Global South Feminist Leadership and the Future of the Women’s Movement
Feminist movements in the Global South are facing increasing challenges – from shrinking civic space and authoritarian backlash to conflict, economic strain, and digital harassment. Despite these pressures, they remain resilient, building on the legacy of women leaders who fought for freedom and gender equality. Across Africa, from Sudan to Kenya and Uganda, these activists are developing innovative strategies to organise communities, strengthen transnational solidarity, and hold those in power accountable.
4. November 2026 (9:00-16:00) und 5. November 2026 (9:00-13:00)
Ort: Sargfabrik, Goldschlagstraße 169, 1140 Wien (barrierefreie)
Trainerin: Sagal Bafo Abas, feministische Expertin für Geschlechtergerechtigkeit, Frauen-Frieden-Sicherheit und Lokalisierung
Das Training findet in englischer Sprache statt und ist für maximal 25 Teilnehmer*innen.
Anmeldung bitte bis spätestens 28. Oktober 2026 unter diesem Link
The training offers a participatory space for feminist and development actors in Austria to engage with perspectives from the Global South on decolonisation, power, solidarity, and partnership – with a focus on how development cooperation can better align with grassroot feminist movements. Participants will reflect on how to practise meaningful solidarity, how actors from the Global North can better support and amplify feminist leadership from the Global South, and how to build more equitable, accountable, and reciprocal collaborations within development cooperation.
The training will also examine the relevance of frameworks like Agenda 2030, Agenda 2063, and multilateral spaces such as the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). It will explore new approaches to feminist organising – locally rooted, practice-based, and movement-led – that challenge dominant development models and offer alternative visions for social justice and collective transformation.
Participants: Project officers & staff, experts and leaders of development, humanitarian aid organisations; interested persons working in relating issues and contexts.
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Trainer: Sagal Bafo Abas
Sagal Bafo Abas holds a master’s degree in politics of Conflict, Rights and Justice and is a Global South feminist practitioner, writer and policy advisor working across gender equality, Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and localisation. She is the founder of Adapt Localisation Nexus (ALN), a Global South women-led consultancy and expert network working across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. Sagal has over ten years of experience designing and implementing gender-equitable, inclusive and community-led programmes across fragile and conflict-affected contexts in Africa and the Middle East.
