AWID’s 13th International Forum will take place at the Costa de Sauípe Resort in Bahia, Brazil from September 8-11. The 2016 Forum is a process and space for re-imagining and co-creating a future free from oppression, injustice, war, and violence and a platform for developing concrete strategies for realizing such a future. The goals of the Forum are as follows:

• To celebrate the gains of the past twenty years by diverse social movements and critically analyze the lessons we can carry forward.
• To Assess our current reality to locate the opportunities and threats for advancing the rights of women and other oppressed people.
• To explore strategies for mobilizing greater solidarity and collective power across diverse movements.
• To inspire, energize and renew strength and purpose.