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CMI! supports the voices and activism of structurally excluded women, girls, trans and intersex people.
🛑 In honour of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons yesterday, we’re highlighting the power of people leading the change they need. 🛑
Find out why the members of Egna Legna are fighting against exploitative working conditions: www.mamacash.org/resources/ch...
A decade's work - all on a single page!
💪Information about our reach, facts and numbers
👑 Reports
🫶Colleagues speaking about the work they are proud of
🧺And more!
Because together #WeGoFar 🎉🎇🎊🎆
Visit: cmiconsortium.org/campaigns/ou...
Looking for accessible, comprehensive advocacy materials on sex workers' rights?
Check out CMI!'s sex workers' rights tool: cmiconsortium.org/cmi-publicat...
#SexWorkIsWork #DecrimSexWork
👋Welcome Wo=Men (Dutch Gender Platform)! They're a #FeministClimateAction Fund subgrantee of #FundingFairerFutures
🌿 Their project centres feminist & climate justice orgs in policy & action⚡
Learn more: wecf.org/funding-fair... #Gender #ClimateAction #WECF @genderplatform.bsky.social #FundedbyEU
Black poster with the text "we're back" in white at the top. Recon and CREA logos are just under the text. The text at the bottom left reads "submit today". The QR code with the text "scan for more" is at the bottom right.
Deadline extended!
🎭🎨 Creative submissions are open!
Share your work on feminist politics, resistance, care, joy and everything in between.
📅 Deadline: 27 July, 2025
🔗 Click here: reconference.creaworld.org
#ThinkCREA #reconference2025 #recon2025
In a world that demands constant productivity and labour, we’re choosing collective pause to rest and reflect. When feminist movements rest, we model the world we are envisioning and building together: a world where care is revolutionary.
✨ See you all on July 28!
Our work is our identity. #WeGoFar
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Nine people seated on a flower‑lined stage at the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC) 30th anniversary. At center, a DMSC representative presents an award to CREA’s Executive Director (India) while others sit to either side. Event banners and a large screen form the backdrop
A group of young girls in yellow and red traditional attire performing a cultural dance on stage, decorated with vibrant flowers, during the DMSC 30th anniversary celebration. Audience members watch from the front rows while a person records the performance on a phone
A group of musicians performing live on stage during the DMSC 30th anniversary celebration. They are playing instruments like the tabla and guitar, with singers using microphones. The stage is adorned with bright floral decorations and a digital backdrop
Four CREA team members and one DMSC member pose in front of a DMSC standee about sex work rights at the DMSC 30th anniversary celebration
CREA was proud to join Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee’s 30-year celebrations in Kolkata! Honoring 3 decades of courage and resilience for sex workers’ rights 💪 From bold conversations to vibrant performances, every moment inspired.❤️
@Durbar_DMSC
#ThinkCREA
Feminist Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning or Feminist PMEL has been practised and implemented in different ways depending on the nature, context, scope, and work of the organisation.
For more: cmiconsortium.org/feminist-pmel/
Over the last decade, we have gathered many stories and evidence of change within our focus areas. Changes that were made possible by the relentless, brave work of our partners from Burkina Faso to Bangladesh.
Read some of the stories here: cmiconsortium.org/publications...
#WeGoFar
Watch Susana Fried elaborate on our collective advocacy to strengthen Dutch government's support for feminist organisations & how together we collaborated with movements & create space for their voices in global events like Human Rights Council.
📽️ youtu.be/IqDV8AeK384
A graphic with a white background features woodcut lines. Among them is the text "DSROI 2025." A pink text box contains the following text: "Disability, Sexuality & Rights Online Institute. 19 September – 6 November 2025. CREA’s Disability, Sexuality, and Rights Online Institute (DSROI) is a seven-week-long online course that provides a study of theory and practice at the intersection of disability, gender, and sexuality with a focus on perspectives from the global South. APPLICATIONS OPEN! Apply by 31 July 2025, at https://dsroi.creaworld.org/apply/ The course is offered through an accessible online learning platform.” A white CREA logo is positioned at the top right corner of the pink text box.
Applications are now open for the 12th edition of the Disability, Sexuality, and Rights Online Institute (DSROI)!
Click here to know more: dsroi.creaworld.org/apply/
#ThinkCREA
🧐Curious to learn more about the impact of CMI!'s work?
