Civil Society Forum

The Conference will be preceded, on 1 June, by a Civil Society Forum, whose outputs will be included in the official programme of the Conference.

To coordinate civil society participation in the Conference, a Civil Society Committee (CSC) will be created to perform the dual role of organizing the Civil Society Forum and of acting as advisory bodyfor the Ministerial Conference.

The Committee has been selected following criteria relating to geographical balance, diversity of issues and sectors, intersectionality, significant participation of organizations led by women from the Global South and inclusion of feminist youth movements and organizations working with historically marginalized groups.

The Civil Society Committee of the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy will be formed by representatives from:

African Feminist Collective on Feminist Informed Policies - AFiP Collective / African Women’s Development and Communication Network - FEMNET
Articulación Feminista Marcosur / Network of Afro-Latin American, Afro-Caribbean and Diaspora Women - RMAAD / Latin America and Caribbean Network of Indigenous and Afro-descendent Women with Disabilities - REMIAD
Center for Reproductive Rights / Countdown 2030 Europe
CREA
Elles du Sahel
Equal Measures 2030
Human Rights Watch
Coordinadora de Organizaciones para el Desarrollo (Spanish Development NGO Coordinator)
Prospera - International Network of Women’s Funds - INWF
The Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University of Beirut
Walking the Talk
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – WILPF

Click on this link to read the Civil Society Forum concept note.

Civil society organisations wishing to do so may submit proposals for parallel sessions in accordance with the criteria set out in the Terms of Reference, available at the following link.