Report on the Feminist Forum on Financing for Development IV (FFDIV)
The Feminist Forum on FfD4 was convened in the lead up to the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), held in Sevilla, Spain, in June 2025. The Forum served as a vibrant political space for feminist advocates, activists, researchers, and organizers from across the world to converge, exchange ideas, and shape collective positions. Its purpose was to ensure that feminist perspectives are meaningfully reflected in the Financing for Development process and outcomes. By situating itself immediately before the Civil Society Forum and the official FfD4 proceedings, the Forum provided an opportunity to strengthen solidarity, refine advocacy strategies, and articulate a unified feminist voice.
The Forum was linked to the broader FfD4 agenda, a once-in-a-decade opportunity for governments and institutions to commit to systemic reforms in the international financial architecture. Feminist movements have long highlighted the colonial, patriarchal, and neoliberal roots of the prevailing economic order. The Feminist Forum therefore emphasized the importance of centering care, justice, reparations, and human rights in shaping a transformative economic system. It also created space to connect diverse feminist voices with decision-making processes, aiming to influence not only the FfD4 outcome document but also long-term policy directions.
Discussions at the Forum were framed around key intersecting issues that shape global economic justice debates. These included the rising debt burden and the urgent need for systemic reform, the centrality of tax justice and fair trade in building equitable economies, and the importance of addressing climate justice. Participants also interrogated the implications of militarism on financing for development and reflected on the critical role of the care economy as a foundation for inclusive and sustainable development. Each of these issues was analysed through a feminist lens, providing both critical perspectives and transformative alternatives.
The Forum brought together 255 participants from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, and North America. Participants represented a wide spectrum of civil society organizations, feminist networks, international and regional NGOs, government representatives, UN agencies, academia, and social movements. This diversity fostered rich crossregional and intergenerational dialogue, strengthening collective advocacy for feminist economic justice.
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