Back-to-Back Brilliance: The April Agenda!

Hold onto your seats because April was an absolute, non-stop powerhouse of a month! We set things in motion by crossing oceans to bring the absolute fire to the Women Deliver conference in Melbourne, Australia, where we were all about unapologetic African feminist resistance, radical movement-building, and shattering global power dynamics to ensure our voices don’t just echo, but rewrite the entire agenda!

But the momentum didn’t stop Down Under-we packed up that electric energy and flew straight into the unmatched advocacy, continental solidarity, and system-disrupting vibez at the 12th session of the African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-12) in Addis Ababa. From Melbourne to Addis, FEMNET was on the ground, taking up space, and making it loudly  and beautifully clear: African feminists are the blueprint for the future!

FEMNET at Women Deliver 2026: Advancing African Feminist Leadership on the Global Stage

FEMNET was proud to participate in the Women Deliver 2026 Conference, held from 27–30 April 2026 for the first time in the Oceanic Pacific, in Narrm (Melbourne), Australia, where global feminist leaders, advocates, and allies gathered to shape bold, collective action for gender equality and justice. Our engagement was grounded in amplifying African feminist voices and centering lived realities in global policy conversations.

Across various sessions and strategic dialogues, we contributed insights on transformative leadership, ending gender-based violence, climate justice, and strengthening movements led by and accountable to women and girls.

A key highlight of our presence was our side event on the margins of the conference, titled: “Reclaiming SRHR through Care Economies: Feminist Pathways to Economic Justice and Ending Violence Against Women and Girls.”