Development Initiatives at CSW68

Additional events will be added over the course of CSW.

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Films that matter: CSW68

13 March | 3pm | Macaulay Honors College

A special screening of the film Tomorrow Ever After, followed by a discussion to commemorate the UN Women 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.

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In this sci-fi comedic drama, Shaina lives 600 years in the future. Poverty, oppression, war, pollution – these are things that she’s read about in history books – but never seen or experienced. When she accidentally time travels to modern day New York City, she tries to recruit help to get back home, while naturally assuming that everyone around her would be honest, caring, and generous – because that’s all she’s ever known. A different kind of culture-shock immigration story.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion, featuring

• Fionna Smyth (Director of Influence and Growth, Development Initiatives)
• Memory Kachambwa (Executive Director, FEMNET)
• Ela Thier (Founding Director, The Independent Film School & Film Director, Tomorrow Ever After).

Lessons from feminist advocates on economic transformations for a gender-just macroeconomy

19 March | 10.30am (EDT)

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We're delighted to co-host a CSW parallel event, seeking to lean, share experiences and offer recommendations for a gender-just macroeconomy.

Featuring:

• Nthabiseng Sepanya-Mogale, Gender Equality South Africa
• Nangamso Kwinana, African Monitor
• Rachel Kagoiya, FEMNET
• madeleine kennedy-macfoy, Akina Mama wa Afrika

Achieving more, together: The impact of funding feminist networks in an increasingly crisis-affected world

Invite only - 19 March

We're delighted to co-host an interactive roundtable of donors and feminist coalitions to discuss how funding feminist networks amplifies the impact of efforts to advance women's rights, and how this approach achieves gender justice, particularly in the context of increasing global crises. We will convene a conversation on successful approaches to building meaningful partnerships that achieve transformative change and chart a path forward to move the needle on the rights of women, girls and gender-diverse people.