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OVOF consortium amplifies the voices&increases the visibility of structurally silenced women to participate online,in public,legal&policy spaces.

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WO=MEN, Dutch Gender Platform @genderplatform.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
More inspiring events are coming up throughout October and November! 👉 Check out the living WPS25+ agenda on our website: shorturl.at/htdPc #WPS25 #ReclaimWPS25 #GenderEquality #WomenPeaceSecurity
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WO=MEN, Dutch Gender Platform @genderplatform.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
October marks 25 years of #WPS!💪 From New York to The Hague, civil society & governments reflect, strategise & push the agenda forward. But we are not done yet!⬇️ (See thread for the next slides) #WPS25 #ReclaimWPS25 #GenderEquality #WomenPeaceSecurity
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Association for Progressive Communications (APC) @apc.org · 23/10/2025
Apply by 8 November 👇 #Jobs #TechJobs
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
🧡#throwbackthursday🔙 During the last Orange the World campaign, WO=MEN highlighted six fearless women human rights defenders worldwide.This is part 1️⃣: Ugandan transgender woman, human rights activist Cleopatra Kambugu Kentaro. www.wo-men.nl/en/blog-post...
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The Girl who Wrote to Uganda’s Parliament
During the last Orange the World campaign, WO=MEN published six different portraits of women human rights defenders from around the world. Courageous women, who have dedicated their lives to their ...
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
🧡#ThrowbackThursday |During one of our past joint campaigns with @countmein-cmi.bsky.social ,feminist activist Mela Chiponda unpacked the links between gender, extractives,climate,&the environment reminding us that climate justice must also be gender justice. Link🔽 www.wo-men.nl/en/blog-post...
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The story of Mela Chiponda: ‘Our lives are tied to the land’
Yearly the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) brings together, apart from official UN delegations, thousands of women human rights defenders, activists and feminists, either online or in person. ...
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Association for Progressive Communications (APC) @apc.org · 29/09/2025
Several voices share reflections on the financial needs of community connectivity in the current context. What financial solutions could help CCCIs overcome the barriers that impede their growth? Share experiences you know that have succeeded in overcoming these barriers. Join the conversation.
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Association for Progressive Communications (APC) @apc.org · 30/09/2025
What comes next after Beijing+30? Feminist futures in focus in the new GenderIT.org edition 👇 www.apc.org/en/news/what... #Beijing1995 #FeministInternet #GenderIT
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Association for Progressive Communications (APC) @apc.org · 01/10/2025
“We’re in survival mode”: Women human rights defenders on digital repression and movement sustainability www.apc.org/en/news/were... #WHRDs #DigitalRepression
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“We’re in survival mode”: Women human rights defenders on digital repression and movement sustainability
Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) have long been at the centre of struggles for justice, democracy, and freedom – from resisting authoritarianism and defending land to advancing gender rights and d...
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CREA @thinkcrea.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
क्रिया द्वारा आयोजित यौनिकता, जेंडर एवं अधिकार – एक अध्ययन यहां आवेदन करें: creaworld.org/sgri-hindi/ #ThinkCREA
The poster has a bird woman illustration. There's a CREA logo at bottom left and the qr code at bottom right. The text on white textbox reads:
यौनिकता, जेंडर एवं अधिकार - एक अध्ययन
तिथि: 3 – 7 नवंबर, 2025 
स्थान: नई दिल्ली
आवेदन की अंतिम तिथि: 30 सितम्बर, 2025
क्यूआर कोड को स्कैन करें या यहां क्लिक करें: https://creaworld.org/sgri-hindi/
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CREA @thinkcrea.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Applications Open! CREA's Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute – Hindi Apply now: creaworld.org/sgri-hindi/ #ThinkCREA
The poster has a bird woman illustration. There's a CREA logo at bottom left and the qr code at bottom right. The text on white textbox reads:
Sexuality, Gender, and Rights Institute, Hindi
Date: 3 – 7 November, 2025
Location: New Delhi
Application Deadline: 30 September, 2025

Scan the QR code or click here : https://creaworld.org/sgri-hindi/
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CREA @thinkcrea.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Over 5 years, the Women Gaining Ground consortium strengthened young women’s political participation, advanced the rights of women with disabilities, and challenged gender-based violence. The End Project Convening in Lusaka celebrated these achievements across five countries. #ThinkCREA #WGG
People seated and standing around a round table indoors, discussing and writing on a large sheet of paper during the WGG convening in Lusaka.Large group photo outdoors on grass, with participants holding posters and raising painted hands, taken during the WGG convening in Lusaka.Small group of participants standing outdoors beside a table with paper, smiling and holding up painted hands during the WGG convening.
A large group of WGG participants gathered outdoors on a sunny day, smiling and raising their fists in solidarity. Most are wearing red-and-black checkered shawls. They are standing and sitting on green grass, with tall trees in the background.
