhzN6QyOk
Women's rights and women-led organisations have the expertise and experience of what it takes to prevent VAWG.
We are proud to be with so many incredible partners at #CSW69.
With increased investment in evidence-based prevention, we can end VAWG. Read: https://t.co/By2JyAlCmN
Happy New Year!🎉🫂✊🏾
We hope you are well rested and ready to continue to mobilise, organise, speak up and demand change for all women and girls.
Together, we can help change laws & policies and push for implementation, challenge stereotypes and secure women’s rights
लैंगिक तथा यौनिक अल्पसंख्यक समुदायका ट्रान्सजेन्डर पुरुषहरु पनि महिनावारी हुन्छन् भन्दा सबैलाई विश्वास नलाग्न सक्छ । यस अर्थमा महिला मात्र होइन, पाठेघर भएका पुरुषहरु पनि महिनावारी हुन्छन् । आउनुहोस्, महिनावारीलाई लाजको रुपमा हैन, गर्व र मर्यादाको रुपमा हेरौं र खुलेर बहस गरौं ।
A joy to take part in Womankind Worldwide’s ‘Resourcing the Revolution’ session on day two of #AWIDForum2024. Exploring the topic of flexible funds, moderator Linda Kroeger engaged a panel of WRO’s from Nepal, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya & Zimbabwe.
📍Bangkok, Thailand.
Let's talk about Technology Facilitated Gender Based Violence!
🕵🏿♀️Cyber stalking!
🗣️Harassment
👨🏿💻Doxing!
🤳🏿Nonconsensual image sharing
For this year's #16DaysOfActivism we shed light on #TFGBV and how it can result to #Femicide
Read our full policy brief https://t.co/36HPRGmhN3
🌍 Sabina Khaka of @MitiniNepal reflects on the Asia-Pacific LGBTQI+ Health Conference in India last month: "The conference reinforced the importance of collective action and regional solidarity in advancing LGBTQI+ health rights." #APCOM#MitiniNepal
📢Everything we do is in pursuit of our vision of our feminist future.
🧵Thread! In our recently released impact report, we anchor our work in our 5 strategic goals to achieve this.
1⃣👩🏿❤️👩🏽Sharing power with partners https://t.co/Idgq1978IV
From July 8 - 17 2024, the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF) convened again to assess and report on governments’ progress on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
While more work needs to be done, ILGA Asia applauds the government of Nepal, and Nepalese civil society, for recognizing LGBTIQ persons and communities as stakeholders in sustainable development.
Read more about the report here: https://t.co/o1mxcxRlK6
लैङ्गिक तथा यौनिक अल्पसङ्ख्यक समुदायले नागरिकता, सम्पत्तिलगायतका क्षेत्रमा सामना गर्दै आएका समस्याहरु सम्बोधनका लागि सांसदहरुलाई आग्रह गरेका छन् ।
उनीहरूले मितिनी नेपालले युएनडिपीको #PSP को सहकार्यमा आयोजना गरेको नीति संवादमा साे आग्रह गरेका हुन् ।थप➡️https://t.co/3TGTguonBK
1week to go! 🎉 Meet our panelists for the 2 Oct launch of The Equalities Resource Hub: Don’t miss their insights on ‘Opportunities and Challenges in Gender and Equalities’ Register now https://t.co/o3223pLHMn #EqualitiesResourceHub#GenderEquality#SDDirect#PlanUK#Sightsavers
@Pakasipiti “We must come out and assert our rights in large numbers so that everyone can see us.”
Like many activists, Jeshika Gautam from @MitiniNepal found a sense of identity and belonging through working for the rights of her community.
Read her story here https://t.co/BQsf05BntK