Feminist Diplomacy Lab @ CSW70

The Feminist Diplomacy Lab is thrilled to announce our participation in CSW70! We will be there in collaboration with incredible partners from our movements, ready to engage in inspiring conversations and strategic discussions.If you’re attending CSW70, we invite you to join us at our official events or reach out to set a conversation with our team!

Our Events

We are co-organizing three key sessions focusing on justice, governance, and research:

• Justice in Jeopardy: Countering the Authoritarian and Anti-Gender Backlash

  Join us for a session to unpack and understand the threats facing feminist movements, and, crucially, to learn from existing resistance strategies and opportunities for cross-sector solidarity and collaboration.

  • Our speakers will be:

    • Petra deGraft-Johnson, Programmes Officer Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres, Transparency International Ghana

    • Ezel Buse Sonmezocak, Advocacy Coordinator, Women for Women's Human Rights, Türkiye 

    • Maïssa Hubert Chakour, Deputy Executive Director at Equis - Justicia para las Mujeres

  • Our panelists will be:

    • Ana Maria Alonso Giganto, Ambassador at Large for Feminist Foreign Policy, Spain 

    • Gina Romero, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and of Association (participating virtually or pre-record)

    • Sarah Al Bouery, Senior Research Assistant, The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship

    • Coco Jervis, Director of Programmes, Mama Cash

      • Register Here

• Against the Tide, Towards the Future: Member State - Civil Society Working Breakfast

  The Women's Major Group and the Feminist Diplomacy Lab will hold a working breakfast conversation with member states and civil society on strengthening the UN gender equality architecture through UN80 reforms.

  • This is an Invite-Only event.

• Stronger Together: Civil Society and State Engagement in the CSW - Report Launch!

  Wo=Men and FDL invite you to the launch of the first international research into the different ways civil society works with national governments towards CSW.

  • Our speakers will be:

    • Funom Yakubu, PhD, Education as a Vaccine, Nigeria

    • Joyce Brummelman , Plan International, the Netherlands

    • Pamela Martin Garcia, Senior Independent Consultant, Argentina

      • Register Here

• Reframing Power: Strategic Futures for FFP and WPS

  Red Dot Foundation, Feminist Diplomacy Lab, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative, CCSD, and Chalkback invites you to explore how FFP and WPS can be integrated into a more durable architecture for gender-responsive global governance. The discussion will examine how policy commitments translate into practice, how feminist networks can remain resilient during periods of political volatility, and how digital governance debates, including artificial intelligence and online safety, are shaping the future of women’s participation in diplomacy and peace processes.

  • Moderated by ElsaMarie D’Silva, Red Dot Foundation

  • Our speakers will be:

    • Spogmay Ahmed, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative

    • Rajaa Altali, Center for Civilians in Conflict (CCSD)

    • Sophie Sandberg, Chalkback

    • Jane Anyango, Polycom for Girls

      • Register Here

Find Us Speaking At

In addition to our own events, you can find our team speaking at the following important discussions:

• The Road to Madrid: Powering Momentum for Feminist Foreign Policy

  Join the discussion on thematic priorities and strategic engagement in the lead up to the 5th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy.

  • Register Here

• Stronger Together: Civil Socierty Visions for the 5th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy and Gender Equality

  Organized by Gobierno de España - Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación and the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative

  • Register Here

• Gendered Poverty: Impacts on Women’s Access to Justice and Violence

  Organized by WWHR and the Women’s Coalition Turkey, this parallel event examines the interconnections between gendered poverty, women’s access to justice, and the prevention of gender-based violence.

  • This event is open for participation.

We look forward to connecting with you at CSW70 and advancing our collective work towards a more just and equal future.