Feminist Futures of Work: Building Power for Labour Justice in the Digital Age
20th to 24th July 2026 | Kigali, Rwanda
Join us for the 2026 African Feminist Macroeconomy Academy (AFMA)!
Are you passionate about reimagining Africa’s economic and digital futures through a feminist lens? Do you work on labour, economic justice, or digital rights and want to deepen your political analysis, sharpen your organising tools, and connect with a continental network of feminist thinkers and doers?
FEMNET and the Nawi Afrifem Collective invite you to apply for the 2026 edition of the African Feminist Macroeconomy Academy (AFMA), a five-day residential feminist political education space on labour, digitalisation, and the future of work in Africa.
About AFMA
The African Feminist Macroeconomy Academy (AFMA) is a regional feminist platform that brings together activists, researchers, organisers, and advocates to deepen collective understanding of macroeconomic justice and its intersections with women’s and gender- diverse people’s lives. Since its inception in 2017, AFMA has created space for feminist activists to challenge extractive economic systems, influence policy, and generate feminist knowledge that connects the structural to the everyday. Through its faculty, alumni, and research collaborations, AFMA continues to strengthen feminist economic thought and movement-building across the continent.
Theme for 2026: Feminist Futures of Work
This year’s AFMA centres on Feminist Futures of Work: Building Power for Labour Justice in the Digital Age. Digitalisation, automation, and platform economies are reshaping the world of work. Yet, beneath promises of flexibility and innovation lies a deeper story of unequal value extraction and reconfigured precarity, particularly for women and gender- expansive workers across Africa. This AFMA will explore how economic power, technology, and gendered exploitation converge in digital labour systems, from gig work to data annotation and content moderation, and how feminist movements can reclaim digital spaces as sites of organising, care, and resistance.
Purpose and Vision
To strengthen feminist labour advocacy through critical political education, collective analysis, and cross-movement organising around digitalisation and the future of work in Africa.
Our Intentions
- Build a shared understanding of feminist theory and praxis grounded in African and decolonial traditions.
- Deepen feminist political economy and economic justice analysis with a focus on labour, care, and digital capitalism.
- Explore how technology, automation, and AI are reshaping labour, value, and power in African economies.
- Strengthen organising and advocacy strategies for feminist labour and digital justice.
- Foster cross-regional solidarity, care, and collective visioning among feminist labour advocates.
Structure and Approach
AFMA 2026 will follow AFMA’s model of feminist popular education, combining faculty- led lectures with interactive and experiential learning. Faculty and facilitators will use creative and participatory methods such as dialogue, group work, films, reflective journaling, and artistic expression to ground theory in lived experience. Participants will also engage in collective mapping, strategy labs, and interactive sessions designed to connect analysis with action. The residential format will allow space for reflection, rest, and connection through shared experiences like film nights, cultural activities, and local excursions.
Who Should Apply
We invite applications from women and gender-expansive activists, organisers, and advocates from across Africa who are working on:
- Labour and workers’ rights
- Feminist economic justice
- Digital labour and technology justice
- Informal and care economies
- Movement building and feminist organising
Applicants should demonstrate a strong commitment to feminist principles and ongoing work on labour, digital, or economic justice issues.
What to Expect
Participants can look forward to:
- Engaging with renowned feminist faculty and practitioners from across Africa and the Global South.
- Critical analysis of the intersections of gender, labour, technology, and power.
- Collective spaces for reflection, creative expression, and joy.
- A supportive community of feminist organisers and thinkers committed to economic and digital justice.
Key Details
- Dates: 20th to 24th July 2026
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
- Language: English
- Costs: The Nawi Collective and FEMNET will cover participation costs, including accommodation, meals, and local travel.
How to Apply
Interested applicants should submit:
- A completed application form: https://bit.ly/42Buvlv
Application Deadline: 24th May 2026
For inquiries, contact: Laura Mado Email: l.mado@femnet.or.ke