Memory Kachambwa

In the last 5 years, we ran the Deliver For good (DFG) campaign convened by Women Deliver. As partners, we reflected on funding models and their impact. In these sessions, key lessons and experiences on the donor – Women’s Rights Organisations relation were shared. First, we established that centering local WROs is fundamental as they understand the realities of women and girls. The current funding practice that is restricted, short term and reflects donor priority is inadequate. Secondly, the localization agenda is being circumvented as donors and international organisations (INGOs) with origins and presence in the Global North rush to register local entities, open offices or form unequal consortia – relations with local actors. In this regard, campaign partners will share these reflections on the need for women-led and feminist organisations to be trusted while remaining accountable and make the case for trust-based funding models that truly centre women-led and feminist organisations with local origins and the presence to thrive.

Session format: Whole System in a Room

Organized by Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW), African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), Akili Dada, White Ribbon Alliance – Kenya, Kenya Female Advisory Organization, Kenya Land Alliance, SDG Kenya Forum, GRoots Kenya

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Have you ever imagined what a feminist world system would look like? This session will explore how feminist policies are attempting to tackle some of the most pressing issues of our time and challenge existing paradigms so that we may re-imagine what a feminist future can look like. Leading experts, policymakers, activists, and advocates will come together to explore the implementation and impact of feminist policies across various sectors from feminist foreign policy, the care economy, and peacebuilding. Through insightful discussions and case studies, we will examine the potential of feminist policies to address systemic inequalities, promote women’s rights, challenge gender norms, and create inclusive and just societies.

Opening: Andalusia Knoll Soloff, multimedia journalist based in Mexico City, co-founder of the journalist organization, Frontline Freelance México which advocates for freelancers rights and press freedom.

Moderator: Lyric Thompson, CEO Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative

Panel:

• Memory Kachambwa, CEO, FEMNET
• Aya Chebbi, NALA Feminist Collective
• Delphine O, France ambassador-at-large and Secretary-General for the Generation Equality Forum (Beijing+25)
• Minister Natalie Hutchins, Minister for Women of Victoria, Australia

Intergenerational Fireside Chats:

• Leymah Gbowee Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and peace activist
• Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Journalist, and Politician
• Divina Stella Maloum, Founder of Children for Peace

In recent years, there has been a concerted effort by a range of stakeholders to strengthen childcare systems. However, governments have been slow in adopting policies that expand access to quality childcare through public financing. Despite significant political momentum, childcare is still not seen as a public good in most countries.

Join ECDAN, the Home Based Childcare Initiative, the Conrad Hilton Foundation, FEMNET, and our partners to discuss how to build the political will to elevate childcare as a public good and learn about innovative policy and financing models that advance outcomes for women and children through quality childcare.

Organizer: ECDAN