Established in 2020, South Feminist Futures (SFF) is a membership association advocating for Global South Feminism as a distinct identity and political project. Our members are women, trans and non-binary people from the Global South and South-in-North committed to collective action for justice, rights and liberation. Our inaugural South Feminist Futures Festival in December 2020 marked the beginning of our journey toward embodying our vision.

As South Feminists, we need to craft a powerful and cohesive manifesto that reflects the collective aspirations and demands of feminists across the Global South. A South Feminist Manifesto will prepare us to respond to the multiple present and future struggles with a clear analysis, vision, agenda and strategies in our own spaces as well as in ‘mainstream’ progressive spaces in Global South and the Global North.

We need to create autonomous spaces for articulating solutions to global crises and reshape the landscape of feminist organising across different regions in the Global South.

The South Feminist Manifesto is our primary project that reaffirms Global South Feminism as a distinct identity and a political endeavour, while collaboratively expressing the core tenets of “South Feminism”. Although the manifesto process is being coordinated by SFF, the final product will belong to the broader feminist movement across the Global South as an articulation of our collective vision and agenda.

The manifesto aims to be a living document that can be continuously enriched, while providing political coherence and a foundation for feminist organising and solidarity across regions of the Global South. As such, it will form part of the heritage of South Feminist mobilisation, even as the work of updating and actualising it continues.

We aim to centre voices from across the Global South in shaping the South Feminist Manifesto. If you identify as a woman, trans or non-binary person from the Global South, or a Black, Indigenous, person of colour (BIPOC) woman/trans/non-binary person in the Global North, you are warmly invited to join the conversation.

To ensure diversity, we strive for representation across:

• Geographies: Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean Asia, the Pacific, West Asia and more. Please share your country and region.
• Identities: Racial/ethnic minorities, LGBTQIA+ communities, people with disabilities, young feminists under 30, migrant workers, sex workers, indigenous and more. Please share your identity details.
• Grassroots/frontline voices: We especially want to hear from activists in informal collectives, community groups and local/territorial women’s rights organisations. Indicate your type of work. 
• Circumstances: We want to hear from activists experiencing climate disasters, living under occupation or conflict, and other distressing situations. Please share details of your circumstances.

The South Feminist Manifesto aims to be a collective articulation of the vision, analysis, and agenda of feminists across the Global South.

The specific results will include:

• A Global South feminist manifesto that will serve as a tool for action and agenda-setting
• The manifesto will be a document to support advocacy efforts of South feminists
• It will serve as a common ground for further projects, statements, and strategies
• It will enable transnational feminist solidarity and action

The manifesto drafting process will involve an inclusive and participatory consultation across regions. While the Convenors will be fully present and active during the consultation sessions, we will look to participants to help shape and own the process. Being a participant can mean filling out short paperwork with demographic information, helping to lead breakout conversations, noting down content from breakout groups, reporting to the larger group, and more. The consultations will culminate in a Manifesto Drafting Committee that will synthesise inputs into the final document.

This is a rare chance to shape the future of South feminism through a collective, collaborative, inclusive and participatory process. By taking part in the consultations, you can:

• Share your lived experiences, worldviews and ideas
• Connect with feminists across regions, identities and perspectives
• Analyse complex process and problems with diverse feminist comrades
• Learn from other feminist experiences and practices 
• Influence the global feminist discourse and leadership
• Contribute to a radically transformative vision for change
• Join a growing community of South feminist activists