The AWID International Forum is a global community event and a space of radical personal transformation. A one-of-a-kind convening, the Forum brings together feminist, women’s rights, gender justice, LBTQI+ and allied movements, in all our diversity and humanity, to connect, heal and thrive.
Women Enabled International will be an active participant at AWID, engaging through different events and experiences, under the theme: Rising Together – The Future of Gender Equality is Inclusive.
See below for where you can find us and come and say hi!
Please note that this page will be updated as more information is confirmed.
Aquelarre FemiDisca
Feminist Disabled Revelry
Dec. 2, 2024 | 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. | MR202, 2° Floor | RSVP encouraged
Súmate a Women Enabled International en este Aquelarre FemiDisca, en dónde vamos celebrar nuestra comunidad, nuestra alegría, y lo que significa para nosotres estar juntes. Queremos celebrar nuestros cuerpos y ocupar espacio como mujeres y personas de género diverso con discapacidad y aliades. Hagamos espacio para la solidaridad entre movimientos a través del baile y la música. ¡Ven a mover el bote con nosotres!
Join Women Enabled International in this party for Feminist Disabled Revelry! We want to celebrate our community, our joy, what it means for us to be together. We want to celebrate our bodies and take up space as women and gender-diverse people with disabilities and allies. Let’s create space for cross-movement solidarity through dance and music!
¡Aliades sin discapacidad son bienvenides a unirse a la fiesta y al movimiento! | Non-disabled allies welcome and encouraged- join the party and the movement!
Resourcing the gender and disability justice movement in the Middle East and Eastern Europe
Dec. 3, 2024 | 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Room 106
Disability-Inclusive Feminist Funding. This joint UAF-WEI event is aimed at increasing funding for OPDs, particularly grassroots OPDs in the Global South.
Fondos feministas incluyentes de la discapacidad. Este evento conjunto de UAF y WEI tiene como objetivo aumentar los fondos para las OPDs, específicamente aquellas OPDs con trabajo de base en el sur global.
Feminist digital realities: humanizing alternatives that equate life and disability
Realidades digitales feministas: alternativas humanizantes que equiparan la vida y la discapacidad
Dec. 3, 2024 | 2:30-3:15 p.m. | Plenary room, Hall 4
Host: IGEC in collaboration with WEI
Disability Justice Space: The Future of Gender Equality is Inclusive
Espacio de Justicia de la Discapacidad: El futuro de la igualdad de género es inclusivo
Dec. 4, 2024 | 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Disability Justice Space
An actual physical space, this is an experience designed to be a space for the disability community to gather and network.
Un espacio físico y una experiencia diseñada para que nuestra comunidad se encuentre y construya redes.
As a member of the Accessibility Committee, WEI is co-leading the organization of this space with AWID. | Como miembro del Comité de Accesibilidad, WEI está co-lidereando la organización de este espacio junto con AWID.
Closing Plenary Session: Rising Together for the Futures of Accessibility, Justice, Intersectionality.
Dec. 5, 2024 | 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Hall 4, G Floor, Plenary room
The final day, *Rising Together*, reaches the peak of inspiration and solidarity. The Forum will be closed with a strong plenary celebrating the collective journey of the participants over the last three days. WEI’s Executive Director, Maryangel García-Ramos Guadiana, will participate in the session “Futures of Accessibility, Justice, Intersectionality”, speaking on the importance of ensuring accessibility, disability justice and rights, as well as a way forward to achieve this.
Durante el último día, nuestro tema de *Elevarnos juntes*, alcanza la cumbre de la inspiración y la solidaridad. Cerramos el foro con sesiones plenarias que celebran nuestro camino en estos días juntes. Maryangel García-Ramos Guadiana, Directora Ejecutiva de WEI, participará como ponente en la sesión de “Futuros de la accesibilidad, la justicia y la interseccionalidad”, donde hablará sobre la importancia de garantizar accesibilidad, la justicia de la discapacidad y los derechos de la discapacidad, y cómo podemos trabajar para alcanzarlas.