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Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) worldwide defend their lands, livelihoods and communities from extractive industries and corporate power. They stand against powerful economic and political interests driving land theft, displacement of communities, loss of livelihoods, and environmental degradation.
Extractivism is an economic and political model of development that commodifies nature and prioritizes profit over human rights and the environment. Rooted in colonial history, it reinforces social and economic inequalities locally and globally. Often, Black, rural and Indigenous women are the most affected by extractivism, and are largely excluded from decision-making. Defying these patriarchal and neo-colonial forces, women rise in defense of rights, lands, people and nature.
WHRDs confronting extractive industries experience a range of risks, threats and violations, including criminalization, stigmatization, violence and intimidation. Their stories reveal a strong aspect of gendered and sexualized violence. Perpetrators include state and local authorities, corporations, police, military, paramilitary and private security forces, and at times their own communities.
AWID and the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition (WHRD-IC) are pleased to announce “Women Human Rights Defenders Confronting Extractivism and Corporate Power”; a cross-regional research project documenting the lived experiences of WHRDs from Asia, Africa and Latin America.
"Women Human Rights Defenders confronting extractive industries: an overview of critical risks and Human Rights obligations" is a policy report with a gender perspective. It analyses forms of violations and types of perpetrators, quotes relevant human rights obligations and includes policy recommendations to states, corporations, civil society and donors.
"Weaving resistance through action: Strategies of Women Human Rights Defenders confronting extractive industries" is a practical guide outlining creative and deliberate forms of action, successful tactics and inspiring stories of resistance.
The video “Defending people and planet: Women confronting extractive industries” puts courageous WHRDs from Africa, Asia, and Latin America in the spotlight. They share their struggles for land and life, and speak to the risks and challenges they face in their activism.
Challenging corporate power: Struggles for women’s rights, economic and gender justice is a research paper outlining the impacts of corporate power and offering insights into strategies of resistance.
AWID acknowledges with gratitude the invaluable input of every Woman Human Rights Defender who participated in this project. This project was made possible thanks to your willingness to generously and openly share your experiences and learnings. Your courage, creativity and resilience is an inspiration for us all. Thank you!
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Pour renforcer notre voix et notre pouvoir collectifs en faveur de davantage de financement de meilleure qualité pour l’organisation des mouvements féministes, de défense des droits des femmes, des personnes LBTQI+ et des mouvements alliés dans le monde entier.
Le Forum international de l'AWID est à la fois un événement communautaire mondial et un espace de transformation personnelle radicale. Rassemblement unique en son genre, le Forum réunira nos mouvements féministes, de défense des droits des femmes, de justice de genre, LBTQI+ et alliés, dans toute leur diversité et leur humanité, afin de nous connecter, nous apaiser et nous épanouir.
Le thème du Forum – S’élever ensemble – nous invite à nous engager pleinement, à nous connecter les un·e·s aux autres de manière ciblée, bienveillante et courageuse. Nous pourrons ainsi ressentir le battement du cœur des mouvements mondiaux et agir ensemble pour relever les défis de notre époque.
For the first time, the AWID Forum offered three modes of participation:
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En ligne dans un espace virtuel (capacité : 3 000 participant·e·s) |
Via des centres névralgiques (Hubs) connectés dans un espace transfrontalier |
Plus de 4000 personnes ayant participé au 15e Forum international de l'AWID en 2024 ont créé une force radicale pour résister aux oppressions, vers la guérison et la libération collectives. Restez à l'écoute pour plus d'articles du forum et les prochaines mises à jour !
En 2020, le conseil d’administration de l’AWID a pris la décision difficile d’annuler le 14ème Forum international de l’AWID, qui devait avoir lieu du 20 au 23 septembre 2021 dans la ville de Taipei.

