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Regions Refocus

@RegionsRefocus

Building cross-regional, cross-movement solidarity in the struggle for progressive and feminist economic policy.

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📍 Now at #FfDForum2026: “A Systemic Approach to Equitable Borrowing: Which Normative Instruments?” Developing countries face unfair borrowing costs & practices, driven by complex, interconnected factors. We’re discussing concrete pathways 4 change in the #FfD follow-up process.
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Day 3️⃣ 🎥 Erica Leverson from @RegionsRefocus Focus on trade: rules, power, and the growing push for a fairer system ✊ 🧵👇
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📍 Erica Levenson @RegionsRefocus warns WTO trade system is failing development, driven by profit, not equity 💰➡️🌍 and increasingly used as coercion. Time to re-imagine trade for people, not power ✊ #FfDForum2026 #FfD4People
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#FfDForum2026 Day 3: Focus on trade 🌍 Trade rules are being bent & broken by those in power. A system that can be ignored by some and imposed on others is not fair. It MUST change. Development cannot be sidelined by shifting geopolitical priorities & strategic competition 🚫
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🗣️Current global trade & investment systems not only fail to address climate change but also harm the environment & marginalized communities. Ranja Sengupta (@3rdworldnetwork) delves into this argument at the latest GTC event. Watch her full intervention: youtu.be/1gDa-U88ijM
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Join civil society for a key reflection on the future of #FfD! Our Future is At Stake: Civil Society Reflects on Present and Future of FfD 📅 TOMORROW April 22 | 🕓 4:45–6:00 pm 📍 CR-8, UN HQ, New York #FfDForum2026 #FfD4 #Fin4Dev
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Join us during #FfDWeek in New York! 🗓 21 April | 🕒 13:30–15:00 EDT 📍 UN Women HQ, Conference Room 1925 Co-organised by the Feminist Workstream and EJR Action Coalition, with support from @unwomen ⚠️ Limited spots! Please RSVP by 20 April, 5 PM: ow.ly/FImj50YJxGk
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🚩 Trade agreements are putting women's economic rights & interests up for sale, instead of protecting them. 🔊 Sadhana Sanjay (@ITforChange) on the importance of resisting the appropriation of women's time, labor & energy by corporations & private interests.
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What does trade have to do with war & conflict? In our latest event, Nela Porobić Isaković (Feminist Anti-Militarist Collective) analyzes how trade can be a tool for exploitation – or for mutual aid & solidarity – in (post)conflict contexts. Full video on our YouTube channel.
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Trade isn’t just about markets — it’s about our daily lives. Food, water, healthcare, jobs, and who gets to decide. When trade rules shape how we live and impact women and marginalized communities differently, they become a feminist issue. 🔊 Mariama Williams
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We are in Yaoundé for the @wto's 14th Ministerial Conference (#MC14), pushing for a structural view of gender & trade. Gender fixes cannot solve problems unleashed by unfair agreements. It’s time for the WTO to deliver on its promises. Read our statement: bit.ly/GTCtoMC14
GTC Statement to the World Trade Organisation MC14

GTC Statement to the World Trade Organisation MC14

A GTC statement to the 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation, taking place between 26-29 March 2026, in Yaoundé, Cameroon

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Did you miss our CSW70 virtual parallel event, "Building for Feminist Alliances: Towards Radical Economic Healing & Rebuilding"? You can now watch (and rewatch!) the recording of the event here ⬇️ gendertradecoalition.org/eve… 🫱🏿‍🫲🏾 @FemnetProg @RegionsRefocus @3rdworldnetwork
GTC at CSW70

GTC at CSW70

The GTC, along with co-convenors FEMNET, Regions Refocus, and Third World Network, organized a virtual parallel event to the CSW70, on 17 March 2026.

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It's tomorrow! Register here to join us at ➡️ bit.ly/GTCatCSW70 @FemnetProg @RegionsRefocus @3rdworldnetwork
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On 17 March, join us for a #CSW70 virtual parallel event. Together with @regionsrefocus @FemnetProg @3rdworldnetwork, we'll unpack why trade is a feminist issue & build solidarity in the fight for feminist trade justice. Register here ➡️ bit.ly/GTCatCSW70
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On 17 March, join us for a #CSW70 virtual parallel event. Together with @regionsrefocus @FemnetProg @3rdworldnetwork, we'll unpack why trade is a feminist issue & build solidarity in the fight for feminist trade justice. Register here ➡️ bit.ly/GTCatCSW70
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8 years ago, the GTC was initiated by feminist & progressive activists to advance feminist trade analysis & equitable trade policy. With +300 members globally, we stand in opposition to neoliberal co-optation of women's human rights as a means to expand an unjust trade system.
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It's a wrap! The Coordination Group came together in Manila for an in-depth meeting to reflect on the rapidly shifting global landscape and what it means for the future of the #FfD process and collective. To learn more about the Coordination Group visit: csoforffd.org/governance/
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📢 La dernière publication de la série @GenderandTrade @RegionsRefocus qui explore les enjeux clés du commerce international sous un angle féministe, « Document d'éclairage 4 : Climat et commerce », est désormais disponible en quatre langues ! ➡️ bit.ly/ExplainerClimateTrade
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"Explainer #4: Climate & Trade", the fourth and last of our @GenderandTrade @RegionsRefocus Q&A series unpacking key international trade issues from a feminist perspective is now also available in French, Portuguese, & Spanish! Read it here: bit.ly/ExplainerClimateTrade 🤝@pangmedia
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🔴 TOMORROW | Nov 14, 1pm UTC via @awidwomensrights on Instagram Join our French IG Live with feminist climate justice movements from across Africa and the diaspora, where 500+ women have spoken and governments at #COP30 need to listen!
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📢 « Note d'éclairage #3 : Commerce et migration », la troisième de la série @GenderandTrade @RegionsRefocus qui analyse les principaux enjeux commerciaux d'un point de vue féministe, est désormais disponible en 4 langues ! À lire ici: bit.ly/GTCExplainer3 @WomenMigration
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