The AWID Forum is the world’s largest event that wholeheartedly centers feminist and gender justice movements in all their diversity.

What does an AWID International Forum mean to those who have been there? What is this magic that happens when feminists from around the world gather to celebrate, strategize, learn and share joy?

A year ago, Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman, died in the custody of the morality police after being arrested over alleged “improper” hijab in Tehran.

The Human Rights Council (HRC) is the key intergovernmental body within the United Nations system responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe. AWID works with partners to share key knowledge, convene civil society dialogues and events, and influence negotiations and outcomes of the session.

At AWID, we understand feminist realities as the living, breathing examples of the worlds we know are possible.

AWID is an international, feminist, membership organisation committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women’s human rights 

We call on official mandate holders in the United Nations to take urgent action to counter ultraconservative mobilisation against human rights. We can no longer afford to wait!