‘It’s very refreshing to join an IWD day event about sharing learning, and the work throughout the year (and years), and how we can work together across borders in ways that have actually been impactful. Thank you for sharing!’
IWD 2024 Participant
We celebrated International Women’s Day this year by hearing from three African women. We invited Dr Stella Nyanzi, Dr Atuki Turner and Godess Bvukutwa to share about their work as grassroots women leaders of civil society organisations and movements working to tackle gendered injustice. The session quickly became about the power of storytelling, the power of poetry as resistance, and the role that narratives play in shaping our lived experiences.
We are grateful to all three expert panelists for their generous contributions, to SWIDN trustee Janet Whitelaw-Jones for hosting the session, and to our participants who attended.
At SWIDN, we are incredibly grateful to the people who share their time and creative skills to support our work. We’d like to take a moment to thank Ruby Chen, who volunteered her illustration skills to support SWIDN. Ruby brought curiosity, creativity and professionalism to her work with us, and we’re thankful for the time…
Powerful photography exhibition spotlighting women land defenders comes to Exeter for International Women’s Day
21 January 2026
SWIDN are pleased to share this piece provided by and written by ActionAid A striking photography exhibition organised by ActionAid UK which spotlights women aroundthe world who are defending their land and their communities from destruction is coming toExeter this International Women’s Day. Women By Women: Rooted in Resilience depicts women leaders in Brazil, Cambodia,Nepal…
The SWIDN Network’s views on the Future of UK Aid
6 January 2026
In the autumn, SWIDN gathered input from our members and submitted this to the UK Parliament’s International Development Committee’s inquiry into the Future of UK Aid. We said we would publish our submission when we were able to and, now that it’s available on the IDC website for public view, we can do so here.…
