شبكة عربية نسوية شابة

Fatma Emam (@fatmaemam) from Nazra Feminist Studies talking about Islamic Feminism

Sandi Ismail (@SandiIsmail) presenting on social networking for social justice

Engy Ghozlan (@EngyG) presents a time line of social media

Check out more photos in Cairo Meeting of Young Arab Feminists album.

It’s 9pm and we just wrapped up Day 3 of our Cairo meeting of young Arab feminists. Every evening of our meeting was open to participant-led workshops on topics of their choice, theoretical or practical. Today, we had back-to-back workshops on progressive discourses on sexuality and the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Diversity is a key value of our network, which we will be ready to officially launch tomorrow. The strong need and excitement around the idea of our network is evident, but what is more noticeable is the stronger need to organize it with entirely new strategies and discourses. We managed to wrap up a structure, policies, bylaws, and lots of technical issues to get this network going. We’re excited about sharing the final results of our meeting with you all next week!

Lynn Darwich from Nasawiya gives her feedback on the meeting:

Sara Ababneh, feminist from Jordan, speaks about her impressions of the Cairo meeting.

Blog post from Nadine Moawad:

Today, a bunch of us arrived in Cairo, Egypt in preparation for our meeting to design and launch a network of peer support for young feminists in the Arab world. Exciting!

I have big hopes set for this meeting (organized and led by women under 30) and for a new wave of young feminism that is of and for our region. The first thing I want to share with you is that we set out from the beginning to be a network that depends very little on money. Read the full post here.

More great reactions from participants on the first day of the meeting of young Arab feminists. Ola Moussa works at the Center for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance (CEWLA)

Check out some pictures from the preparatory meeting and the first day of the Young Arab Feminist Network meeting.

First day of the network meeting has such high spirits. Engy Ghozlan, one of the meeting organizers, expresses her feelings!

22 young feminists from different Arab countries have gathered in Cairo, Egypt to design and launch a network for the support of young feminists in the Arab world. Woot! Follow our #yafnCairo hashtag on twitter for live updates.