AWID Forum – BRIDGE and partners programmed activities

Sessions organised by BRIDGE and IAC members as well as IDS programmes

Thursday 19 / Friday 20 / Saturday 21 / Sunday 22
11.30-13.00
Commodification of Knowledge : How increasing access and availability of the internet has transformed the way knowledge is produced and shared
Jac APC - Sutluce 1
(organised by Genre en Action) / 11.30-13.00
Understanding Network Society – Political economy conversations with the CITIGEN research community
Break Out Session no. 20318
Room: Cibali 3
Language: English and Spanish
(Organised by: Anita Gurumurthy, Binitha Thampi, Kate Lappin and
Margarita Salas (CITIGEN Researchers) along with
Andrea Cornwall and Srilatha Batliwala (CITIGEN Advisors)) / 9.00-10.30
No Economic Justice without Gender Justice: Building Inclusive Movements for Change.
Kasimpasa 3 & 4
(organised by BRIDGE)
Facilitator: Wendy Harcourt. Panellists: Shalmali Guttal (Focus on the Global South), Yao Graham (Third World Network), Atila Roque (Amnesty Brazil and World Social Forum co-founder)
11.30-13.00
Rethinking Ideas of Work from a Feminist Perspective
Claudy Vouhe and Naila Kabeer - Sadabad Auditorium - 30050 - AR, EN, FR, ES, TU
(organised by Genre en Action)
13.00-14.30
CAUCUS francophone sur les observatoires de l’égalité de genre
Village Francophone
Rosie, Elisabeth Hoffman, Lina Abou Habib, Bénédicte Allaert
(organised by Genre en Action)
13:30-14:30
Solidarity Roundtable
Violence, Conflicts and Militarism in South Kivu DRC, the case of Mwenga territory
Balat – 20980
Annie MATUNDU-MBAMBI
(organised by Genre en Action) / 13:30-14.30
Solidarity Roundtable
Using Economic Power to Promote Change In Conflict Zones : Case of the DRC
Sutluce 3
Annie MATUNDU-MBAMBI
(organised by Genre en Action) / 14.30-16.00
Revolution, Reform, and Repression: Impact of the Arab Spring on women and women’s movements in the MENA region
Speakers: Sussan Tahmasebi, Pinar İlkkaracan, Mozn Hassan, Ahlem Belhadj
14.30-16.00
Transforming the Revolution
Kasimpasa 1 & 2 – 20788
E,F
Speakers: Jelena Djordjevic, Sandra Ljubinkovic, Nina Jusuf, Yvonne Deutsch / 14.30-16.00
From the Beijing Platform to Resolution 1325 : Military expenditure and its consequences for women’s security, Case of DRC
Kasimpasa 3 & 4 – 20787
Annie Matundu-Mbambi E,F,S
(organised by Genre en Action) / 14.30-16.00
Session MICMAC
The Macroeconomy as a Space for Gender Equality : Utopia or reality in the french-speaking world ?
- Salle Haskoy Haskoy, 20616
Claudy, Marie-Lise, Mansour, Mariama - FR/EN
(organised by Genre en Action)
14:30 – 16:00
Between the State and Market: Chinese womenstrategizing for economic empowerment and justice
Sutluce 3, 30061 E
Speakers: Cai Yiping, Lu Pin, Feng Yuan, Sanmu Caoji (Samtso), / 16.30-18.00
The Power of Pleasure
Speakers: Pinar İlkkaracan, Jaya Sharma, Stella Nyanzi

BRIDGEwill have a stand together with other IDS programmes: Engaging Men and Women’s Empowerment RPC (Pathways). Come and see us there!

Activities to take place at the BRIDGE-IDS stand

  • Launch of Gender and Climate Change Cutting Edge Pack, Q+A, Thursday lunchtime, BRIDGE stand
  • SendasAL: Contextualising gender knowledge for Latin American audiences (in Spanish and English), Friday lunchtime, BRIDGE stand
  • Launch of Mobilising Men in Practice: Challenging sexual and gender-based violence in institutional settings, Saturday lunchtime, IDS stand

Other activities organised by IDS colleagues and other BRIDGE friends

Visualising Women's Empowerment: Using film as activism.

Organised by Tessa Lewin, Pathways

Thursday, 14.30-16.00, 20988, Kasipasa 5 (E)

Highlighting the InterSEXions: Sexuality, Economy and LGBT Rights

Come explore this highly under-documented intersection of realities. Examine the relationship between poverty and the denial of sexual rights, the ways in which sexuality is used to obscure public debate on economic policies or practices, and the best practices of groups working with economically disadvantaged LBT persons.

Speakers: Linda Baumann, Kim Vance, Susie Jolly, Kasha Nabagesera, Anne Marie Kristine Lim , Jessica Stern

Thursday, 14.30-16.00, 20757, Kasipasa 3 & 4 (E, S, T)

Sex, Power,Money and Mobility: Exploring the links between economics, intimacy and mobilisation in women´s daily lives

Women from the Nicaraguan feminist NGO Puntos de Encuentro will encourage discussion around the utility of integrated approaches to promote individual and collective action around women´s economic, sexual and reproductive rights. They´ll share research-based methodologies, including clips from their social soap “Contracorriente” currently airing in Central America and the Caribbean.

Speakers: Teresita Hernandez Ceballos, Sarah Bradshaw, Amy Bank

Friday, 14.30-16.00, 20745, Sadabad Auditorium (A,E,F,S,T)

Don’t talk to us about sewing machines, talk to us about workers rights.

Sex work is work. Trafficking is as an issue of poverty that causes many women to willingly/unwillingly enter into agreements with traffickers because they seek to escape / explore better livelihoods. This session will reflect on the evidence base and the experiences of sex worker rights organisations in this area.

Speakers: Meena Seshu, Laura Agustin, Sachumi Mayeo

Saturday,11.30-13.00, 20957, Kasimpasa 1 and 2 (E, F, T)

Effects of donor financing

Speakers: Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay, SohelaNazneen, Rosalind Eyben

(details not available yet)

Unpaid Care work – scoping networking on social movements

Speakers: Rosalind Eyben and Naomi Hossain.

(details not available yet)

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