For a comprehensive overview of what ✊we achieved together✊ in the last decade, visit: cmiconsortium.org/campaigns/ou...
#WeGoFar #GenderBasedViolence #EconomicJustice
🌿How does the climate crisis impact sexual & reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in the MENA region?
👉Read our blog featuring insights from Muna Alhammadi, written by @evaliacolombo.bsky.social (WO=MEN).
www.wo-men.nl/blogbericht/...
#ClimateJustice #SRHR
Women human rights are often at the forefront of claiming economic justice for their communities - also when extractive projects threaten their life and livelihood. CMI!, together with our partners, created a toolkit to help strategise their efforts: cmiconsortium.org/campaigns/be...
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(1 / 3) 💡 According to AWID’s ‘Where is the Money for Feminist Organizing?’ survey results, in 2023, the median annual budget for feminist, women’s rights, gender justice, LBTQI+, and allied groups was just $22,000 USD.
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1 / 2 The #FfD4 Conference is happening NOW (June 30-July 3)! This pivotal moment will define development financing for the next decade - and gender justice MUST be at the center.
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Susana Fried from #JustFuturesCollaborative highlighted the real harms of sex based violations and the importance of gender based approach.
#BeyondTheBinary #HRC59
1 / 3 #HRC59 continue to remind us that in normative systems of development, labour and human rights are treated as distinct and individualized issues.
02.07.2025 12:53 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0At #HRC59 last week, Phelister Abdalla from KESWA delivered a statement during the interactive dialogue with the SR on VAWG.
"As sex workers, we demand respect for our consent when we say we choose sex work and when we demand the full decriminalisation of our work for our rights, health & safety."
“Just as feminist movements remain determined in the face of backlash, so must we be.”
We’re excited to share our 2024 Annual Report, showcasing our work and the work of our grantee-partners this past year.
Read our highlights here: mamacash.jaarverslag.org/highlights/
1 / 4 From #HRC59's side events, powerful voices emerged on gender, rights, and justice.
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1 / 4 From #HRC59's side events, powerful voices emerged on gender, rights, and justice.
02.07.2025 03:39 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0During the Human Rights Council in Geneva, sex workers and allies raised their voices at the Broken Chair demanding dignity, decriminalization, and recognition. The call is clear: sex work is work, and human rights must include all. #SexWorkIsWork #HumanRights #DecriminalizeSexWork
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Poster for reconference 2025 by CREA with the headline "we’re back!" in white text on a teal background. The main graphic logo features the word "reconference" in stylised red and teal text, with "reTHINK, reWORK, reCLAIM" stacked vertically. Details include the dates "8–10 December 2025" and location "Kathmandu, Nepal." The CREA logo appears on the left. The bottom section has a red background with the words “join us” and a QR code labeled “scan for more.”
📣 reconference 2025 is here!
📅 8–10 Dec 2025 | A global feminist expo to reTHINK, reWORK & reCLAIM
✅ Apply to attend
🎨 Got a creative feminist project? Submit it!
💸 Scholarships for creatives
📚 Explore our themes
🔗 reconference.creaworld.org
#ThinkCREA #recon2025
It was a pleasure to be part of such a great panel! But crazy to experience the huge pushback on gender at the Human Righrs Council #HRC.
@genderplatform.bsky.social
@ovofconsortium.bsky.social
💪Jameela leidt een veilige groep voor vrouwelijke migrantenarbeiders in Sumbawa, Indonesië, door steun van
Leading from the South. Lees meer over het belang van Nederlandse financiering in onze factsheet: bit.ly/3TiCpM4
#WomenEmpowerment
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During our event #BeyondTheBinary at #HRC59, transgender activist and poet Namkeen Peshawari finished her speech with a beautiful poem: "Scars That Shine."
Enjoy the poem here 😍👇
Still after all these years, the fight for the rights of gender diverse people and a sound framework that upholds gender approach has to continue. Speakers shared crucial insights regarding this during our event #BeyondTheBinary at #HRC59. Stay tuned for more!
30.06.2025 14:06 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Happening nu! De Tweede Kamer debatteert over Buitenlandse Handel & Ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Met Nederlandse steun konden de afgelopen jaren meer dan 2000 organisaties, netwerken en groepen opkomen voor gelijke rechten en kansen. Dat kan de Kamer behouden: www.wo-men.nl/kb-bestanden...
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