🎤 Moderated by: Suyen Barahona, President of Colmena Fund.
✨ Special Remarks: Elizabeth Broderick, Chair of the Board, Fondation CHANEL. Founder, Champions of Change Coalition.
🗓️ When: Wednesday, April 29 | 12:00 PM
📍 Where: MCEC, Meeting Room 106, Level 1
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Our panelists:
🇲🇾 Atty. Ainie Haziqah – Secretary General, MUDA
🇸🇾 Muzna Dureid – Co-founder, Syrian Women’s Political Movement
🇳🇦 Hon. Fenny Tutjavi – Namibia’s youngest MP
🇧🇩 Umama Fatema – Organizer, 2024 July Uprising (Bangladesh)
🇳🇵 Adv. Tanuja Pandey – Co-founder, Harin Nepal
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*From Movements to Power: A Dialogue with Gen Z and Millennial Women in Politics* ✊🏾✨
🟣 Join us at @womendeliver.bsky.social in Narrm (Melbourne) for a powerful session exploring accountability, compromise, and new political strategies for real impact.
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and our partners Bayi, Inc in Philippines; Monfemnet in Mongolia; @votelgbt.org in Brazil; and #Afrocaracolas in Mexico.
🌱🐝 These are a few of our inspirations: Tanuja Pandey, co-founder of Harin Nepal; Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados; @franciamarquezm.bsky.social, Vice President of Colombia; Marina Silva, Brazilian politician and environmentalist; Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone;
🟢This #EarthDay, we spotlight that when diverse women from the margins lead, climate justice follows. To save our planet, we must dismantle the systems of exclusion that have marginalized women for centuries.
Who are the political climate champions and activists inspiring you today? Tag them below!
Sustainability is impossible without equity. 🌍✊🏾
From the Amazon to the Pacific Islands, climate political champions and activists are on the frontlines defending their territories and the planet. They aren’t just "impacted" by the climate crisis, they are the ones leading the resistance. 🗣️
Across movements, oceans, and generations, we’ll resist, reimagine, and rebuild toward a just, feminist future. Meet us there!
🔔 Register here: https://bit.ly/registerWD2026
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🟣 The conference marks the launch of a collective declaration grounded in feminist values, built through months of strategic collaboration.
🐝 For #ColmenaFund, proud sponsors of the event, this is a pivotal moment to continue championing women's political power across the Global South.
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🌏✊ Change calls us here!
From 27–30 April, over 6,500 advocates, leaders, and movements will come together in Narrm (Melbourne) for @womendeliver.bsky.social, regionally hosted by the Oceanic Pacific for the first time, on the unceded lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people of the Kulin Nation.
🎙️ Want to hear the full story? Tune into Episode 06, Season 2 of the Colmena Fund's podcast, #ResistPersistReimagine: A New Era for African Women’s Political Power. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Igbl0IqClwpWog5vYYgaq
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"Kama si sasa, ni sasa hivi: If it’s not now, it’s right now. We have to stand up because no one is going to speak for us. It takes us to speak for us," asserts Tabitha.
🔗Read here:
Through #SiasaPlace, she is working with a new generation that is claiming its role in politics and leadership.
From the Siasa ID to the "broccoli effect" of making policy easy to understand, Tabitha is proving that when women lead, the entire community moves forward. 🐝
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The future is today. 🇰🇪
Tabitha Oluoch, a Youth Participation Champion at Siasa Place, is challenging the idea that young people must wait their turn to lead. She is dedicated to ensuring that young people—especially women from sidelined communities—are no longer ignored in decision-making spaces.
The "future leader" narrative often keeps us on the sidelines, but the most impactful leadership happens in the present.
🎧 Listen to the full conversation! https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Igbl0IqClwpWog5vYYgaq
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“No one understands the challenges that we go through. It takes us to speak for us.” 🗣️✨
🎙️ Tabitha’s advice for young women looking to enter politics is simple yet profound: stop waiting for permission.
"We have to stand up because no one is going to speak for us," she reminds us.
🎙️ Tap here to listen how Tabitha is reimagining democracy for the next generation. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Igbl0IqClwpWog5vYYgaq
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🥦 She calls this the "broccoli effect", using digital platforms to make civic education easy and enjoyable to consume. By meeting people where they are (on TikTok, X, and Facebook), Tabitha is ensuring that young women aren't just voters, but active participants.
How do we make politics make sense to everyone? ✨
📣 Tabitha Oluoch explains how she simplifies complex laws to reach young women. Instead of using confusing jargon, she breaks down the 2024 Finance Bill into its real impact on everyday items like bread and sanitary towels.
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When we find mentors to guide us and role models to inspire us, the path forward becomes clearer for the whole community.
🎧 Catch the full story:
open.spotify.com/episode/6Aj90mcQvnUE2lFG...
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We don’t have to do this alone. 🐝
Hon. Winnie Kiiza highlights that a true support network is the backbone of leadership. We don’t have to figure everything out from scratch. By learning from the mistakes and strengths of those who walked before us, we build a stronger foundation for everyone.
When our systems become militarized, commercialized, and driven by violence, we aren’t just “off track”, we are losing our way. It’s time to demand fair elections where every voice actually counts.
🎧Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Aj90mcQvnUE2lFGwVPWbv
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“Reimagining democracy means centering people’s issues and putting the right persons in the right places for the good of our communities.” ✊🏾✨
Hon. Winnie Kiiza reminds us that true #democracy requires the right ingredients: justice, fairness, participation, and the freedom to speak without fear.
🟣Her vision is rooted in global solidarity: building a world where women stand for each other, resource one another, and fly together.
Read about Winnie's full story and her vision:
“You just have to defy the narrative and defy what other people may think is the norm.” 📣
From selling pancakes as a young girl to being the first woman Leader of the Opposition in Uganda, Hon. Winnie Kiza shows us that while obstacles are real, our collective power is stronger.🐝
We dive deep into:
🟣 The Personal as Political.
🟣 Legislative Wins.
🟣 Reimagining Democracy.
🟣 Advice for the Youth.
Listen now on all major platforms!
🎙️ NEW EPISODE ALERT!
We welcome Hon. Winnie Kiiza, Uganda’s first female Leader of the Opposition and MP for 15 years.
In this episode of #ResistPersistReimagine, she talks about the "double standards" women face in politics and how she broke those barriers to open doors for the next generation. 🐝
"A democracy for me is a place or a space where voices are all listened to... somewhere where everyone feels safe and included."
If a system isn't serving the people, we must be bold enough to rebuild it from the ground up. 🌍✊🏾
Listen here:
If we had no say in it, how will it work for our needs? 🗣️
In our latest episode of #ResistPersistReimagine, Kenyan Senator Crystal Asige explores why "borrowed" systems often fail to meet our unique regional needs.
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