Global Dialogue

About the Global Dialogue

The Women Deliver 2023 Global Dialogue is an interactive space that provides an opportunity for advocates from around the world to design and lead workshops, hold discussions, and network on key issues they want addressed in the lead up to the Women Deliver Conference in Kigali, Rwanda, from 17-20 July 2023.

Through the Global Dialogue, advocates around the world will come together during in-person, virtual, and hybrid events to discuss and exchange knowledge around girls’ and women’s rights issues. The Global Dialogue Program is supported by WD2023 Regional Convening Partners, who play a key role convening advocates in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, Southern Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Region.

A toolkit highlighting best practices for holding accessible and inclusive in-person and virtual events during the Global Dialogue is available here. Please sign up for the Women Deliver newsletter to receive updates and announcements related to the Conference and the Global Dialogue.

Elements of the Global Dialogue

The Global Dialogue is anchored on three main elements: Community Events, Regional Convenings, and Rwanda Mobilization.

Community Events

These are dedicated advocacy spaces for community members to participate in agenda setting and building discourse in an inclusive manner. For example, community events may include storytelling, book clubs, calls to action, and trainings in any of the Conference thematic areas that the community can engage in and or benefit from.

Women Deliver will share and amplify conversations happening during the Global Dialogue, particularly at the grassroots level, and will provide opportunities for advocates to hear directly from those who are closest to and living the challenges that girls and women around the world face.

Regional Convenings

During Women Deliver’s Global Community Consultation, we learned how important it is for advocates to share progress, exchange ideas, and solicit feedback within their own regional context.

Women Deliver is working with Regional Convening Partners, including the Victorian Government, in partnership with the Commonwealth of Australia; the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), Malaysia; the Arab Institute for Women at the Lebanese American University; the City of Bogotá, Colombia; and South Africa’s Ministry of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. These partners will mobilize and convene advocates within their region to advance the conversations around gender equality in the lead up to the conference.

If you are interested in connecting with WD2023 Regional Convening Partners, email ggasteier@womendeliver.org.

Rwandan Mobilization

Women Deliver is working closely with the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF), civil society organizations, and UN Agencies within Rwanda. If you are interested in connecting with Rwandan civil society organizations, please email wd2023@womendeliver.org.

Global Dialogue Gallery

The Global Dialogue Gallery will showcase the power of collective action by highlighting photos of Global Dialogue events taking place in diverse communities around the world. We look forward to receiving your photos with a short description of the event and the names of the individuals featured in the image.

*Please note that community events are not created in partnership with Women Deliver, unless otherwise denoted, and Women Deliver is therefore not responsible for these events. Please reach out to the event organizers should you have any questions.