More than 180 young activists convened to strategize on influencing the implementation of the Beijing+30 Action Agenda. Through regional roundtables, intergenerational dialogues, and targeted strategy sessions, young feminists articulated the urgent need for redistributing power, increasing accountability, strategic institutional reforms, and the recognition of young feminists as equal partners, rather than mere stakeholders.
During discussions with UN Women representatives, including Deputy Executive Director Nyaradzayi Gumbadzvonda, Maitree Muzumdar emphasized: “Our call to action is to decenter some of the power that is here and shift it back to the local, national, and regional, to center accountability and to institutionalize young feminists’ leadership where we are leading processes, so that we are not just consulted but equal drivers and equal co-leaders.”
Read more about their reflections in “Gen Z-ero tolerance>