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Feminists from 45 countries in all regions of
the world attended Feminist Expo 2000, proving that feminism
is a global movement!
Members of the largest global delegation, the Cordillera
Women's Group of the Philippines, with Feminist Majority Foundation
Board Chair Peg Yorkin President Eleanor Smeal, and Director
of Global Outreach Cherreka Montgomery.
Photo by Stuart Zolotorow
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Delegations and Cosponsors
The Feminist Majority Foundation did extensive outreach and
provided several grants to ensure that Feminist Expo 2000
would represent the diversity of the feminist movement today. Feminist
activists from over 45 countries, including Cameroon, Niger, Japan,
Philippines, India, Nepal, El Salvador, France, and Canada traveled
to Baltimore to share organizing strategies, discuss women's political
participation, and identify global paths to women's equality. Issues
targeted included sex trafficking, equal political representation
for women, violence against women, and the importance of ratification
of the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women (CEDAW).
Women's organizations from around the world supported Feminist
EXPO 2000 through cosponsorship. View
the list of Global Cosponsors.
Delegates from Niger sold beautiful, handmade crafts, including
shirts, bags, and dresses made of "Feminsit EXPO 2000"
fabric that they designed to incorporate both the FMF logo
and their region's seal.
Photo by Nikki DeBlosi
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Exhibits
Feminists from around the world staffed booths in the interactive
Exhibit Halls. Booths sponsored by global organizations and
delegations were among the most popular at the Convention. Attendees
bought beautiful handmade crafts, and delegates used the proceeds
to help defray the great cost of traveling to the United States.
Some exhibits provided public education on important issues,
like the impact of HIV/AIDS on the international community. |
Panels, Symposia, & General
Assemblies
Global women leaders spoke at general assemblies, including
Noeleen Heyzer, the Executive Director of the United Nations
Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), who spoke during "Follow
the Money: Winning Women's Economic Empowerment," and Rajana
Kumari, Executive Director of the Center for Social Research
(New Delhi) and Coordinator of Joint Action Front for Women
in India, who spoke during "Countering the Right Wing and
Winning Political Equality for Women." |
Noeleen Heyzer
addresses the crowd during
General Assembly II.
Photo by Stuart Zolotorow.
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Rajana Kumari speaks about
political equality for women
during General Assembly III.
Photo by Stuart Zolotorow.
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Feminists from around the world spoke on panels addressing
violence against women, political equality, and economic empowerment.
In "Changing the Rules: Leveling the Political Playing
Field for Women," Rajana Kumari advocated the use of
the quota strategy to increase women's political representation.
In "Stopping Gender-Based Violence," Rana Husseini,
columnist at the Jordan Times, spoke about her work
to expose "honor crimes" and push for legal prosection
of those who commit these murders.
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| In "Doing It For
Ourselves: Women and Microenterprise," roundtable participants
examined the rising global interest in microcredit as a path
out of poverty and towards socio-economic independence for women.
Panelists included Adelaide Lucy Acquah-Abudah, General Manager,
Women's World Banking (China); Kaylanee Shah, President, SEWA
(Nepal); Sheila Rosseau, Executive Director, Directorate of
Gender Affiars (Antigua); Susy Cheston, Executive Director,
Women's Opportunity Fund (US); and Ariel Fox, Founder, Sticker
Sisters and Girls Advisory Board, The Empower Program (US). |
Bisa Adeleye-Fayemi, Director of Akima Mama wa Afrika,
speaks on the global feminist movement. Photo by Stuart
Zolotorow.
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