Her Turn – Imagining Feminist Futures for the United Nations
- Her Turn
- Reform of the UN and the Multilateral Architecture
- New Multilateralism
- Women in Multilateralism
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Our current global moment is exposing the limits of the United Nations’ capacity to effectively sustain peace and security, while calls for institutional reform are gaining momentum. Within this context, GWL Voices’ Her Turn initiative advocates for a renewed vision of leadership at the highest level of global governance—one that reflects the diversity of the world it serves. The continued absence of women in the role of Secretary-General is emblematic of deeper structural logics that shape multilateral decision-making and leadership selection.
Co-hosted with the University of Melbourne’s Initiative for Peacebuilding, this event invites students into a space of critical reflection and collective imagination. Using the Lab for Feminist Futures methodology, participants will engage directly with women leaders in multilateralism and explore how global governance—and the United Nations itself—could be reimagined through feminist lenses. The session is designed as an intergenerational dialogue that bridges academic inquiry, activist practice, and institutional experience, creating space not only to analyze current power structures but to actively envision alternatives.
Participants:
- Dr. Tania Miletic, Co-Director, Initiative for Peacebuilding (TBC)
- Cristina Gallach, Executive Director (a.i.) & Board Secretary, GWL Voices
- Kate Gilmore, GWL Voices (Moderator, alongside Cristina Gallach)
This is an in-person event, and to attend you must register using the code HerTurn.