UN Women’s Feminist Plan for Sustainability and Social Justice

June 30, 2021

UN Women has shared information on their upcoming Feminist Plan for Sustainability and Social Justice project.

The Plan is now set to launch in early September, ahead of the opening of the UN General Assembly. In the meantime, we are hosting two events in key international spaces, the first of which is taking place next week. Below are details on the events – please join us and share widely with your networks!

• Countdown event for the Generation Equality Forum on Tuesday, 29 June at 8.30 EST/14.30 CEST. Featuring Mignon Duffy, Ofelia Fernandez, Shalmali Guttal, Magdalena Sepulveda, and Crystal Simeoni.
• High-Level Political Forum 2021 Side Event: Roadmap to address the interlocking crises of care, jobs and the environment to achieve the promise of the SDGs. Taking place on Tuesday, 6 July 1:00–2:30 pm (EDT), this event will showcase optimal policies, financing strategies and partnerships that lay the foundation for recovery and achieving Agenda 2030. Feminist Plan collaborators Busi Sibeko and Armine Yalnizyan are already confirmed for the panel, as well as Paola Simonetti. Register at this link.
• We have also launched a series of think pieces entitled, Feminist Ideas for a Post-COVID-19 World. With many thanks to Shahra Razavi and Mignon Duffy for their contributions, two think pieces have been published so far, with others coming soon from Ilene Grabel, Juliana Martinez, and Jennifer Piscopo, among others. You can check them out here:

• The social protection response to COVID-19 has failed women: Towards universal gender-responsive social protection systems
• How can the COVID-19 crisis be harnessed to improve the rights and working conditions of paid care workers?

Lastly, in case you missed it, we’re pleased to share the links to two recent articles written by the Feminist Plan team:

• Article for World Economic Forum: Gender equality, sustainability and social justice: A roadmap for recovery
• Article for Feminist Economics (co-authored with Professor James Heintz): Don’t let another crisis go to waste: The COVID-19 pandemic and the imperative for a paradigm shift

The above links and other resources, such as the reports of the Expert Group Meetings, can be found on the Feminist Plan webpage.