Sachini Perera

Executive Coordinator

Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice (RESURJ)

Sachini Perera is the Executive Coordinator of Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice (RESURJ), a transnational collective of younger South feminists. Sachini is a queer feminist from Sri Lanka who has worked with local, regional and global feminist formations for the last 15 years. Sachini is currently a Co-Chair of the steering group of the Alliance for Feminist Movements. She has also served in an advisory capacity for the Nebula Fund, Women’s Fund Asia and W7. Sachini was a 2019/2020 Chevening scholar.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

18 July 2023

DAY 2

19 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
10:30 am EEST	12:00 pm EEST	Funding Feminist Movements: Building on Global Momentum Concurrent Room MH 3-2	The most effective way to advance women’s rights worldwide is to directly invest in feminist movements. This session will showcase actors including governments and women Read More The most effective way to advance women’s rights worldwide is to directly invest in feminist movements. This session will showcase actors including governments and women’s funds, who have recognized the transformative potential of funding feminist movements. These actors have changed, or are in the process of challenging, their funding practices to provide flexible, long-term, core funding to feminist organizations. Through curated, small group discussions, this event provides participants with the chance to personally engage with these actors, better understand the elements necessary to realize the potential of feminist movements, what is working, and how to help them grow. Session format: Whole System in a Room Organized by International Women’s Development Agency, Equality Fund Read Less Speakers Sachini Perera Executive Coordinator Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice (RESURJ) Debby Bielak Partner The Bridgespan Group Pontso Mafethe Director of Programmes African Women's Development Fund Louise Holt Director General, Social Development, Global Issues and Development Global Affairs Canada Delphine O Ambassador and Secretary General for the Generation Equality Forum French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cynthia Eyakuze Co-Vice President, Global Programs Equality Fund

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
10:30 am EEST	12:00 pm EEST	Hey Funders: Here’s What Young Feminist Leaders Need from You! Concurrent Room MH 2-1	What makes the difference between philanthropy that is pathbreaking for young feminist leaders and funding that creates yet more obstacles to meaningful change? Join us Read More What makes the difference between philanthropy that is pathbreaking for young feminist leaders and funding that creates yet more obstacles to meaningful change? Join us for a discussion of grantee-led, feminist, trust-based philanthropy. Hear directly from grassroots and local young feminist leaders fighting for gender and racial equality in the Global South, and learn what transformative, sustainable social change looks like for them. Join us for a dynamic discussion on the much-needed shifts in philanthropy and aid to support feminist organizing, programming, and the leadership of adolescent girls and young women, and learn about funders’ experiences implementing more trust-based, feminist models. Session format: Thought Leadership Organized by American Jewish World Service, Girls First Fund, WomenStrong International, Cellule Nigérienne des Jeunes Filles Leaders, Mujeres Sociopolíticas Mamá Tingó, Feminist Approach to Technology, Visionaria Peru, Women’s Justice Initiative Read Less Speakers Fanta Toure-Puri Fund Director Girls First Fund Sachini Perera Executive Coordinator Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice (RESURJ) Rut Curruchich Outreach Coordinator Women’s Justice Initiative Paola Saldivias Mendez Co-founder Visionaria Network of Peru Saratou Bako Bagassa Member, Leadership and Mentoring Camp Organization Committee Cellule Nigérienne Des Jeunes Filles Leaders (CNJFL) Rubi Rubi Management Committee member/Program Champion Feminist Approach to Technology Johanna Agustin Co-ordinator of Political Participation, responsible for Accounting/Finance Mujeres Socio Políticas Mama Tingo [Mama Tingo Socio-Political Women] Susan M. Blaustein Founder and Executive Director WomenStrong International Sarah Green Senior Policy Advisor, Sexual Health and Rights American Jewish World Service (AJWS)
06:30 pm EEST	08:00 pm EEST	75 Years of the UDHR: Intersectional Feminists Reimagine Human Rights Side Event Kigali Convention Center - Room MH 3-1	A co-created designed discussion to meaningfully engage Global Southern and feminist intersectional perspectives and organizations in conceptualizing global and Read More A co-created designed discussion to meaningfully engage Global Southern and feminist intersectional perspectives and organizations in conceptualizing global and transnational strategies for rethinking and reclaiming human rights. The conversation will grapple with the limitations and opportunities within the multilateral system and conceptual application of universal human rights approaches for a feminist future. Simultaneously, speakers will address the needs for a decolonization of gender justice work as feminists push forward in responding to the multiple and compounding crises of our time. Organizer: Open Society Read Less Speakers Sachini Perera Executive Coordinator Realizing Sexual and Reproductive Justice (RESURJ) Josephine Kamara Senior Advocacy and Communications Manager Purposeful Inas Miloud Co-Director Tamazight Women's Movement Agnieszka Król Manager, Programs and Innovation CREA

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