Experiences of Resistance and Collective Organizing to Transform Economic Power

Posted in Plenary 3 on October 25th, 2012 by AWID Staff

The previous AWID Forum in 2008 focused on the “Power of Movements”. This plenary returned to that theme, and presented some of the experiences of diverse movements that are confronting and resisting dominant forms of economic power and who are organizing creatively to build their own power. Panelists shared insights on how different groups are working to challenge relevant actors and institutions, demand accountability, and take advantage of the small cracks of possibility to survive, thrive, and transform our current world reality.

Plenary Speakers

GROOTS Kenya

Poet

Reconstruction Women’s Fund, Serbia

Arab Techies, Egypt

Migrant Forum in Asia, India

Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Rurales e Indígenas de Chile (ANAMURI) and CLOC-Via Campesina, Chile

MSC Social Work, Family Centered Initiative for Challenged Persons, Nigeria

Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers, Myanmar

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Poem

A Revolutionary Woman
By Marwa Sharafeldin (Egypt)

You talk to me about your austerity measures
The need to copyright my past, present and future
To relieve your financial crisis pressures
I have to tighten my belt and work hard
For somehow, I have to save the banking system
So it can save me and my daily, hard work pleasures