The Women Deliver 2026 Conference (WD2026) serves as a “by us, for us” sanctuary for movement-building. It will be hosted by Women Deliver, from 27-30 April 2026 in Narrm (Melbourne), Australia. According to the host organisation, WD2026 centres the leadership, knowledge, and resistance of feminists, activists.
The WD2026 will focus on elevating feminist and youth-led leadership in the face of growing anti-rights movements as well as mobilising bold, intersectional policies that challenge systems of oppression. It will also reclaim narratives from those seeking to roll back progress and strengthen transnational feminist movements to hold governments accountable.
The Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) and partners are joining the Women Deliver 2026 Conference and we invite you to engage with us throughout the duration of the Conference!
ARROW and Partners at the Women Deliver 2026 Conference (WD2026)
Pre-ConferenceUnited for Action: Global Solidarity to End FGM/C
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Building on the success of previous pre-conferences at Women Deliver 2019 and 2023, the Global Platform for Action to End FGM/C is organizing this pre-conference to ensure that ending FGM/C remains a paramount priority within the global gender equality discourse. The objectives of the event are to collaborate and share learnings, mobilize political will, strengthen cross-sectoral partnerships and to co-create joint strategies.
This is hosted by Global Platform for Action to End FGM/C, African Women Rights Advocates, ARROW, Asia Network to end FGM/C, COVAW, End FGC Singapore, End FGM Canada Network, End FGM/C Africa Network, End FGM European Network, Equality Now, Orchid Project, Sahiyo, The Girl Generation, US End FGM/C Network, and Women Deliver. Date: 26 April 2026 (Sunday) Venue: TBC |
Pre-ConferenceConvening Feminist Mobilization for Advancing Women’s Health, Bodily Autonomy, & SRHR in the Asia and Pacific Region
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This Pre-Conference session, hosted by UNFPA with ARROW, Equality Fund, Fos Feminista, UNU-IIGH, will focus on strengthening movement resilience, countering anti-rights and the gender pushback, addressing demographic challenges, and defining pathways for sustainable, climate-resilient financing for women’s rights and women-led organizations.
Date: 26 April 2026 (Sunday) Time: 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM Venue: TBC |
Pre-ConferenceFrom Training to #Trending: A Hands-on Day of Inclusive Data |
This full-day workshop focuses on the practical, strategic use of data. Designed as an immersive, hands-on experience, the day begins with a dynamic introduction to EM2030’s data-driven advocacy basics, providing participants with a shared foundation in how to turn evidence into influence. From there, participants will explore existing and emerging datasets, tools, and methods, with a particular emphasis on approaches that prioritize inclusion and visibility. The workshop is organised by Equality Insights, Equal Measures2030, and University of Technology Sydney, DataGénero, and GEDA in partnership with the iCount Coalition and the WD2026 Inclusive Data Working Group.
Date: 26 April 2026 (Sunday) Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Venue: TBC |
Side EventTransformative Financing for Gender Equality in the Asia and the Pacific |
Join this dynamic side event co-hosted by AVPN and ARROW. This session serves as a critical touchpoint for leaders and practitioners to bridge the gap between high-level theory and actionable, transformative financing.
Date: 27 April 2026 (Monday) Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Venue: TBC |
Side EventResisting the Rollback: Youth Leadership and Intergenerational Solidarity for SRHR Justice |
This session, being co-organised by ARROW and COJAS-Benin in partnership with FJSI, will bring together youth and intergenerational feminist leaders to explore how collective leadership can defend and advance SRHR in an era of backlash. The side event will have young people (from Myanmar, Nepal, and FWA) to highlight youth-led SRHR initiatives at the local level in the context of conflict, backlash, and underfunding.
Date: 29 April 2026 (Wednesday) Time: 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Venue: TBC |
Side EventCentring Adolescent’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights |
This side event will place adolescents’ SRHR at the center of the debate through a rights-based and intersectional lens. It will examine how structural and systematic inequalities, harmful social norms, stigma, restrictive laws and policies, lack of comprehensive sexuality education and under-resourced health systems collectively shape adolescents’ experiences and limit their access to essential SRH services and information. This event will be organised by ARROW and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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Concurrent SessionPitch for Power: Transforming narratives for a changed Abortion Landscape |
The ARROW anchored network, Safe Abortion Advocacy Initiative – A Global South Engagement (SAIGE) is hosting a rewarding contest to scout creative, impactful, and actionable strategies to counter the anti-choice rhetoric and advance rights-affirming narratives for advancing safe abortion at the WD2026. Safe abortion advocates with promising solutions grounded in everyday realities with potential to transform norms and redefine power towards improving access to safe abortion will be given small grants to implement strategic action proposals. Follow ARROW’s socials media for more information on how to participate and strive for a changed abortion landscape
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS TO FOLLOW. Date: TBC Time: TBC Venue: TBC |
Concurrent SessionReclaiming Power and Transforming Lives: Inclusive Data as a Tool for Resistance and Disruption |
Organised by the Women Deliver Inclusive Data Working Group, This session will draw on diverse voices within the data and gender ecosystems to ensure a nurtured discussion that goes beyond the traditional approaches to data production and use. It will position inclusive data as a necessary tool for resistance in the time of crisis and a foundational necessity in the fight for equality. From young leaders to government representatives, as well as people leading efforts on citizen data, this space will provide an opportunity to collectively shape our understanding of inclusive data as principle, practice and a call to action.
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Concurrent SessionFeminist Futures in the Age of AI |
Organised by the Women Deliver Inclusive Data Working Group, this dynamic session brings together diverse voices to collectively map the current AI landscape through a feminist lens and co-create pathways toward more equitable futures. The session aims to identify challenges —surfacing gaps and needs and analyse challenges through explicit feminist lenses—examining power, hidden labor, inequities and other ethical issues. Participants will explore the practice of applying feminist analysis to disrupt AI value chain and identify data inequities, concentrate and come up with transformative solutions.
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