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The Future is Feminist!
Working with feminists worldwide towards a better future

Feminism and gender equality under pressure worldwide

Feminism has always challenged social circumstances and demanded more justice. Courageous and committed feminists tirelessly advocated for human dignity and the legal and factual equality of women, and many positive changes were achieved.

Despite all the successes, the battles against oppression are by no means a thing of the past. In many places, they are more topical than ever: in Europe and the U.S., right-wing populist parties have emerged in recent years, wanting to turn back the clock, including with regard to gender relations. In Latin America, as one example conservative social forces have placed the right to abortion under pressure, and there are cases of conservative attacks on women's rights in many countries in Africa, Asia and the Arab world. Not to mention the increasing number of attacks on the so-called "gender ideology" and LGBTIQ rights.

Not without a fight!

The feminist struggle has moved to the centre of the large political conflicts of our time. Right-wing populists need clear enemies and are always looking for polarizing issues. Gender issues are often discussed emotionally and have become – along with migration issues – one of the central battlegrounds of current political confrontations.

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Katia Schnellecke
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A Global Digital Compact for Gender Equality

Feminist demands from the Global South concerning the UN Global Digital Compact. more


News About Feminism Projects

Publikation: Transformative Change for Gender Equality: Learning from Feminist Strategies

Transformative Change for Gender Equality: Learning from Feminist Strategies

Our new guide explores feminist approaches to transformative change, extracts lessons to learn and provides tools and inspiration to bring feminist...


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Illustration von drei lächelnden Personen vor einer bunten, stilisierten Landschaft mit verschiedenen Pflanzen und Bäumen. Am unteren Bildrand steht der englische Text: „Community seed banks reduce dependency and reproduce local knowledge about crops and agriculture“.

Putting Life at the Center – We have to transform the “system” in order to respect Women`s Work

The Covid-19 pandemic had not only tremendous impacts on the ways we live, work and interact as a society, but also generated new discourses. We are...


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Porträt einer Person mit geometrischen Mustern auf dem Gesicht, einer großen runden Sonnenbrille und Kopfbedeckung. Die Lippen sind betont, und die Person trägt lange Ohrringe. Der Hintergrund besteht aus abstrakten Formen.

Letting Solidarity "Prevail" - Hegemonic Patterns in Transnational Feminism

In an interview Nikita Dhawan shares her thoughts on how we can build transnational alliances without imposing hegemonic feminist patterns on others.


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Ein pinkes Schild, auf dem "Intersectional Feminism is the only feminism" steht.

The Importance of Intersectionality

How the concept of intersectionality can help to understand how identities, power and privileges work together and how can robust alliances for a...


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Eine Frau sitzt auf dem Boden und ist von bunten Stoffen umgeben und lächelt in die Kamera

The laborious challenge of enhancing women’s participation in India’s workforce

Indian women’s participation in the labour market is low and falling, despite numerous policies and interventions from government and other agencies....


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Illustration von drei lächelnden Personen vor einer bunten, stilisierten Landschaft mit verschiedenen Pflanzen und Bäumen. Am unteren Bildrand steht der englische Text: „Community seed banks reduce dependency and reproduce local knowledge about crops and agriculture“.

Putting Life at the Center

We have to transform the “system” in order to respect Women`s Work. A wonderful designed video from FES Mozambique shows possible ways.


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"Icons of Gender Justice - Paving the way for women's rights in Asia." Daneben sind in verschiedenen Stilen gezeichnete weibliche Figuren.

Icons of Gender Justice

Read about the lives of those who paved the way for women’s rights in Asia in this new graphic novel anthology.


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Illustration mit dem Schriftzug „A Roadmap for Feminist Action“ in roten Buchstaben vor einem hellen Hintergrund. Rechts steht eine gezeichnete Person auf einem Surfbrett und reitet auf einer stilisierten Welle.

The urgency of gender justice in the digital economy

Amid much debate about the impact of digitalisation in a globalised world, women have been largely invisible. The EU is the global actor that could...


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The Deal We Always Wanted

A Feminist Action Framework for the Digital Economy

W7-Blog

Considering the entire economic picture?

Prospects for gender equality in the global economy and the world of work in the post-coronavirus era more


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Publication

Rovira Kaltwasser, Cristóbal; Arriaza Moreno, Tomás; Tanscheit, Talita

Actitudes antifeministas en América Latina

SantiagodeChile, 2025

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Wudel, Alexandra; Ehrenberg, Anna

What is feminist AI?

Brussels, 2025

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Estudios feministas de seguridad

Desde América Latina y el Caribe
Bogotá, 2025

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About our work

“The Future is Feminist” is a global project of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, working worldwide with feminists to develop positive visions for a better future that focus on economic policy issues and critical economic perspectives. The project in particular analyses the effects of digitalization and the future of work. It identifies common concerns of feminist and labour movements to create space for new powerful alliances aiming at social change. The project is a continuation of the work of feminist networks in the Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and Northern Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa regions. It offers activists the opportunity to exchange ideas on burning issues, regional experiences and political strategies while serving as a space to experiment with new ideas.

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