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📷 GADN Secretariat and Chair of the Board at GADN Members’ Meeting on Building Effective Anti-racist and Decolonial Practices (September 2022) © Angela Gokani Brasier

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Lessons for a feminist Covid-19 economic recovery: Multi-country perspectives

March 2022

Report: Working with feminists and women’s rights organisations in Argentina, India, the Philippines and Uganda, this report builds on women’s experiences during Covid-19 to develop concrete lessons for transformative change. We propose viable feminist policy alternatives to promote participatory decision-making, apply intersectional feminist analyses and adopt alternative feminist economic proposals. Together this will centre care, sustainability and well-being within Covid-19 economic recovery.

Briefings & reportsGADN Coordinator20 March 2022Covid-19, Macroeconomics, decent work

CSW66 Parallel Event: Feminist alternatives for a transformative Covid-19 economic recovery

March 2022

CSW66 NGO Forum Parallel Event: This CSW66 NGO Forum Parallel Event examined some of the Covid-19 policy responses and their impacts on women’s rights and gender equality in four national contexts. It offered a space to explore the many shared experiences, as well as important lessons for potentially transformative future proposals.

Meetings events webinarsGADN Coordinator18 March 2022Covid-19, CSW, Macroeconomics, decent work

Imagining Feminist Futures for a transformative Covid-19 recovery

March 2022

Members’ Meeting: This GADN members’ meeting provided an opportunity to re-examine transformative feminist alternatives as part of ongoing global Covid-19 recovery efforts.

Meetings events webinarsGADN Coordinator10 March 2022Covid-19, Macroeconomics

Humanitarians and the Women, Peace and Security agenda during Covid 19

December 2021

Briefing: The Women Peace and Security (WPS) agenda’s call to transform crisis response is more important than ever – for peacebuilding and for humanitarian response. As we set the agenda beyond 2021, the UK should make WPS a foundational part of gender-responsive humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery in the wake of Covid-19.

This briefing was produced by the GADN Humanitarian Working Group in collaboration with the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG), Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS UK), Fe-Male, the Gender Equality Network and the Gender Violence Recovery Centre.

Briefings & reportsGADN Coordinator8 December 2021Humanitarian, Covid-19, WG Humanitarian

Against White Feminism: A Conversation with Rafia Zakaria

November 2021

Members’ Meeting: GADN and the GADN Women of Colour Forum co-hosted author Rafia Zakaria for an event in which she unpacked and discussed the concept of ‘White Feminism’, as detailed in her latest book "Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption".

Meetings events webinarsGADN Coordinator12 November 2021Anti-racism & decolonisation

GADN Annual Review 2021

November 2021

Our 2021 Annual Review has now been released, detailing the activities and impact of the network.

Briefings & reportsGADN Coordinator5 November 2021GADN MEL

The G7’s Global Minimum Corporate Tax Rate: A Good Deal for the African Continent?

September 2021

Briefing: The G7’s announcement, in June 2021, of a new deal to tax multinational corporations was met with a combination of enthusiasm and scepticism. This paper seeks to assess the G7’s tax proposal and its potential impacts on African countries, including its likely consequences for women’s rights.

Briefings & reportsGADN Coordinator23 September 2021Macroeconomics, G7, tax

GADN Submission to the International Development Strategy

September 2021

Submission: GADN submission to consultations for the UK’s new International Development Strategy on 6th September

SubmissionsGADN Coordinator6 September 2021UK Aid

Generation Equality Forum: An Update

July 2021

Update: Following the conclusion of the Generation Equality Forum in Paris, this brief update provides some background information about the process, what has been achieved and next steps.

UpdatesGADN Coordinator2 July 2021UN, Beijing Declaration & Platform for Action

GADN Submission to the Labour Party Consultation on Achieving Gender Equality in Development

July 2021

Submission: GADN submission to the Labour Party Consultation on Achieving Gender Equality in Development on 1st July

SubmissionsGADN Coordinator1 July 2021UK Aid

Decolonising Aid

June 2021

Briefing: The wave of Black Lives Matter protests around the world have brought into sharp focus the need to confront the ways in which Europe’s colonial past shapes our collective present. This briefing seeks to examine why UK aid must be decolonised and looks at some of the first steps the sector can take for achieving this.

