12th AWID International Forum on Women’s Rights in Development

13 April 2012

BRIDGE is delighted to attend the 2012 the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) Forum from 19 to 22 April at the Haliç Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey. This 12th AWID International Forum will gather up to 2000 women’s rights leaders and activists from around the world to discuss ‘Transforming Economic Power to Advance Women’s Rights and Justice’. This forum is particularly exciting as both a conference and a call to action by bringing diverse voices to strategise, network, celebrate and learn, and re-politicise the gender and development community.

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BRIDGE is particularly looking forward to being inspired by and learning from organisations, projects and women and men from around the world. We are also keen to meet potential partners, explore collaborative opportunities and talk to the users of our products and services. So come and say hello through:

Our stall

Our break out session: No Economic Justice Without Gender Justice: Building Inclusive Movements for Change on Sunday 22 April 09:00-10:30 Kasimpasa 3 & 4

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There are also lots of brilliant break out sessions as well as activities being run by our International Advisory Committee (IAC) and other IDS programmes (link). Please drop by and come and say hello. And if you won’t be there but want to hear what we are up, to please follow us on Twitter.

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