Welcome to the Young Feminist Wire!

This online platform was created in March 2010 by the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID).  The Wire is a space for young feminists – especially young women – working on women’s rights and gender equality around the world to connect, learn and share information. It is also a place where women’s rights advocates of all ages can learn more about young women’s activism and make connections with younger activists.

Browse the following links to learn more about AWID’s work with young feminists.

About the Young Feminist Activism program

Across many issues and in every part of the world, young feminists are actively involved in the struggle for women’s rights.  The Young Feminist Activism program, as part of AWID’s Building Feminist Movements and Organizations (BFEMO) initiative, supports younger activists with tools, resources, capacity building opportunities and other activities to strengthen and sustain their efforts to advance women’s rights. You can read more about us here. You can also check out the history of the YFA Program as well as our goals, objectives, and activities in the works for 2010.

About the Young Feminist Wire

We’ve created this site in order to:

1. Provide a source of information about young feminist activism and young women’s initiatives.
2. Share news, resources, tools, and opportunities from and for young women’s initiatives around the world.
3. Connect young feminists from different countries and regions to learn, share, empower, and collaborate together.

If you’re a woman 30 years or younger active on women’s rights and gender equality issues in any sort of capacity (staff, member, or volunteer in a women’s rights organization, student, blogger, independent activist) the Wire is designed for you!

This site features:

• A monthly blog post written by one of the Wire editors on the events & developments of the past month, as well as things to look forward to in the coming weeks.
• News from and about young feminist initiatives from around the world.
• Calls for submissions and proposals, internships and jobs, opportunities for funding and training, and applications for international conferences – all related to young women.
• A monthly profile of an outstanding initiative created and led by young women from a variety of regions.
• Resources, tools, articles, advice, research, and more that are useful to young women’s activism.
• Regular activities for members to work on projects together online and offline.
• Directories of Young Women-Led Initiatives, Young Women’s Programs, and Young Women Online.

Who Works on the Wire?

The Wire is built and run by the Young Feminist Activism program team at AWID: Ghadeer Malek, Nadine Moawad, and Sanushka Mudaliar.