For our followers in Austria: WIDE is hosting a course with 9 modules in cooperation with VHS Ottakring. When? Every other Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at VHS Ottakring, Ludo-Hartmann-Platz 7, 1160 Vienna; starting Feb 24, 2026 Cost for the entire course: €198.00 Learn more: buff.ly/iMiUkor

The manosphere in Arabic📘Written by Sarah Kaddoura, it is a study deconstructing the "manosphere" - "forums, websites, blogs, and online channels that host a wide range of discourses on the social construction of “manhood”."

🌍 Are you worried about the future of democracy in Europe? Get trained to take action! The School of Political Participation is a free online course analysing civil rights, migration crises & the challenges facing the EU in the current geopolitical & economic context. Register now:

"Not If, But How" - a four-part series by the CLIMA Fund for funders and donors to learn more deeply about climate, movements and funding effective solutions. Several climate justice leaders will join as speakers to discuss the climate crisis and explore grassroots solutions. ⤵️

Our House, Centre for Human Rights and Relief, is raising funds for their new shelter for conscientious objectors seeking asylum in Lithuania. This shelter will keep the objectors supervised and protected. They will be provided with stability and legal help. Learn more:

📘 New book worth sharing The Elgar Companion to Women and Heterodox Economics Past, Present, and Future (2025) This book centres women's voices in heterodox economics, and it is grounded in perspectives originating beyond the Anglophone sphere. Learn more: buff.ly/oL1dALp

For our followers in #Brussels: On 17 March 2026, Collectif des Femmes will be hosting an international conference: "Building an inclusive Europe! Empowerment and civic engagement among migrant women!" Register here:

Women and girls remain underrepresented in the world of technology and cybersecurity - the CyberHER project was created as a response to this reality. Imago Mundi, a member of the WIDE+ network, is one of the partner organisations in this project. Learn more on their website: buff.ly/2kr582i

Check out the newest ARROW for Change issue: Resisting Anti-Rights ✊ This bulletin looks at how structural crises exacerbate pre-existing discrimination and how feminist and community movements are threatened. It also showcases strategies and practices that help push back! ⤵️

Call for submissions - Care in Crisis: why we need collective care in frontline responses to permacrisis❗Urgent Action Sister Funds is seeking contributions on ‘collective care in permacrisis’, for a series proposal with the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Deadline: 12 January ➡️

The WPS Index report paints a picture of women's status around the world, looking at inclusion, justice and security. This edition shows how women's status varied dramatically across countries - but one trend is clear: women's status remains low worldwide. Read more here:

According to the most recent Gender Equality Index, it will take a minimum of 50 years before gender equality is a reality in the EU. The index portrays a picture of heterogeneous development, with both progress and setbacks across the EU. Learn more:

Fundraising for Small Grassroots Organisation? Here's a 101 Guide by AWID and Justice Fund: Getting the Money We Need 💸 This guide helps you: ➡️ identify aligned donors ➡️ develop your fundraising muscles ➡️ communicate your impact Learn more here:

New reports from our online roundtables on AI and discrimination are out now! ➡️ "Increasing Transparency to reduce Discrimination in AI-assisted Hiring", 8 July 2025: buff.ly/Ndz7BsL ➡️ "Challenges Anti-Discrimination Assessment of Algorithmic Tools in Hiring", 14 July 2025: buff.ly/eT7qM3O

How about a new year read on Feminist Economic Justice? Check out this toolkit designed to support women human rights defenders and other activists involved in feminist movement building on the struggle of economic (in)justice.

HUGE NEWS: European Parliament Votes in Support of the My Voice, My Choice Initiative for Safe and Accessible Abortion. The resolution was approved with 358 votes in favour, 202 against, and 79 abstentions. Learn more:

This is the poem we chose for our 2025 holiday greeting. Why? Because it captures the spirit of our work this year. We look forward to continuing this collective work toward a feminist, just, and sustainable future in 2026.

