For nearly two decades, the African Feminist Charter has served as a vital political framework for feminist movements across the continent. Adopted in 2006, it gave African feminists a shared resource and political framework to identify, build solidarity, and collective struggle.

Twenty years later, the challenges facing African feminists in 2026 are rapidly evolving. Anti-rights attacks, democratic and economic crises, increased insecurity, and overlapping social crises have reshaped our realities in profound ways. Our Charter must reflect that.

As we gear up for the African Feminist Forum 2026 in Windhoek, Namibia, we  have launched a continent-wide process to review the achievements and gaps in utilising the Charter. And to enable feminists to collectively reimagine the Charter in the context of the current and future realities of feminist organising. This is a participatory, community-driven process to ensure this foundational political framework speaks to who we are and what we face today.

This process belongs to all of us. We are calling on African feminists in all our diversities,  across countries, languages, generations, identities, and lived experiences, to contribute to this reimagination.

The survey is available in English, French, Portuguese and Arabic. Please complete it in whichever language you are most comfortable with. Your responses will directly inform the revised Charter and help ensure it reflects the full breadth of African feminist experience.

Access the survey here. Submit by  5 April 2026

Your insights will directly inform a Charter that represents all of us.