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Heads of State, leaders and activists take bold action to accelerate gender equality and address the consequences of Covid-19 for women and girls

Generation Equality Forum to drive major policy reforms and generate over USD 40 billion in new investments Paris, 30 June 2021 — Heads of State and Government, heads of international organizations, activists from civil society and youth-led organizations, philanthropists and CEOs of private sector companies gathered today for the opening of the Generation Equality Forum held …

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Aya Chebbi, Nalafem Collective, Generation Equality Forum

This new online tool aims to bridge the gender gap between people and governments

The Generation Equality Forum, a series of global gatherings to celebrate the progress achieved in gender equality, is currently ongoing in Paris. Meanwhile, a new online tool aims to bridge the gap between people and governments on ambitious gender equality action by 2030. The tool helps to forecast progress on gender equality or the lack …

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Aya Chebbi (second from left) on stage during the opening session of the Generation Equality Forum, held in Paris, France on June 30, 2021. (U.N. Women / Fabrice Gentile)

Generation Equality: Equal Leadership and Equitable Funding?

“We need to do something differently this time. We need to use this historic moment to do something differently. And my generation is calling for a new approach to leadership, intergenerational co-leadership because we cannot inherit systems we didn’t co-design…“ —Aya Chebbi, first-ever African Union special envoy on youth and youngest diplomat Over the course …

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Feminists Claiming Civic Space

In 2011, the world felt inspired by the power of the Tunisian people that toppled its decades-long authoritarian regime and sparked a wave of citizen action throughout the region and the world. The international community then noticed the presence of women at the forefront of these movements, challenging the widespread preconception of a region devoid …

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Nala Feminist Collective, Generation Equality Forum, Paris, Aya Chebbi

We need to stop talking about gender equality and start funding it instead

Ten years ago, young women like myself took to the streets and changed the course of history in what you might know as ‘the Arab Spring’. However, that’s a Western narrative. We call it the “Revolution of Dignity” because we protested for ‘Jobs, Freedom and Dignity.’ It has always been a revolution for economic justice led by …

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Introducing Nala Feminist Collective: African Women and The 10 Demands, including ending female genital cutting

African women continue to struggle to find the right spaces to speak and share the realities of our generation. We do not lack bravery or confidence, but advocacy spaces that would engage our stories with kindness and actual solutions. Our feminist ancestors have taught us that what brings us together is our Pan-African solidarity. As …

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10 Critical demands to unleash Young African Women’s creativity

We are Anti-Romanticizing creativity and Innovation Africa doesn’t lack innovation or creativity. African women have proved it. Creativity for survival, creativity in advocacy and resistance. Women as active producers for liberatory possibilities have not gone unnoticed. Yet, what underpins the creative and innovative endeavors are deep inequalities, hierarchies of differences and politics of exclusion. Young …

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