Feminist Manifesto from the MENA Region

Activities

1. Conducting scoping, mapping, and typology of emerging feminist movements during the last three years (related to revolutions, pandemics, and economic downfall).
   
   Output:
   • Research report
   • Summary
   • Infographics
   
2. Conducting monthly virtual meetings (3 meetings) with up to 10 feminist groups from the region.
   
   Output:
   • Reports of meetings
   • Communication material on key messages
   • 1st outline of feminist manifesto by end of March 2022.
   
3. Collecting daily social media messages from feminists in the MENA region during the global 16 days of gender-based violence campaign (November 26 till December 10, 2021).
   
4. Conducting 8 virtual meetings- 1 per month (Up to 10 feminists per meeting): Each meeting will bring up to 10 feminists from the region to discuss the purpose, process, and key axis of the Feminist Manifesto as well as who will contribute to it and how it will be used as a platform for collective advocacy.
   
   Output:
   • Meeting recording
   • Meeting minutes
   • Meeting action points.
   
5. Conducting write shops (2) to draft Feminist Manifesto (July-August 2022). The write shops will compile, review and consolidate the text and elements of the Feminist Manifesto.
   
   Output:
   • Draft Feminist Manifesto.
   
6. Performing a call in order to collect up to 20 feminist blogs. Based on the outline of the Feminist Manifesto, the Asfari Institute will open a call for young feminists in the MENA region to contribute Blogs and reflection papers on subjects related to Feminist Manifesto. The blog will be published on Asfari’s and FES’s websites.
   
   Output:
   • 20 blogs
   
7. Conducting a social media campaign for feminist future in the MENA region. The Asfari Institute team with the support of the consultant will design a trilingual social media campaign to promote Feminist Manifesto among diverse audiences.
   
   Output:
   • Branding of Feminist Manifesto
   • Producing various forms of communication material (Social Media posts and pictures+ engaging audiences in real-time).
   
8. Conducting 2 podcasts a month of feminists from the region. We will host feminist activists from the region to promote and discuss the Feminist Manifesto and to encourage other feminists to engage in the conversation.
   
   Output:
   • Two podcasts a month, also housed on the Feminist Manifesto page on the Asfari Institute website, the Political Feminism website of FES, and SOWT’s website (www.sowt.com).
   
9. Launching the Feminist Manifesto through virtual events and global virtual launches of global feminist networks (November 2022).