Besides the question of who is present this #CSW70 in New York another question is becoming increasingly pressing this year: who is not?
#AllWomenAndGirls #CSW
#AccessDenied #EmptyChairs
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Let's get this straight .. #HasanPiker #EmptyChairs #Emiru on her #TwitchCon assault, #Valkyrie "I can verify #Kaya treated well" has video turns up of her telling him he's hard on her ..
.. #TaylorLorenz gets outed as a liar by the manufacturer of the #ShockCollar?!
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🟠 thefollytimes.com/7w2a — Nancy Mace cancels Moms for Liberty rally after fewer than 10 people show up. Even the chairs looked embarrassed.
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IMAGE: An orange background with a dark blue geomtric shape. TEXT: States cannot continue defunding the Special Procedures system, which they have created, thereby preventing them from fulfilling their essential mandates. We reiterate our request to reinstate remote participation for future annual meetings and throughout the work of Special Procedures. HRC 58: #EmptyChairs campaign Statement to the General Debate on Item 5
IMAGE: an orange background with a yellow geometric shape TEXT: Those who wish to engage should be able to do so remotely, including through video statements, with interpretation in UN languages, and accessibility measures such as sign language interpretation and closed captioning. Inclusive participation of diverse civil society, particularly those in the Global South and from underrepresented and marginalized groups, cannot be an afterthought. HRC 58: #EmptyChairs campaign Statement to the General Debate on Item 5
Last Friday, we made a statement at #HRC58 on behalf of the #EmptyChairs campaign in collaboration with @ishr.ch , @ilgaworld.bsky.social and @fidh-official.bsky.social to the General Debate on Item 5.
Read and listen to the statement here: www.sexualrightsinitiative.org/news/2025-ma...
A grainy black & white photo of four chairs arranged in a row against a brick wall.
The committee was not impressed.
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IMAGE: Sara Martinez Cabello holding and speaking into a mic TEXT: Sara Martínez Cabello RESURJ What’s a feminist like you doing in a place like this? A conversation on global governance AWID FORUM 2024 Because we've been mobilising around the agreed language that is in those UN spaces, we mobilise around the need to hold the line. A line that is invisible to the realities of people, a line that is a line of words, literally, on a document. We focus so much on that language, on that line. And we sometimes miss out on the bigger things that are actually making us be there. Logos: AWID, #EmptyChairsCampaign, SRI
At #AWIDForum2024, the #EmptyChairs campaign, SRI and @awidwomensrights.bsky.social hosted a panel on global governance. We discussed the multiple crises of multilateralism and possibilities for collective mobilisation and systemic change and was composed of feminists who engage within the system.
IMAGE: Umyra Ahmad standing and speaking into a mic. TEXT: Umyra Ahmad AWID What’s a feminist like you doing in a place like this? A conversation on global governance AWID FORUM 2024 We're also seeing co-optation of UN spaces by corporate entities, whether in the pursuit of multi-stakeholderism or multilateral negotiations, using SRHR in opposition to economic justice. Human rights are seen as an afterthought. And they're actively being watered down by corporations and corporate accountability as a concept is being hollowed out in itself. LOGOS: AWID, #EmptyChairs Campaign, SRI
At #AWIDForum2024, the #EmptyChairs campaign, SRI and AWID hosted a panel on global governance. The panel discussed the multiple crises of multilateralism and possibilities for collective mobilisation and systemic change and was composed of feminists who engage within the system.
MAGE: Photo of Sabrina Sanchez speaking to the mic: TEXT: Sabrina Sanchez European Sex Workers Rights’ Alliance What’s a feminist like you doing in a place like this? A conversation on global governance AWID FORUM 2024 The system was made to fail. It was made to function like this. People say the system is failing. No, no, the system is working exactly as it was designed to do: that is to extract, extract, extract. LOGOS: AWID, #EmptyChairs Campaign, SRI
At #AWIDForum2024, the #EmptyChairs campaign, SRI and AWID hosted a panel on global governance. The panel discussed the multiple crises of multilateralism and possibilities for collective mobilisation and systemic change and was composed of feminists who engage within the system.
IMAGE: A photo of Pooja Badarinath standing and holding a mic TEXT: Pooja Badarinath Sexual Rights Initiative What’s a feminist like you doing in a place like this? A conversation on global governance AWID FORUM 2024 On the question of civil society space being restricted: we also see that quite heavily in the human rights spaces which are supposed to be built on participation, human rights. The higher securitisation, the restrictions, who can come in, who cannot come in, and it is increasing. So we also need to talk about how do we mobilise: the outside needs to be inside, but the inside also needs to be outside. LOGOS: AWID, EmptyChairs Campgaign, SRI
At #AWIDForum2024, the #EmptyChairs campaign, SRI and @awidwomensrights hosted a panel on global governance. The panel discussed the multiple crises of multilateralism and possibilities for collective mobilisation and systemic change and was composed of feminists who engage within the system.
IMAGE: Photo of Shahd Qaddoura holding a mic. TEXT: Shahd Qaddoura Al-Haq What’s a feminist like you doing in a place like this? A conversation on global governance AWID FORUM 2024 People are taking the streets to express themselves, connecting the Palestinian struggle with Yemen, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Western Sahara, Sudan and Congo, and other struggles, environment, LGBTQ+, and so on and so forth. Because we know that these struggles are interconnected. And I think one of the spaces that we have within the UN and we need to mobilize a bit more is the intersectionality of these struggles together.
