Nawi Afrifem Collective

In this letter series, Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) invited African feminist economists, activists, and rights bearers to write directly to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, confronting the realities behind their economic prescriptions. From austerity, debt and taxation to privatisation, shrinking public services and the invisible burden of unpaid care, these letters expose the human cost of economic policies and demand a different vision of development. These are not simply letters of complaint. They are interventions, challenges and demands for economic justice. Our message is clear: Africa's development cannot be built on women's exhaustion, communities' sacrifices and people's diminishing ability to live with dignity. Read the letters: akinamamawaafrika.org/wp-con… #OurLivesNotBudgetItems #FeministEconomicJustice #FeministClimateJustice #MakePollutersPay #TheFaceOfAusterity #IMFWB2026 #StopAusterity

As the IMF and World Bank gather for their 2026 #AnnualMeetings in Bangkok, we are bringing the realities behind their economic policies to the centre of the conversation. For more than 80 years, the IMF and World Bank have shaped economic policies that determine who has access to healthcare, education, decent work, food, public services and care, and who bears the cost when these systems are cut. Economics does not operate in an abstract space. It determines who gets medication, who gets education, whose knowledge is superior, whose work gets paid, who gets to have credits over another’s livelihood, and whose social relations become the norm. Through our campaign themed “Our Realities and Lives Are Not Your Budget Item,” we hope to bring together our feminist thought that has been challenging the continued use of austerity, debt conditionalities, wage-bill cuts and underinvestment in public services. As feminists, we are here to reiterate that our lives are not your budget item. ✡️Why now? 80+ years of failed economic policies with the "Grandmother’s IMF" is still cooking with the same failed recipe. ✡️Our power: Collective feminist action creates change and demands a feminist reset. ✡️Our role: Every action, big or small, contributes to the movement and the court of history. Campaign partners: @social_rights , @eurodad , @MenaFem , @FemnetProg , @NawiAfrica , @debtjustice, WEDO, AWGC, Action Aid Intlz #OurLivesNotBudgetItems #FeministEconomicJustice #FeministClimateJustice #MakePollutersPay #TheFaceOfAusterity #IMFWB2026 #StopAusterity

Yesterday we commemorated the World Earth Day under the theme: "Our Power, Our Planet". As African Feminist Climate Justice Actors, we are reminded that the climate crisis is a social justice struggle and that our climate action should be approached as such. As we address the climate crisis we must identify and acknowledge the root causes and effects of the climate crisis in order to promote solutions that center the most marginalized especially those in the Global South and calls for the re-imagination of usual gender mainstreaming strategies in our climate action. To do this, we are called to integrate feminist intersectional approaches, theories and principles. Our Intersectional Feminist Climate justice Guide highlights initiatives and tools that can be adopted and applied by feminists, women rights organizations, climate justice advocates, environmentalists, and civil society organizations in climate justice advocacy and programming to significantly contribute to and shape the climate governance and decision-making processes from an African and Global South feminist perspective. Read our Intersectional Feminist Climate Action Guide here: bit.ly/4cFVTng