The Humanitarian Observatory in South Asia (HOISA) and EADI Gender Justice Working Group are proud to invite you to its upcoming panel discussion - If not feminist, then what? Situating feminist approaches to humanitarian reset on 29th July at 12.30 pm CET on Zoom.

As part of Pride Month, our last Book Club organized a discussion that invited us to reflect on LGBTQI+ experiences through literature. We had the pleasure of hosting Eliana Nzualo (she/ her) for a conversation on her chapter Bloody Marys by the Bay, featured in Touch: Sex, Sexuality and Sensuality.Together, we explored how literature can challenge deeply rooted taboos around menstruation, sexuality, pleasure, and queer intimacy, by telling them as they are. We reflected on vulnerability, tenderness, desire, and the importance of moving beyond dominant Western narratives to centre personal stories, local perspectives, and places like Maputo.It was a thoughtful discussion on how storytelling can reconnect us with our bodies, nature, and each other, while creating space for conversations that have too often been silenced.Thank you, Eliana, for your generosity, honesty, and for sharing both your work and your reflections with us. And special thanks to Maren Wilmes, who unfortunately isn't in the photo, but whose idea it was to invite Eliana and who made this conversation possible by coordinating the session.

Last week, our EADI Gender Justice Working Group had the privilege of hosting author Mehriban Efendi for a conversation about her novel “Sat Alone by the Gate”.What began as a discussion about a book quickly became a reflection on something many of us share: migration and the ways it shapes our lives.Together, we reflected on what it means to leave home, not only a place, but also familiar sounds, smells, languages, foods, routines, and versions of ourselves. We spoke about the anxiety, grief, loneliness, and invisible emotional labour that so often accompany migration, particularly for women who are expected to care for others while navigating uncertainty themselves.Perhaps the most beautiful reflection we took away was a simple question: What is home? We realized that home is rarely just one place. It can be people, memories, moments, and cultures we carry with us, leave behind, or spend years rebuilding.Thank you, Mary, for joining us and for creating a story that opened space for such an honest and meaningful conversation.

Date: 27th May 2026, 18:00-19:00 CET

On Monday, 20 April 2026, more than 60 participants joined our webinar on Gender and Urbanism in Southeast Asia! Our heartfelt gratitude to all of those who participated. We had the pleasure of hosting two early-career researchers, Amiel Lopez and Wenjing Qiu, for a powerful session that pushed us to rethink what cities are — and who they are for.From queer indigenous experiences of mobility and survival in urban Mindanao, to the everyday rhythms of waiting, care, and labour among women mussel processors in coastal Jakarta, the discussion centred urban life as fluid, unequal, and deeply gendered.

On 18 March 2026, we hosted our third webinar “Rights. Justice. Action. For All Women and Girls: Reflections and Practices on Feminist Participatory Grantmaking (FPG).” The session featured insightful contributions from Erika M Sales-Pronk (Mama Cash) and Jessica Horn (Author, African Feminist Praxis: Cartographies of Liberatory Worldmaking), who reflected on the evolving landscape of feminist philanthropy. The speakers highlighted both challenges and opportunities for feminist grantmaking.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻, 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀? 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘂𝗻𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀?