The session is an opportunity for women who lead across the political landscape to reflect on how they might use their political capital, access, privileges, tactics and positionality to collectively address the coordinated attacks on women’s political leadership, which undermine democracy and progress towards transparent, inclusive and responsive governance.

A facilitated panel will explore the role feminist solidarity has played in their leadership and how they have navigated their feminist ideologies within formal political spaces.

The panel will be followed by a broader discussion that uses participative methods to draw out follow-ups and responses to the speakers from those in attendance.