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CREA @thinkcrea.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
CREA’s Shalini Singh facilitated the workshop “Supporting teachers’ roles in mainstreaming disability-inclusion in sexuality education” at the Regional Forum in Bangkok, 16–18 Sept 2025, organized by ARROW & UNESCO. #ThinkCREA
Shalini Singh, CREA’s team lead, facilitates the workshop “Supporting teachers’ roles in mainstreaming disability-inclusion in sexuality education” at the Regional Forum organised by ARROW and UNESCO, 16–18 September 2025 in Bangkok. She stands at the front of a circle of participants, engaging them in discussion while using a flip chart filled with colourful sticky notes to capture ideas.
Shalini Singh, CREA’s team lead, speaks to participants during the workshop “Supporting teachers’ roles in mainstreaming disability-inclusion in sexuality education” at the Regional Forum organised by ARROW and UNESCO, 16–18 September 2025 in Bangkok. Holding a microphone, she presents in front of a flip chart covered in sticky notes, while participants listen closely and take notes.
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
🔵Day 2 highlights from the Global Partners Summit — Our Voices session ✨ #OVOF #GlobalPartnersSummit ⬇️ www.instagram.com/p/DPQulaYAlo4/
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
🌿Global Partners Summit | Healers’ Reflections Healers share their experiences engaging with participants, highlighting the significance of the healing space they created and the impact it had throughout the event. ⬇️ www.instagram.com/p/DPOR46dgvBk/
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WO=MEN, Dutch Gender Platform @genderplatform.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Volle kracht vooruit voor vrouwenrechten! Met @spnederland.bsky.social Kamerlid Sarah Dobbe & @d66.nl kandidaat Kamerlid Fatimazhra Belhirch gingen we tijdens het Gender MPI event in gesprek over #Beijing30 en de noodzaak van versterking van vrouwenrechten in 🇳🇱 &🌍. Lees terug👉 tinyurl.com/rtwmchh4
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WO=MEN, Dutch Gender Platform @genderplatform.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Veel dank VVD TK-lid @thomvcampen.bsky.social voor de enthousiaste kennismaking vandaag! We hadden o.a. een mooi gesprek over welke uitdagingen én kansen er zijn m.b.t. de impact van handelsakkoorden op de rechten en positie van vrouwen en meiden. We kijken uit naar een goede samenwerking 💪
VVD Tweede Kamerlid Thom van Campen met WO=MEN programma manager Gender & Duurzame Economie Marjolein Quist en politiek coördinator Anika Snel. Thom houdt een rode tas met het logo van Duurzaam Ontwikkelingsdoel 5 - Gendergelijkheid en Vrouwenrechten omhoog.
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Caroline -a sex worker and Director of the Survivors Organisation shares powerful insights on their advocacy for sex workers’ rights and the organisation’s vital role in expanding access to HIV treatment. Watch ⬇️ www.instagram.com/p/DOqQuNMghib/
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Last week the OVOF team met in The Hague (and online) to make sense of some initial findings of the End Term Evaluation of the 5-year programme. Wonderful to see much positive feedback from partners who appreciated the collaboration & feel their visibility, capacities and connections have increased!
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
1/2The OVOF team welcomed Brechtje Klandermans, new head of the Taskforce Women’s Rights & Gender Equality 🇳🇱at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague. @genderplatform.bsky.social @thinkcrea.bsky.social @uhai-eashri.bsky.social @apc.org
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
In this interview, Rahima a feminist activist from Sudan reflects on 30 years of advancing gender justice and human rights. #OVOF #FeministFutures #GlobalPartnersSummit Click to watch ⬇️ x.com/OVOFconsorti...
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Juliette reflects on the transformative impact of OVOF sharing how the journey has shaped her personally and strengthened her organization’s ability to champion feminist movements and community-led change. #OVOF #GlobalPartnersSummit #FeministFutures #CollectivePower Watch ⬇️ x.com/OVOFconsorti...
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
🔵Global Partner Summit 2025 : Sarah from LBQ Elite shares impactful insights into their advocacy work from amplifying LBQ voices to supporting communities displaced by conflict and hardship. @genderplatform.bsky.social @apc.org @thinkcrea.bsky.social Click to watch ⬇️ x.com/OVOFconsorti...
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
🔴Mary, a sex worker from Kenya, shares how UHAI supported her journey toward leadership and inclusion. Her powerful story at the Global Partners Summit reminds us why meaningful participation matters. #OVOF #GlobalPartnersSummit ⬇️ x.com/OVOFconsorti...
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Highlights from the Global Partners Summit!💫💫 Catch the energy, connection, and insights from all three days featuring powerful interviews with healers and instructors Makgati Mokwena and Rose Selma Tinda Amadi.#GlobalPartnersSummit #communityinfocus Click link ⬇️ x.com/OVOFconsorti...
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Tanmoy is passionate about creating artwork through drawing and painting,using digital and canvas media. In collaboration with a transgender woman,she made a series of three paintings that beautifully depict her life story, promoting understanding and empathy for gender-diverse people in Bangladesh.