At #AWIDForum2024, the #EmptyChairs campaign, SRI and @AWID hosted a panel on global governance. The panel discussed the multiple crises of multilateralism and possibilities for collective mobilisation and systemic change and was composed of feminists who engage within the system
Image: Photo on Ranja Sengupta holding a mic speaking on the panel TEXT: Ranja Sengupta Third World Network What’s a feminist like you doing in a place like this? A conversation on global governance AWID FORUM 2024 The WTO was set up on the very democratic principle that every country has one vote. So it doesn't matter whether you're a poor country or a rich country, your power will be the same. And it was supposed to work for development, but now it's been nearly 30 years and we see that development definitely has not come from there. And we see that the voices of developing countries and especially marginalised constituencies within them have really been continuously marginalised. LOGOS: AWID, EmptyChairs Campaign, SRI
At #AWIDForum2024, the #EmptyChairs campaign, SRI and AWID hosted a panel on global governance. The panel discussed the multiple crises of multilateralism and possibilities for collective mobilisation and systemic change and was composed of feminists who engage within the system.
A photo of a person writing on a plastic white chair with a green marker in an exhibition space
A picture of a person watching a video in an exhibition space.
A picture of a white plastic chair decorated with words and drawings in an exhibition space.
A picture of a red plastic chair decorated with words and drawing in an exhibition space
At #AWIDForum2024 ? Come see the #EmptyChairs Campaign exhibition and have your say! This interactive exhibition invites the audience/participants to write, draw and create on the chairs their thoughts and aspirations for the People's Council.
Join us today for the #EmptyChairs performance at AWID forum 2024 in Bangkok!
📍 Festival Stage
⏰ 16:15 - 17:30
"It's kind of disguised as theatre, but actually in the end we really do want to make a big protest here through the convention center." - Antje Schupp
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Image: flyer for the event including a picture of a lone plastic chair sitting in a public place in Jerusalem, Palestine. TEXT: #EMPTYCHAIRS CAMPAIGN @AWID Forum What’s a feminist like you doing in a place like this? A conversation on global governance 4 December 2024 14:30 - 15:45 ICT Room: TBC Hybrid modalities will be available for this event https://www.emptychairscampaign.org/ photo: al-Haq Logos: AWID, emptuchairs campaign, SRI
What’s a feminist like you doing in a place like this? A conversation on global governance This session aims to discuss the multiple crises of multilateralism and possibilities for collective mobilisation and systemic change, with insights from feminists who engage within the system itself. The ability of the international human rights system - and in particular, the multilateral institutions tasked with advancing human rights for all - has long been questioned by feminist and social justice activists. History is littered with examples of tragic failures - from Rwanda in 1994 to Palestine now - the UN has consistently failed to prevent and end genocides. An ecosystem captured by rich Northern states and corporations prioritises elite interests. The system sidelines what it can’t capture or coopt from civil society. An example of this is the system’s favouring rights related to gender and sexuality over rights related to development and the economy. This conversation will bring together people working in varied multilateral spaces and analyse the similarities and differences of dynamics within the WTO, the UN HRC, and CSW, among others. The conversation will also address the way feminist and queer analysis needs to confront cooption in the multilateral system. It will explore the spaces and their entry points, the sites of resistance and the potential for organising for systemic change. Join us for this exciting conversation, which will interrogate where collective advocacy should be headed and the possibilities for feminist collective action and mobilisation.
Come join us and the #EmptyChairs campaign at AWID Forum 2024!
The campaign will host a series of interconnected activities: a provocative performance-workshop, an exhibition, and a panel discussion. Find more info here: buff.ly/3OttWn2
The interactive installation is part of the project called “This is not theatre; it's a f*** protest,” – a collaboration between the #EmptyChairs campaign and Swiss-based artists Antje Schupp and Christoph Rufer which blurred the boundaries between theatre, protest, and advocacy.
Come join us and the #EmptyChairs campaign at @awidwomensrights Forum's 2024!
The campaign will host a series of interconnected activities: a provocative performance-workshop, an exhibition, and a panel discussion. Find more info here: buff.ly/3OttWn2
Creation/Concept: #EmptyChairs Campaign, Christoph Rufer, Antje Schupp
Performance Awid Forum: Pooja Badarinath, Mpumi Mathabela, Antje Schupp, Carrie Shelver
Scenography: Christoph Rufer
Production: born2perform, #EmptyChairs Campaign
With the generous support of m2act Migros Kulturprozent
Image: photo of people marching at night in the streets holding up decorated plastic chairs and placards TEXT: #EmptyChairs Campaign @AWID Forum 2-5 December 2024, Bangkok, Thaïland This is not theatre, this is a f*** protest! 2 December 2024 16:15 - 17:30 Festival Stage https://emptychairscampaign.org photo: Nicolas Gysin Emptychairs campaign logo, SRI logo
This is not theatre, this is a f*** protest! This show is not a show. It is a workshop. This workshop is not a workshop. It is an action. This action is not made. It comes from you. If it doesn't come from you, we have no show. This show has no audience. It has participants. The participants are part of the show, which is a workshop and an action and above all, it is part of a campaign: the #EmptyChairs This work is a collaboration between the #EmptyChairs campaign and Swiss-based artists Antje Schupp and Christoph Rufer which blurred the boundaries between theatre, protest, and advocacy. This is not theatre, this is a f*** protest! We cordially invite you to join. Please take your seat. 2 December 2024 16:15 - 17:30 Festival Stage https://emptychairscampaign.org
Come join us and the #EmptyChairs campaign at @AWID Forum's 2024!
The campaign will host a series of interconnected activities: a provocative performance-workshop, an exhibition, and a panel discussion.
