International Women's Development Agency (IWDA)

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In June, Thailand became the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage - representing a huge victory for Thai LGBTQ+ activists and one that many are hoping will have positive ripple effects in the region. Meanwhile for countries that haven’t yet reached this milestone, local LGBTQ+ communities, advocates, and civil society organisations are still finding ways to secure equal rights for LGBTQ+ persons and same-sex couples. Here's how IWDA partner Rainbow Community Kampuchea is achieving this through campaigns aimed at increasing public acceptance and support for LGBTQ+ people in #Cambodia and through the creation of their ‘private love contract form’ that are providing same-sex couples with immediate and interim protections as a couple and family. Read the full piece today: https://loom.ly/jesmPI0 #LGBTQrights #MarriageEquality #EqualRights #LGBTQactivism

In the latest AFFPC issues paper, Elise Stephenson and Isobel Barry argue that feminist perspectives should inform foreign policy approaches to Artificial Intelligence. Some of the current global approaches to AI emphasise human-centric development, but they broadly fail to address the gendered opportunities and challenges the technology presents. The paper includes 11 recommendations for regulatory bodies seeking an ethical, just, and equality-informed approach to AI in foreign policy. Learn more here: https://loom.ly/kwFspUI #AFFPC #FeministForeignPolicy #AI #AIGovernance #Feminist

We welcome the news that Australia will be joining Canada, Germany and the Netherlands in taking the Taliban to the International Court of Justice over gender discrimination: https://loom.ly/ib5Y25k Since their takeover over three years ago, the Taliban have implemented what many are calling a system of #GenderApartheid in #Afghanistan. In an issues paper for the Australian Feminist Foreign Policy Coalition published last year, Dr. Farkhondeh Akbari and Professor Jacqui True argued for the importance of using the term 'gender apartheid' and outlined more actions governments can take to defend women’s rights in Afghanistan through a feminist foreign policy lens. Read the full paper to learn more: https://loom.ly/wsDwuAc #FFP #FeministForeignPolicy #AusFFP #AFFPC

All episodes of the F! It! miniseries are now live - which means there's no better time to catch up on the podcast and join us in saying F! It! to foreign policy as we know it: https://loom.ly/W6YnLwI Hosted by the incredible Julie Ballangarry, the podcast brings feminist and First Nations approaches to the heart of foreign policy conversations alongside guests James Blackwell, Alice Ridge, Sheryl Lightfoot, Ambassador Justin Mohamed, Jenna Hawes, Alice Tamang and June Oscar AO. Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts - just search 'IWDA' 🔎 #FeministForeignPolicy #FirstNationsForeignPolicy #AFFPC

Today for the #InternationalDayOfSignLanguages, we're spotlighting our partners at Fiji Women's Rights Movement for the work that they've done to make their GIRLS program accessible to Deaf girls. Some of the steps they took to achieve this included: 🧏🏾♀️ Recruiting a specialised Deaf consultant to adapt their Program 🧏🏾♀️Running capacity-building workshops for FWRM staff - so that they could learn about Deaf culture and language. 🧏🏾♀️Developing new signs for Fijian Sign Language (FSL) to include words like ‘feminism’ and ‘intersectionality’ – concepts that are core to the GIRLS program but were previously missing from FSL. Incredible work! 🙌🙌🙌 Learn more about the program here: https://loom.ly/3QKdRTU #signlanguage #deaf #asl #deafcommunity #deafculture

IWDA is looking for two consultants to inform our upcoming strategic plan: 1. Strategy Consultant: Mapping of trends relevant to feminist and decolonial organisational strategic planning 2. A Strategy Consultant: Feminist and decolonial strategic planning frameworks If you have experience in strategic planning for for-purpose organisations, and have familiarity with the global feminist movement, particularly in Asia and the Pacific, we would love to hear from you! Go to https://loom.ly/uS7hKUs to learn more, including how to submit an expression of interest. #JobAd #FeministJobs #NGOJobs #FeministConsultant

Generation Equality's latest Accountability Report has launched and it has made on thing clear - #GenerationEquality's multistakeholder approach is WORKING. Read the full report today to find out how Generation Equality is: 👉 Strengthening advocacy 👉 Building consensus on gender-transformative frameworks through collective thought leadership 👉 Increasing accessibility to critical intergovernmental processes 🔗 https://loom.ly/Xx6cM7g

This month marks two years since Iranian women took to the streets to protest Jina Mahsa Amini's death. Jina Mahsa died in custody following her arrest for "not wearing her hijab properly". In this #AFFPC position paper released a year ago, Jacqui True outlined the state of #GenderApartheid in Iran and argued that #FeministForeignPolicy offers practical and meaningful actions for foreign governments to take in solidarity with women in Iran. https://loom.ly/EHCbEk8

Our flagship data program Equality Insights sat down with data champions and advocates from Tonga and Solomon Islands governments recently. They talked about how gender-sensitive data tells the story of how people of different genders experience the world differently. Collecting this data and learning from its stories gives policy makers the tools to make better decisions about how resources are allocated. You can watch the full video here: https://loom.ly/AB4Nnx0