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Sumaita Afrid Nuha is a student at the Birshreshtha Noor Mohammad Public College. She created these three paintings during an artivism workshop, depicting the “invisible pain” that women can experience in domestic violence, trapped in the anonymity and silence of the private space.
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
I am not a gardener by Jordan, from Dhaka. This artwork was made during an artivism workshop organized by the BRAC University in Bangladesh. It shows a transgender woman’s love for a baby, in which the umbilical cord runs not from the womb but from the heart.
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CREA @thinkcrea.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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
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 backdropA 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 phoneA 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 backdropFour CREA team members and one DMSC member pose in front of a DMSC standee about sex work rights at the DMSC 30th anniversary celebration
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CREA @thinkcrea.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
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
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.
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Women Engage for Common Future @wecf.org · 22/07/2025
👋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
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Mama Cash @mamacashfund.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🛑 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...
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Nadia van der Linde @nadialinde.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Great article that weaves different stories together from activists from different continents, shows what stigma, discrimination and violence do, and shares beautiful examples of artivism (using art in activism) as a crucial strategy. #WHRD @genderplatform.bsky.social @apc.org
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
“I met girls and women who had experienced the revolution, who were aware of the fight: they called themselves feminists! That courage... it works infectiously, and I felt completely at home in no time.” - Hashim Click the link to read more❗ creaworld.org/resource/the...
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
"My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you.” It is a famous quote by African American author Audre Lorde, who describes herself as black, lesbian, mother, warrior, and poet. Read more ⬇️⬇️ creaworld.org/resource/the...
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Our Voices Our Futures @ovofconsortium.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The School of Holding On to Hope, has been published in a special edition of Vice Versa dedicated to the Power of Voices programme. It highlights the powerful stories of women and LGBTIQ+ activists from the Global South. Read more ⬇️⬇️ creaworld.org/resource/the...
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PIC Amsterdam @picamsterdam.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Don't we have a lovely center? Right in the ❤️ of the Amsterdam Red Light District, opposite the oldest church of the city and next to window brothels. Open Wed - Saturday, 12 noon- 5 pm. ☕️🍪 available, as well as great 📚 and unique merchandise 🙂.
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V-Day @vdayorg.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Today is #InternationalNonbinaryDay . Sharing this post from the amazing team at #TheTrevorProject. “If you're struggling, we're here 24/7 to support you at: 866.488.7386. Text, chat & TrevorSpace available too (thetrevorproject.org/help).%22 #NonbinaryPeoplesDay #LGBTQ #UntilTheViolenceStops
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AWID @awidwomensrights.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
(3 / 3) Looking for funding? Visit the searchable directory of 200+ funders across different sectors and regions that support vital gender justice work here: www.awid.org/feminist-funding-resou…
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CREA @thinkcrea.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Big news!🎉 CREA has won @timesofindianews.bsky.social's Social Impact Honor for Leadership in Advancing Gender Equality at the Times Social Impact Summit 2025. Our Executive Director Anuradha Chatterji and CREA’s Aditti Gogiyaa received the award in Mumbai on behalf of our team. #ThinkCREA
Anuradha Chatterjee and Aditti Gogiyaa receiving the Times of India’s Leadership in Advancing Gender Equality award for CREA from two presenters on stage.
Anuradha Chatterjee on stage, accepting the Times of India’s Leadership in Advancing Gender Equality award for CREA, speaking at a podium with a mic in front of her.Anuradha Chatterjee on stage, accepting the Times of India’s Leadership in Advancing Gender Equality award for CREA. The podium features the Times of India and Malabar logos, with a projector screen in the background.Anuradha Chatterjee and Aditti Gogiyaa receiving the Times of India’s Leadership in Advancing Gender Equality award for CREA from two presenters on stage.
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Mama Cash @mamacashfund.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
“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/
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AWID @awidwomensrights.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
3 / 3 We can transform systems to ensure that women & gender diverse people’s human rights are respected and their labour is valued & protected. How? Listen to the workers & implement their demands! @GlobalSexWork @UN_WGDAWG
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AWID @awidwomensrights.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
2 / 3 Yet the same neoliberal and patriarchal structures that enable labour exploitation, e.g unfair trade agreements, enable the violation of basic human rights. Whether it’s sex work or domestic work, precarity is shaped by systems @EgnaLegnaMDW @SexualRights
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AWID @awidwomensrights.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
1 / 3 #HRC59 continue to remind us that in normative systems of development, labour and human rights are treated as distinct and individualized issues.
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AWID @awidwomensrights.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
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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AWID @awidwomensrights.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
(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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WO=MEN, Dutch Gender Platform @genderplatform.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
🌿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
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Climate crisis & Women’s and Girls’ Sexual Reproductive Rights and Health: an overlooked topic - A story from the MENA Region
Op dit moment is deze blog alleen in het Engels te lezen.
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