FHN at Women Deliver 2023
Women Deliver 2023
The Feminist Humanitarian Network (FHN) will host two concurrent events at this year’s Women Deliver Conference (WD2023).
Women Deliver will take place in Kigali, Rwanda from 17-20 July and is one of the largest convenings to advance gender equality in the world. Over 6,000 people are expected to attend the in-person events and more than 200,000 will attend virtually.
The FHN will host two sessions, the first examining feminist foreign policy and how humanitarianism can be better integrated in its agenda, and the second exploring how colonial narratives around risk can be reframed using feminist perspectives to ensure that WROs working on the frontlines of humanitarian crisis are able to access critical funds and resources. See our save the date flyer here.
Integrating humanitarianism into feminist foreign policies
Tuesday 18 July 2023, 9:30-11:00am, Room AD12.2, Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
Crises often rollback the advancement of women’s rights, deepening inequality and injustice, but their catalytic nature also provides an opportunity for transformative change. This session explores why humanitarianism, specifically a feminist humanitarian approach, must be integrated into feminist foreign policy in order to not miss such critical opportunities. Members of the Feminist Humanitarian Network and representatives of donor governments will discuss how existing feminist foreign policies have been experienced by women-led and feminist organizations in the Global South, and how feminist principles and a feminist humanitarian approach can be better incorporated into the feminist foreign policy agenda. View session flyer.
Speakers:
Mmonbeydo Nadine Joah (moderator) -Executive Director, Organisation for Women and Children (Liberia)
Irene Dawa - Founder and Technical Advisor, Community Empowerment for Peace and Development West Nile (Uganda)
Claire Mathonsi - Associate Vice President, Gender Justice, Care USA
Anna Wilson - FCDO’s Director of Development to Rwanda, and former Head of FCDO Humanitarian Response
Decolonising risk: Applying feminist humanitarian perspectives to reframe risk narratives
Thursday 20 July 2023, 9:30-11:00am, Room MH2.1, Kigali Convention Centre, Kigali, Rwanda
In the face of unprecedented global humanitarian need, women-led and feminist organizations are leading efforts to ensure nobody is left behind and to protect the rights of women, girls, and marginalized communities. Their work is essential but underfunded, as it often doesn’t meet donors’ compliance requirements. The session will interrogate how narratives of risk uphold colonial and patriarchal power dynamics and create barriers for women-led and feminist organizations on the humanitarian frontlines. Panelists will explore how we can reframe risk through a feminist humanitarian lens and share experiences and learnings (including Feminist Humanitarian Network research) to support collective solution-building. View session flyer.
Speakers:
Naomi Tulay-Solanke - Founder and Executive Director, Community Healthcare Initiative (Liberia)
Lipi Rahman - Founder and Executive Director, Badabon Sangho (Bangladesh)
Irene Dawa - Founder and Technical Advisor, Community Empowerment for Peace and Development West Nile (Uganda)
Jacqueline Hart (moderator) - Independent strategy advisor, Feminist Humanitarian Network
Maria Krisch - Programme Coordinator, United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund
Meet the FHN members attending Women Deliver
Many of our members will be in Kigali next week for Women Deliver 2023.
Find out more about them here.