Briefings & reportsGADN Coordinator23 June 2021Anti-racism & decolonisation, UK Aid, Covid-19

Feminist Proposals on Macroeconomic Policies needed for a COVID-19 Economic Recovery: A perspective from the African continent

June 2021

Briefing: Three academics from the Institute for Economic Justice in South Africa suggest that Covid-19 presents an opportunity to reshape macroeconomics, explain feminist approaches, explore the responses of African governments to the pandemic, and propose recommendations for a more just and equitable economic recovery.

Briefings & reportsGADN Coordinator15 June 2021Covid-19, Macroeconomics, care, privatisation, trade, decent work

Response to the 2021 G7 Leaders' Communique

June 2021

Response: Following the conclusion of the G7 Summit today, G7 Leaders released their final Communique. In a joint response, the co-chairs of this year’s Women 7 (W7) - GADN and GAPS - raise concerns that the Communique fails to adequately address gender equality concerns and does not provide the vital financial commitments required.

Responses & statementsGADN Coordinator13 June 2021G7, Macroeconomics

Response to the recommendations from the G7's Gender Equality Advisory Council

June 2021

Response: UK charities, alongside GADN and GAPS - co-chairs of this year’s Women 7 (W7) - warn that the UK is likely to lose its global leadership role on gender equality if it fails to include the Gender Equality Advisory Council’s recommendations as part of the final G7 agreement.

Responses & statementsGADN Coordinator11 June 2021G7, UK Aid

UK Government decisions to cut UK Aid are disproportionately falling on women and girls

June 2021

Briefing: The UK Aid cuts, and the way they are being implemented, will have wide-ranging and long-standing impacts on the world’s poorest people – in particular, women and girls. This briefing seeks to outline the UK aid cuts and examine their damaging impacts on gender equality and women’s and girls’ rights programming.

Briefings & reportsGADN Coordinator1 June 2021UK Aid

Submission to the International Development Committee on the impact of the UK aid cuts

May 2021

Response: As co-chairs of this year’s W7, GADN and GAPS’ submission to the IDC looks at the UK Government’s strategy and process in making the aid cuts while holding the G7 Presidency. It considers the likely impact of the cuts on gender equality and women’s rights and concludes with a set of recommendations for the UK Government.

SubmissionsGADN Coordinator28 May 2021UK Aid, G7

Submission to the International Development Committee on the Philosophy and Culture of Aid: Racism in the Aid Sector

April 2021

Response: GADN’s submission to the IDC Inquiry examines the historical processes that have resulted in the current structure of the international aid sector and its practical implications. The submission also addresses issues of racism in the aid sector and concludes with a set of recommendations for the UK Government.

SubmissionsGADN Coordinator4 May 2021Anti-racism & decolonisation, UK Aid

W7 Communique

April 2021

Communique: Following the W7 Summit, the final Communique has now been released. It outlines the key priority areas for the G7 to commit to and resource in order to address long-standing gender inequalities as well as help fulfil women and girls’ rights.

Briefings & reportsGADN Coordinator29 April 2021G7

W7 Summit 2021

April 2021

Event: On 21–22 April 2021, the W7 Summit brought together feminist experts, activists and practitioners from G7 countries and all around the world to amplify the voices, perspectives and leadership of those not commonly included in the G7 forum. Participants collaborated on proposals for the G7 and agreed on concrete and meaningful actions in pursuit of gender justice. Selected recordings from the event’s speakers are now available.

Meetings events webinarsGADN Coordinator23 April 2021G7

Gender Advocacy in 2021

February 2021

Members’ Meeting: 2021 is a critical year for global gender advocacy, particularly with the UK hosting both the G7 and COP26, the fulfilment of the Generation Equality Forum and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. GADN’s February members’ meeting introduced GADN members to some of these key global processes and developments with the UK government and provided a space for further discussion.

Meetings events webinarsGADN Coordinator1 March 2021UK Aid, G7, CSW, UN