404 Error: Artificial Intelligence, revolution for whom?
404 Error: Artificial Intelligence, revolution for whom?

April 2026

GADN Members’ Meeting: This GADN members’ meeting on 404 Error: Artificial Intelligence, Revolution for Whom? platformed Nandini Chami, Deputy Director and Fellow – Research and Policy Engagement with IT for Change to share her expertise in this field. Guided by Nandini, GADN members considered the exponential and revolutionary growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) use across systems, cultures and global value chains, exploring its multifaceted impacts on gender justice and where possibilities for feminist intervention might lie.

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Meetings events webinarsGADN CoordinatorFeminist advocacy, UK Aid
Gender equality under attack: How the UK government should respond internationally

April 2026

Briefing: This briefing provides an overview of the accelerating attacks on gender equality and the rights of women and girls in all their diversity, and explores who is behind this rollback. It suggests recommendations for urgent UK government action across its international influencing to protect gender equality and advance the rights of women and girls internationally. 

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Briefings & reportsGADN CoordinatorINGO programming & gender mainstreaming, UK Aid
Where can transformative decolonial action take root in a moment of backlash? - A collective conversation
Where can transformative decolonial action take root in a moment of backlash? - A collective conversation

January 2026

GADN Members’ Meeting: This GADN members’ meeting on Where can transformative decolonial action take root in a moment of backlash? brought together experts in this field to lead a collective conversation with members on decolonial practice and process within the sector. With thanks to Dr Lata Narayanaswamy, Associate Professor in the Politics of Global Development at the University of Leeds; and Priya Lukka, Economist and PhD Researcher specialising in repair-based approaches, for guiding the group conversation.

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Meetings events webinarsGADN CoordinatorFeminist advocacy, UK Aid
GADN submission to the IDC's Inquiry on the Future of UK Aid and Development Assistance

November 2025

Response: GADN’s response to the IDC’s inquiry into the future of the UK’s international aid and development assistance work sets out the importance of focusing on gender equality and the rights of women and girls in all their diversity, cautions against the unregulated use of private finance and outlines stepping stones for the UK to move towards equitable partnerships.

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Resources and Rights under attack: Obstacles and Strategies
Resources and Rights under attack: Obstacles and Strategies

November 2025

GADN Members’ Meeting: This meeting continued and broadened the discussion started at our June Members’ Meeting, ‘Feminist Solidarity in a Time of Aid Cuts and Backlash: Reflecting, Resisting, Reimagining’. In this meeting, speakers provided a wider analysis of the changing landscape in which we are doing our work, looking particularly at the financial context in relation to bilateral aid, funds and foundations and private finance, as well as the rollback on rights.

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Meetings events webinarsGADN CoordinatorFeminist advocacy, UK Aid
Achieving transformative change on gender equality through a new approach to mainstreaming: Proposals from GADN members

September 2025

Briefing: Following the UK government’s proposal to mainstream gender equality across FCDO as a response to aid cuts announced in early 2025, this paper details suggestions on how to make this as effective as possible. Stressing that the new approach must retain standalone initiatives alongside transformative gender equality objectives across the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, we also include specific policy recommendations to support its implementation.

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Briefings & reportsGADN CoordinatorINGO programming & gender mainstreaming, UK Aid
Gender Mainstreaming - what is it and what have we learnt?

August 2025

Briefing: This briefing responds to the UK International Development Minister’s intention to mainstream gender throughout the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) following cuts to the aid budget earlier this year. Reflecting on lessons learned from decades of efforts to gender mainstream, we outline a set of core building blocks for success and stress that protecting standalone gender programming is essential for effective mainstreaming.

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Briefings & reportsGADN CoordinatorINGO programming & gender mainstreaming, UK Aid
Feminist Solidarity in a Time of Aid Cuts and Backlash: Reflecting, Resisting, Reimagining
Feminist Solidarity in a Time of Aid Cuts and Backlash: Reflecting, Resisting, Reimagining

June 2025

GADN Members’ Meeting: This GADN members’ meeting on Feminist Solidarity in a Time of Aid Cuts and Backlash: Reflecting, Resisting, Reimagining brought together a panel of speakers to reflect on the current challenging context that our sector is facing, from cuts to US AID and UK ODA to the escalating attacks on women and girls’ rights. The panel was chaired by Piyumi Samaraweera and we heard interventions from Dorothy Sang of Care International UK, Alex Farley of Bond and feminist activist, writer and development consultant Esua Jane Goldsmith.

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Meetings events webinarsGADN CoordinatorFeminist advocacy, UK Aid
GADN response to Minister Chapman’s IDC statement on aid cuts and gender equality

May 2025

Response: GADN responds to Baroness Chapman’s remarks made at the IDC on 13 May 2025, suggesting that gender equality spend is one of the areas most at risk in the cuts to ODA announced earlier this year. With 11 June 2025 being a key decision point for the future of UK aid spend, GADN calls on the Foreign Secretary to protect gender equality spending.

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Reflecting on 30 Years Since Beijing: Preparing for CSW69
Reflecting on 30 Years Since Beijing: Preparing for CSW69

February 2025

GADN Members’ Meeting: This GADN members’ meeting, titled ‘Reflecting on 30 Years Since Beijing: Preparing for CSW69’ convened speakers representing women’s rights organisations from the UK and beyond as well as UN Women to discuss the upcoming CSW, sharing priorities and reflections with the Beijing Platform for Action in mind. The panel was chaired by Yamina Ouldali and speakers included Brianna Howell and Loui Williams of UN Women, Nicole Maloba of FEMNET, Heather Knight of Plan International UK and Shiphrah Belonguel of Fòs Feminista.

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Meetings events webinarsGADN CoordinatorFeminist advocacy, CSW, Beijing Declaration & Platform for Action, UK Aid
Feminist and Decolonial Ways of Working
Feminist and Decolonial Ways of Working

October 2024

GADN Members’ Meeting: This GADN members’ meeting on Feminist and Decolonial Ways of Working provided a space to look at some of the established and emerging practices and discuss experiences and insights by hearing from a range of different speakers, and exchanging with other GADN members. A hybrid panel discussion was moderated by Leila Billing, and we heard from Dr Ramatu Bangura, Pranita Choudhry, and Arundhati Sridhar.

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Meetings events webinarsGADN CoordinatorFeminist advocacy, Anti-racism & decolonisation