Nalafem Collective
Strategy 2023-2027
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5-Year Strategy
(2023 - 2027)

The launch of the Five Year Strategy (2023-2027) came as result of a six-month process of unpacking the challenges African women and girls face today, undertaking in-country advocacy missions across the continent, listening in multigenerational spaces and interrogating how we will make a difference.

We came together as Nala Council on 27-30 June 2022 in Abuja for our first Council Retreat and reflected on our progress to realize that we need to double down on our advocacy with focused priorities. We know we can create the most impact as a collective through three strategic goals:

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Strategic Goal

Accountability on Africa Young Women B+25 Manifesto

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Strategic Goal

Investing in the Socio-Economic Power of African women and girls

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Strategic Goal

Rising young women into Politics

 
OUR APPROACH

Multigenerational, inttersectional and Pan-African approach to achieve the demands of women and girls

THE PROBLEM
  • Grassroots and Intergovernmental Gap
  • Generational Leadership Gap
  • Policy and Implementation Gap
THE SOLUTION

African Feminist leadership organised into collectives to bridge the identified gaps

OUR VISION

Towards the liberation of African women and girls

OUR MISSION
Nala Feminist Collective (Nalafem) is a multigenerational alliance of women activists and politicians with a mission to Foster, Enable and Mobilize (FEM) women and girls from Africa and the Diaspora for transformative feminist change.
Foster
Intergenerational Co-Leadership with greater inclusion of young feminists into decision making at all levels
Enable
Young feminist's collective engagement, capacities and free agency
Mobilize
Resources, political support and accountability for the realization of Africa Young Women B+25 Manifesto
OUR GOALS
Rising Young African Women Into Politics to bridge the gap between generations in leadership
Investing in Socio-Economic Power of African Women and Girls to bridge the gap between grassroots and intergovernmental spaces
Accountability on Africa Young Women B+25 Manifesto to bridge the gap between policy and implementation
OUR WAY
Coalition Building
Growing our constituency of feminist politicians and activists, facilitating MultiGenerational Dialogues and occupying national, regional and international fora
Innovation
Using the power of storytelling, artivism, tech and digital creatives, shifting funding and producing knowledge and training
Multi-Track Diplomacy
Building trust, tracking progress and using our convening power to influence multilateral institutions and African member states
OUR VALUES
Solidarity
Our solidarity manifests in the values of empathy, feminist sisterhood and collaboration. We believe that the struggle of one is the struggle of all.
Dignity
We believe that every African woman and girl has the right to free thought and existence, and that financial freedom is the guarantee.
Social Justice
We are driven by the sense of fairness and standing for human rights.
Equity
We recognize that African women and girls are not homogenous and have the right to be seen, heard, and treated equally as well as own and control the means of production.
Decolonial Feminist Pan-Africanism
We think decolonial, we act Pan-African, and we believe that there is no Pan-Africanism without feminism.
HOW WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE NALA FLAGSHIP PROJECTS
NALAFEM ACADEMY
The Academy would focus on delivering inclusive. diverse and interdisciplinary trainings and fellowships for education through learning, coaching, mentoring and building communities of changemakers including refugees, displaced, Iiving with HIV, disabilities, among other marginalized groups.
NALAFEM INDEX
This Index will track progress made by African member states in. realization of B+25 Manifesto, through Generation Equality commitments. As of October 2022. no such initiative exists.
MULTI-GENERATIONAL DIALOGUES FOR ACCOUNTABILITY (MGD4A)
By helping to build a relationship of vust with institutions and Intergenerational Co-leadership. these dialogues would bring all generations to the table to collaborate in the formation ant realization of policies and commitments.
NALAFEM FUND
Young feminists me too often resourced in ways that are unpredictable and inflexible, and too many of these resources are captured by large and powerful or The Nalafem Fund sub-grant to young feminists led organizations, host fundraising roundtable, with funders, as well as mobilize commitment for the financing of women, rights work to secure continent-wide resourcing for feminist organizing and movements
NALAFEM SUMMIT & AWARDS
The annual Nalafem Summit serves as a multi-track diploma, platform to strengthen advocacy and capacity across the collective, expand relationships with decision-makers and stakeholders, and political engagements.
NALAFEM CULTURE
Nala Culture will use artivism and digital creatives to amplify the work and voices of African women and girls using diverse mediums as tools for advocacy including performing arts, festivals, podcasts, and Nalafem books.
OCT, 2020
  • 5 Regional Barazas consultations
  • 1,500+ young people from 44 African countries + 30 partners
  • Co-creation Africa Young Women
  • Beijing+25 Manifesto
NOV 25TH, 2020
  • High-Level Intergenerational Dialogue
  • B+25 Manifesto Handover to UN Women and African Union
MAR, 2021
  • Team Strategic Planning Retreat (Mombasa, Kenya)
APR-JUN, 2021
  • 10.360 signatures collected from 105+ countries online & offline
  • 8 out of the 10 demands of B+25 Manifesto adopted into UN Action Coalitions & Women, Peace and Security and Humani-tarian Action Compact
1ST JUL, 2021
  • Official launch of Nalafem at Generation Equality Forum (Paris, France)
AUG, 2021
  • Six Intergenerational Dialogues For Accountability
JAN-MAY, 2022
  • Advocacy missions to Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, Belgium, Germany and France
JUN, 2022
  • Member of the Global Care Alliance and Education Plus Initiative
  • Nala Council 1st Annual Retreat ( Abuja, Nigeria)
1ST JUL, 2022
  • Inaugural Nalafem Summit & Awards “I Am Nala” Book
JUL - SEP
  • Advocacy missions to Nigeria and United Nations General Assembly in New York
OCT, 2022
  • Launch of Nalafem five year strategy (2023-27)
NOV, 2022
  • Nalafem Delegation at COP27 in Egypt
OCT, 2022
  • I AM Nala Podcast
January - March 2023
  • Advocacy missions to Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and CSW
April 2023
  • Sign MoU with Judiciary of Kenya
June 2023
  • Nala Council 2nd Annual Retreat ( Nairobi, Kenya)
1st July 2023
  • 2nd Nalafem Summit & Awards I AM Nala Fellowship Launch
September 2023
  • Sign MoU with Mexoxo X eCORNELL training 20,000 young women
October 2023
  • Partnership with MasterClass access to 2000 tickets