Financing for Feminist Futures
Conference
Mobilizing resources for gender justice
Despite progress, no country has yet achieved gender equality. Feminist movements and civil society organizations are crucial to drive change, yet they often operate with limited resources, especially in the Majority World. The rise of well-funded anti-rights movements and reductions in Official Development Assistance (ODA) further challenge these efforts.
The Financing for Feminist Futures conference seeks to address these issues by gathering a diverse group of activists, policymakers, government representatives, members of civil society, and private donors to get more and better funding for gender equality.
Join us to connect, share, and strategize to secure more and better funding for feminist futures.
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About
the
conference
Financing for Feminist Futures is a key initiative of the Walking the Talk program. With this conference, we aim to embed feminist practices into foreign and development funding strategies in the run-up to the fourth International Financing for Development Conference, the upcoming G7 and G20 Summits, and beyond.
Join us for Financing for Feminist Futures in Madrid on May 21-23, 2025
We expect activists, researchers, government representatives, parliamentarians, public agencies, and private funders from all walks of life to join the event. To support the participation of (young) feminists from the Majority World, we are offering financial assistance. Further details will be provided once registration opens.
Discover the preliminary conference program, where we bring together bold feminist voices from around the world to discuss and shape alternative feminist futures ahead of Financing for Development. Dive into the 13 research projects selected and funded for the conference.
Help us shape futures where feminist principles guide global development and foreign policy. Together, we can mobilize the knowledge and resources needed to create a gender-just world.
Conference tracks
Our goals for the conference
Facilitate dialogue
Enable the engagement of decision-makers, researchers, activists, donors, and civil society organizations to put funding for feminist movements at the center of the Financing for Development agenda.
Launch a Common Ask Framework
Introduce a Common Ask Framework outlining the resources needed to achieve gender equality goals.
Weave feminist movements together
Connect and amplify the demands of civil society organizations, think tanks, women’s funds, academia, and grassroots groups ahead of Financing for Development.
Share and amplify research results
Exchange experiences, tools, and opportunities to improve gender-transformative financing with leaders and decision-makers in the field.
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