Consultations across global spaces
The process began through more than 50 consultations, workshops, and conversations with partners, advocates, young leaders, organizations, and movements across regions.
From Feminist Playbook to Melbourne Declaration
The Journey Behind the Melbourne Declaration
What began as the Feminist Playbook process became the Melbourne Declaration for Gender Equality, launched at WD2026 in Narrm/Melbourne. Built through more than 50 consultations with more than 900 people across regions, generations, and movements, the Declaration is now a shared, signable commitment to rebuild the way gender equality work is done.
It calls for power, resources, and accountability to be rebalanced toward people — and for States, movements, funders, institutions, and allies to act together for a gender-just future. Read it, endorse it, use it.
How the Declaration Came to Life
The Declaration was shaped through consultations across global spaces, partner outreach, and collective conversations about what the gender equality ecosystem needs now.
A shared commitment launched at WD2026
At WD2026 in Narrm/Melbourne, that process culminated in the Melbourne Declaration for Gender Equality: a shared, signable commitment to rebuild how gender equality work is done.
A tool for what comes next
The Declaration is now being used as a working tool for advocacy, funding, organizing, policy, and practice — and as a shared standard for rights, resources, and accountability.
Who Shaped It
The Declaration’s strength comes from the diversity of people and organizations who shaped it: civil society, feminist movements, young leaders, donors, governments, researchers, advocates, institutions, and allies committed to feminist values and gender justice.
Its purpose is not to replace movement agendas, but to create a shared commitment that can be carried into strategies, funding decisions, advocacy priorities, organizing, and cross-sector collaboration.
Take it Forward
Endorse the Melbourne Declaration, share it with your networks, and use it to advance rights, resources, and accountability in your own work.
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