Last week in Lusaka, Zambia, Femme Forte came together with partners from across Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Bangladesh, and India for the End Project Convening of the Women Gaining Ground (WGG) consortium. Over three days, we looked back on four years of collective work:

क्रिया द्वारा आयोजित यौनिकता, जेंडर एवं अधिकार – एक अध्ययन यहां आवेदन करें: creaworld.org/sgri-hindi/ #ThinkCREA

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Call for Applications! 🌍✍️ OVOF seeks a creative consultant or team to create a publication capturing 5 years of impact and learnings across 6 countries. Click here to know more: creaworld.org/ovof_il-creati… Our Voices Our Futures Consortium #ThinkCREA

After 5 years of impact, the WGG program concludes in Lusaka, Zambia leaving a legacy of stronger prevention, improved services & empowered communities in the fight against SGBV. Together, we’ve amplified voices & advanced survivor-centered change. #CWIDGender #EndSGBV

Over 5 years, Women Gaining Ground strengthened young women’s political participation, advanced the rights of women with disabilities, and challenged gender-based violence. The End Project Convening in Lusaka celebrated these achievements across five countries. #ThinkCREA #WGG

CREA’s Shalini Singh facilitated the workshop “Supporting teachers’ roles in mainstreaming disability-inclusion in sexuality education” at the Regional Forum in Bangkok, 16–18 Sept 2025, organized by ARROW & UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳. #ThinkCREA

CREA is pleased to have supported the "Twin Sisters with Cameras" exhibition at the NCPA, Mumbai. The exhibition remains open until October 26, 2025. Do visit the NCPA Gallery, Mumbai. #ThinkCREA

FLMBaRI East Africa '25 acceptance letters have been sent! After receiving 704 applications, we’re thrilled to select this year’s cohort. Check your inbox—and spam—to see if you get to join us in Kampala, 15–23 Nov for feminist learning, leadership & movement building. #ThinkCREA

The first-ever Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute in Arabic is here! Organized by the American University of Beirut with CREA, SGRI Arabic brings together scholars, activists and practitioners from across MENA to explore how gender, sexuality and rights intersect. #ThinkCREA

From vision to the first day on the ground — Lina Abou Habib reflects on how SGRI Arabic was imagined, co-created, and rooted in the intellectual legacy of SGRI Global while speaking to the lived realities, politics, and feminist movements of the MENA region. Asfari Institute for Civil Society & Citizenship

Geeta Misra, Executive Director, CREA, brought a Global South perspective on civil society’s role in creating rights-based policies to the 4th Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies, Paris, on the panel “Exchanging Views: Regional Perspectives on Feminist Foreign Policies”.

Sarah Al Bouery, Senior Research Assistant at Asfari Institute for Civil Society & Citizenship, reflects on co-creating the first Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute in Arabic with CREA, highlighting how it protects important feminist conversations amid rising gender backlash in MENA and beyond. #ThinkCREA

Hashem Hashem, writer, poet, theatremaker and performer from Beirut, reflects on co-planning Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute in Arabic, and how it creates rare spaces for togetherness and collective imagining amid rising anti-gender backlash. Asfari Institute for Civil Society & Citizenship #ThinkCREA

Rita Barotta, researcher and faculty at the Lebanese American University, Beirut, reflects on the Sexuality, Gender and Rights Institute in Arabic — on her expectations, the participants’ strong engagement, and the sense of community driving change. Asfari Institute for Civil Society & Citizenship #ThinkCREA

Nishant Shah, Associate Professor at CUHK and Director of the Digital Narratives Studio, reflects on our relationship with AI at Possible AIs: Speculative Feminist Technology Institute by CREA and Digital Narratives Studio —the first of its kind, 31 Oct–6 Nov 2025, Hong Kong. #ThinkCREA

Anita Say Chan, Associate Professor, University of Illinois, USA, reflects on the urgent need to rethink AI at Possible AIs: Speculative Feminist Technology Institute by CREA and Digital Narratives Studio—the first of its kind, 31 Oct–6 Nov 2025, Hong Kong. #ThinkCREA

As power tilts and ideas collide, the ground beneath our politics and imagination shifts. At reCONFERENCE, we pause and return to: reTHINK our biases and beliefs reWORK how we connect and resist reCLAIM spaces, narratives and joy Join us! 🔗reconference.creaworld.org #recon2025

At reCONFERENCE, we're diving deep into the questions that shape our world. From AI to climate, pleasure to protest — our 9 themes spark dialogue, dissent, and discovery. What will you reTHINK, reWORK, and reCLAIM? Join us! 🔗reconference.creaworld.org #ThinkCREA #recon2025