No Borders, No Walls: Feminists for Abolition

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AWID convened a virtual conversation titled No Borders, No Walls: Feminists for Abolition on  27 January. This was a small gathering bringing together speakers from prison abolition, Indigenous, harm reduction and broader feminist movements to build connections across movements and to discuss the cross-regional and cultural implications of these concepts. Participants were invited to reflect on these themes from their own experiences and contexts, and came from a range of regions and movements: from Palestine solidarity, to Black feminists, women who use drugs, to Latin American feminist activists and disability justice advocates. 

Participants: Galina Angarova, Tanagra Melgarejo, Sharon Yam, Rachel Zellars - facilitated by Zukiswa Wanner 


Watch participants reflecting on these themes from their own experiences and contexts.

A small gathering bringing together speakers from prison abolition, Indigenous, harm reduction, and broader feminist movements.


This conversation charted the connections and intersections between struggles of activists resisting violence caused by border regimes and prison systems and supporting communities most impacted. We collectively learned from the practices of transformative justice,  harm reduction,  and abolition that activists embody in their work and everyday lives. Participants were invited to build on the political visions and imaginaries paved by Indigenous, Black, queer and feminist organising in transcending borders and prisons, creating models of justice from a feminist perspective that center around community, care, justice, healing, accountability, and self-determination.


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