Compte tenu de la complexité du monde d'aujourd'hui, le Forum de l'AWID 2016 ne s'est pas concentré sur un « problème » particulier mais a plutôt exploré comment créer des moyens efficaces de travailler ensemble !
Malgré le contexte difficile dans lequel s’est déroulé le Forum de 2016 (l’épidémie de Zika, la grève au ministère des Affaires étrangères brésilien, la destitution de la présidente Dilma Rousseff et l’instabilité qui a suivi), il a rassemblé plus de 1800 participant-e-s issu-e-s de 120 pays et territoires de toutes les régions du monde.
Téléchargez le rapport d’évaluation

Le 12e Forum de l’AWID s’est tenu à Istanbul en Turquie en 2012, avec pour thème central Transformer le pouvoir économique pour avancer les droits des femmes et la justice. Ce Forum fut le plus important et le plus diversifié de l’histoire, rassemblant quelque 2 239 activistes pour les droits des femmes en provenance de 141 pays différents. Parmi elles-eux, environs 65 % venaient de pays du Sud, près de 15 % étaient des jeunes femmes de 30 ans et moins, alors que 75 % participaient au Forum pour la première fois.
Le Forum s’est focalisé sur la transformation du pouvoir économique pour faire progresser les droits des femmes et la justice en proposant plus de 170 activités incluant des ateliers de formation en économie féministe, en passant par toute une séries d’ateliers de discussion et autres tables rondes solidaires autour de 10 grandes questions cruciales.
Dans l’élan du Forum, nous avons transformé la page qui lui était dédiée en un outil multimédia en ligne qui intègre également les contenus générés par les participant-e-s sur toutes les composantes du Forum.
Visitez l'archive web du Forum 2012

Chaque programme comporte plusieurs volets, y compris le développement et la diffusion de connaissances, la recherche-action, les plaidoyers, l’établissement d’alliances et l’organisation de dialogues stratégiques.
Notre Rapport Annuel 2011 vous proposent un sommaire des principales réalisations pendant l'année, dans le cadre de chacune des programmes de l’AWID.
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The global survey is a key pillar of the third iteration of our action-oriented research: “Where is the Money for Feminist Organizing?” (in short, Where is the Money or WITM). The results of the survey will be further elaborated and explored through in-depth conversations with activists and funders and cross-referenced with other existing analysis and research on the state of funding for feminists and gender equality globally.
The full “Where is the Money for Feminist Organizing” report will be published in 2026.
To learn more how AWID has been shining a light on money for and against feminist movements check out the work of our Resourcing Feminist Movements Initiative here.
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AWID is pleased to share our 2016 Annual Report.

2016 was an incredible year for AWID, we convened the 13th International AWID Forum in Bahia, Brazil, a space for strategizing and alliance building with feminists and other justice movements, which was attended by over 1800 participants from 120 countries and territories across the globe.
We know that women’s rights and feminist movements are key actors in creating sustainable transformative change. Within our movements, organizing, resisting and responding to the challenging context is sharpening, and in our increasingly connected world, the potential for collective action across diverse movements has dramatically grown.
This is the crucial work that AWID seeks to amplify and support every day.
A highlight of 2016 was our ground-breaking 13th International Forum with the theme: “Feminist Futures: Building Collective Power for Rights and Justice”, where we harnessed the thinking and energy of nearly 500 partners, presenters, panelists, moderators, artivists, writers, facilitators, IT innovators, and performers, many of them leaders in their movements. We also supported the convening of the first and historical Black Feminisms Forum (BFF) organised by a working group of Black Feminists from across the world.
AWID, in partnership with other feminist and women’s rights organisations, engaged in advocacy and dialogue to explore better solutions for women’s rights agendas including our work with the Count Me In! consortium .
The experiences of women with disabilities, Black and Afro-descendant women, sex workers, Indigenous women, trans and intersex people, domestic workers and how their lives are impacted by multiple oppressions and violence were placed front and center of the Forum process.
We also launched the 2016 WHRD Tribute to commemorate defenders who are no longer with us, during the 16 Days of activism, and thanks to the contributions from our members,
We drove attention to groups and issues that do not usually receive adequate mainstream media coverage through our partnership with The Guardian and Mama Cash.

