The main objectives of this convening are to:
- Create space to have conversations about borders that are less frequently centred
- Strengthen the capacity of participants on issues impacting marginalised communities’ human rights through border enforcement
- Build coalitions and collective action strategies across regions and themes
- Develop inclusive feminist advocacy strategies towards community-based policy responses or alternatives to border regimes
The expected results of this convening are:
- Discussions with participants interrogating themes of documentation, carceral measures, and the systematic deprivation of the rights of non-citizens under border regimes
- Identification of common struggles and goals across regions and contexts
- Discussions with participants on shared feminist agendas on interrogating and dismantling borders
- Increased knowledge and capacity in the area of migrant rights and border justice
- Advocacy strategies with specific gender components and analyses to enhance national policy and influence better border policies
- Regional and global campaigns incorporating gender and dismantling borders
- Partnerships with organisations like IWRAW Asia Pacific to build capacity and knowledge of women’s rights organisations and marginalised communities
