Big news!📢. Us. We are the big news. Introducing Hwéfa Consulting! A bold & intersectional feminist consulting firm. Fierce in our approach and ready to challenge global development issues head-on🙋🏻‍♀️. Check out our website & hit us up to collaborate!💪🏽 hwefa.com

📣📣 Event alert! Join FemDev team members Kate Grantham and Leva Rouhani, PhD for a DCED webinar on "WEE and COVID-19", with panelists from @hnsa_2016 Tiny Totos Kenya and Incluyeme.com! Register: forms.gle/Us1mfKz53go8VT… Date: Feb 16, 2022 Time: 8:30AM EST

This #InternationalWomensDay, I am celebrating the feminists I have had the honour of collaborating with, of growing with, and of advocating with in our fight to advance #genderequality.

Happy #IWD2022! This year we've had the honour to learn, collaborate and advocate alongside the most amazing partners. Thanks for sharing space with us Anti-Heroine Media @oxfamcanada Hwéfa Consulting IDRC | CRDI Development Canada DCED Gates Foundation IWWAGE GIZ UN Women.

In case you missed it! Check out this new DCED report highlighting #childcare constraints and solutions for women MSEs in #LMICs. It was co-authored by @aatifsomji and me. ➡️ bit.ly/3seV5PQ This gorgeous cover art was designed by the talented team at Anti-Heroine Media!

Work in #GlobalHealthLaw & Human Rights? We're hiring short-term consultants to work with us virtually on a joint initiative with ICJ to develop Human Rights Principles for Public Health Emergency Preparedness & Response. Please share TORs widely. tinyurl.com/3bhb6sjv

📸 Join our virtual photo & video exhibit! Check out exciting visual narratives for youth by youth on gender-based violence & sexual health and reproductive rights #SRHR from May 24-26. 🔺Watch out for more details!

Recommend this workshop for all my colleagues!

Happening Now! The women of #Iran (and the men fighting beside them) are bravely risking everything to say NO to the Islamic Republic and yes to freedom. #Iran #WalkingUnveiled

.IDRC | CRDI & Global Affairs Canada call for concept notes on "Scaling Care Innovations in Africa" 👇🏾 ** projects must be locally led ** Deadline: June 23rd IDRC in Eastern and Southern Africa CRDI en Afrique │ BRACO GrOW Program | Programme CEDEF h/t Leva Rouhani, PhD idrc.ca/en/funding/cal…

Thank you Kate Grantham for sharing this amazing piece by Anti-Heroine Media on how important it is to be intentional with how we communicate with our clients and stakeholders. Check it out: tinyurl.com/4pcehf63

Agenda for the week: Barbie Movie ✅ Reflect on what it means to be a woman in our society ✅ Discuss how to smash the patriarchy ✅

So excited to share this Oxfam Canada "Feminist Research Guidance Note" that Leva Rouhani, PhD & I worked on last year! It shares the principles, methods & challenges associated with feminist research, and practical guidance for development organizations to put it into practice.

We have a little surprise up our sleeves. Can’t wait to launch it soon. Stay tuned! 🤫

We were thrilled when IDRC accepted our idea to host a podcast where we discussed #genderequality through #education with #GPE researchers. Here you can find one of the episodes, and stay tuned for the others!

🚨 Check out our new brief on "Feminist Knowledge Translation for Research Impact"! Discover key principles, strategies, and practical resources for researchers and organizations to enhance the gender-transformative impact of their work. Find it here ➡️ femdev.ca/resources/femi…

Our Director had the honour of moderating a panel to discuss how organizations are navigating the challenges of implementing gender transformative research in their country context.

This is a damning report from Amnesty International. It not only exposes Israel’s actions as #genocide, it also calls out #Canada, the USA, and the UK for enabling these atrocities through continued support and failing to demand a ceasefire.