As women’s rights and feminist activists gather in Naarm (Melbourne), for the Women Deliver Conference, we do so in a moment shaped by urgency and possibility. Across the world, feminist movements are experiencing intensifying  backlash and a roll back of hard won feminist gains, yet even in this context they continue to organise, resist and reimagine feminist futures often with limited funding. 

As we gather, we arrive in this space with clarity of purpose and solidarity. We show up fierce, united, and unequivocal for the African feminist movement on the global stage. Our voices are critical, our presence is necessary, and we remain steadfast in ensuring that African feminists are both heard and sustainedWe are excited to share AWDF’s plans for the Women Deliver conference taking place 27–30 April: a space to strategise, resist, and build a future rooted in solidarity, justice, and joy.On the sidelines of Women Deliver, we are creating a space to listen, reflect, and speak honestly about where we are and where we are headed. We will share AWDF’s direction of travel, a bold three-pronged commitment to Defend, Disrupt, and Define resourcing resistance, disrupting harmful systems and narratives, and investing in the feminist futures we are building together and anchored in our strategic framework Lemlem.

Additionally, join us across the following spaces, where we will be speaking, engaging, listening, and connecting, all in service of building stronger African feminist futures.

If you would like to connect with us at Women Deliver, we would love to meet you. Reach out to us at communications@awdf.org. And if you are hosting a space and would like us to participate, share the details, and we will be glad to join.