I stopped in front of the Abortion Archive and had to actually breathe.
Every clipping, badge, poster — what it has taken, and still takes, to fight for bodily autonomy.
A few days at Women Deliver 2026 in Narrm/Melbourne. 6,000 delegates. 189 countries. I came as a Women Deliver Emerging Leader and left with friendships, scars, and a clearer spine.
These conversations happened on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation. Sovereignty was never ceded.
a few moments I'm still sitting with 👇🏽
🌀 day one at the Youth Pre-Conference with YIELD Hub + Restless Development. People said the quiet part out loud: big orgs micromanage small ones, the Global North decides what's "palatable" to fund, and real partnership needs trust, not templates.
🌀 being in a room with UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed. quietly losing it.
🌀 Girls Deliver with Girl Rising + Girl Up. two things stuck — complex language is a barrier even when the work is for girls, and we have to bring boys in as partners not afterthoughts. The Adolescent Girls Manifesto (link in the comment) names girls as rights holders, leaders, decision makers. non-negotiable.
🌀 meeting Mabel Bianco of Argentina's green wave. abortion rights are economic rights. health rights. family rights. they shape everyone.
🌀 the Melbourne Conversations stage on youth + climate justice with Jacynta Fa'amau,
@jeanlola.h , Amy Nahirya, moderated by Tanya Ha. more on that next post 🎥
🌀 the friendships. the kind that make the work feel less heavy and the world feel smaller.
The Melbourne Declaration now has 400+ endorsements, 200 organisations, 10 states. Add your voice — link in the comment.
Change calls us here. The work continues beyond Narrm. 🌏
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