Dear Lukashenko, greetings from Olga Karach, Belarusian human rights defender and director of the human rights organisation OUR HOUSE: Nothing has been forgotten and the pages have not been turned! 🔁 The video is reposted from Olga Karatch's TikTok account where it went viral: buff.ly/RrGDpZP

Thinking beyond the GDP 📈 Asia's GDP growth has come with consequences like displacements, environmental degradation and inequality. The growth paradigm needs to be challenged. Oxfam has recently published a discussion paper on feminist perspectives beyond GDP in Asia. Lean more:

Meet Erika Piazza, former volunteer at Wide+: “My feminist hope for the future is that people understand feminism for what it truly is: a movement that strives for a more just, inclusive, and equal world for everyone.” Stay tuned as we continue highlighting voices from across the WIDE+ network 💜

Exiting news 📣 WIDE+ representative Edmé Dominguez was elected as chair of the Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) for the European Union regarding the Trade Agreement between the EU and Central American countries. Read more here: buff.ly/7Xp9F11

Curious to learn more about the connection between climate and trade? The Gender and Trade Coalition has now made their explainer article available in French, Spanish and Portuguese! The explainer is part of a short Q&A format series unpacking trade issues - check it out:

👆 Current #AIregulation leaves gaps to mitigate #discrimination resulting from AI-assisted decision-making. In this recent debate, our panellists reflected on policy gaps, best practices and difficulties and opportunities for different oversight bodies. Learn more: buff.ly/ISvgPqZ

👆 Takeaway from recent debate: #AI hiring tools can reduce #discrimination only when humans remain accountable for their design and implementation, with a commitment to tackle #biases and discriminatory processes where they arise. Learn more buff.ly/O7JGWR2

🌍 🗣️ Last week, WIDE+ attended SIEMPRE's International Forum "BEYOND BORDERS: Human Rights and Justice for Migrant Women". From human trafficking and institutional violence to mental health and strategies for action, valuable insight was offered to ensure migrant women's safety on all levels.

Happening today in 30 minutes - a webinar on the Istanbul Convention and Combatting Gender-based Violence! Join here: buff.ly/zHnq4iD

❄️ Marché d’hiver féministe – December 10 ❄️ If you're in Brussels and want to support local ethical artisans, you can't miss out on this market! 📍Le Monde selon les femmes - Rue de la Sablonnière 18, 1000 Bruxelles ⏰ 16:00 - 22:00 Free entry after registering at this link 👉

Remember to join GADIP's webinar: Sweden’s Global Support to Gender Equality: A Status Report 🇸🇪 🗓️ 2nd of November at 18.00 via Zoom! ✍️ buff.ly/MNckiLY 🗣️ Speaker: Klara Backman, advisor at the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation🌍

🚨 Is gender equality under threat everywhere? Across Europe, anti-gender backlash is corroding women's rights and civic space. Gender Five Plus report, "Resisting the Rollback", shows how this coordinated attack works + how activists are standing firm. Find the full report here 👉 buff.ly/tiPwn9j

🚨🎨 "Art for Freedom: Unseen Civilians" Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are unlawfully imprisoned and tortured by Russia. It features 10 international artworks on personal tragedies + demand justice. 🗓️ Nov 18 – Dec 16, 2025 📍 Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin Details here 👉

♀️ 🎗️ Today, UN Women kicks off 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence: “UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls”. Join the call for a world where technology is a force for equality – not harm! Read more on 16 Days of Activism 2025 👉

🚨 Externalization Policies are a threat to migrant women's rights! Outsourcing migration control leads to systemic human rights violations, denial of essential reproductive healthcare + exposure to sexual violence in unsafe transit zones. Read the full report by WIMN here 👉

📢 EU Victory for Reproductive Rights! The European Parliament adopted the Gender Equality Strategy, officially backing the My Voice, My Choice ECI! MEPs supported financial solidarity mechanism for safe + accessible abortion care across the EU! Read more on My Voice, My Choice 👉

📢 BEYOND RHETORIC: Feminist Leadership for a Transformative Women, Peace and Security Agenda at 25 From Colombia, the DRC, the OPT and South Sudan, this report explores aid cutting and military spending + implications for WPS & grassroots movements. Read the full report here 👉 buff.ly/lpqWvRX

🚨 NEW ISSUE: Climate Emergency and Work on a Heated Planet 🚨 The Anti-Trafficking Review explores how climate crises destroy livelihoods, forcing vulnerable people into risky migration and extreme exploitation. Read the Complete Issue here 👉 buff.ly/BT7Ugf3

🗣️ Only one week to go! International Forum "Beyond Borders: Human Rights and Justice for Migrant Women" Voices & struggles for justice, equality, and the human rights of migrant women. 🗓 Nov. 25 ⏰ 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (Brussels time) 📍 @muntpunt Auditorium De Wolken, Munt 6 - 1000 Brussels

❗️ Important information: The webinar has been rescheduled to 2 December at 18.00! The registration link remains the same: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🔥 STOP AUSTERITY, INVEST IN CARE! 🔥 WBG & IMF policies undermine women’s rights in MENA. Cuts to public services mean more unpaid care work and less economic freedom. MENAFEM demands a feminist shift ➡️ invest in social justice! Read the brief here 👉

🚨 WEBINAR RESCHEDULED, NEW DATE COMING SOON! 🚨 Keep an eye out for updates on our page @feministwide.bsky.social and on @mujeresconvoz.bsky.social !

🌍 STOP funding false climate solutions! At COP30, we face a choice: corporate greed or climate justice. We need a radical shift to Feminist Economic Alternatives now. Read more on AWID and their demands for climate justice 👉 buff.ly/NvVObQR

🌍 The need for Feminist Foreign Policy has never been so urgent! The new FFP report tracks progress, documents backlash + offers strategies for resilience. What are the necessery steps to ensure FFP stands as force for peace, equality, and sustainability. Full report here 👉

🚨 Should there be a limit to individual wealth? Philosopher Ingrid Robeyns discusses limitarianism, the radical idea that excess wealth destroys freedom, fairness, & the planet. Listen now to the whole episode here 👉

📣 Webinar alert 📣 Roots of Care: Mental Health, Migration and the Environment 🌍🌸 🗓️ 17 November from 17.30 to 18.30 🌐 Online on Zoom 🗣️ Carla Davies Gómez (Mujeres con Voz) and moderator Cristina Reyna (WIDE+) ✍️ Register here: buff.ly/xI3Tgp2 🗯️ Spanish and English

🌍 Critical Conversations: Feminist Perspectives on a Gender-Just Transition WEDO’s series on feminist, decolonial & grassroots visions for a just transition. Dr. Cara Dagget connects fossil + white supremacy + gender injustice w/ the rise of authoritarian leaders. Watch in full 👉 buff.ly/gbMmXO9

From 16 to 17 May 2025, project partner GADIP hosted the conference “30 Years After Beijing: Gender Equality & Climate Justice in a Changing World”. The conference has been organised as part of the COPGendered project - coordinated by WIDE+. The conference report is now available: buff.ly/lI1vkaq

Feminist explainer on migration and trade now also available in French, Portuguese, and Spanish 🗣️ Produced by the Gender and Trade Coalition, this explainer is part of a series unpacking key trade issues. Other topics include post-conflict recovery and gender and trade. ⤵️

Join GADIP's webinar: Sweden’s Global Support to Gender Equality: A Status Report 🇸🇪 🗓️ 18th of November at 18.00 via Zoom! ✍️ buff.ly/EpRCZ4e 🗣️ Speaker: Klara Backman, advisor at the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation🌍

Global Fund for Women's Adolescent Girls Advisory Council has defined 5 points on what it takes to truly resource young feminist movements - check it out in the article below! ⤵️

🌍 Critical Conversations: Feminist Perspectives on a Gender-Just Transition WEDO’s new series on feminist, decolonial & grassroots visions for a just transition. This episode w/ Mela Chiponda looks at the impact of exploitative mining on communities. Watch it here 👉 buff.ly/gDeJ1Cv

🌍 Critical Conversations: Feminist Perspectives on a Gender-Just Transition WEDO’s new series on feminist, decolonial & grassroots visions for a just transition. “Care Work: Counting Care Beyond Capital” w/ Thokozile Madonko, feminist economist on valuing care in climate justice. 👉 buff.ly/8lwsvtQ