FHN Annual Report 2022
The Feminist Humanitarian Network (FHN) is working to connect and amplify the power of feminist and women-led organizations operating across a spectrum of specialist areas, in both traditional and non-traditional humanitarian spaces around the world. Together we are sowing the seeds of change, growing a movement that will transform the humanitarian system into one that lives up to our feminist values. It is this shared vision that has shaped our work in 2022 and serves as the theme of this, our second, annual report.
Our 2022 annual report provides a snapshot of our collective growth and achievements over the past 12 months. We welcomed new members and new staff to the FHN Secretariat, we participated and made our voice heard in key decision-making spaces and on the Boards which we sit on, we published our first ever annual report, and as always members came together to reflect, strategize, make decisions and support each other – building our community and strengthening the relationships key to achieving our vision.
A key area of work in 2022 was the review of our 2020-2025 strategy document. Through a reflective and collaborative process that spanned several months, members outlined their vision for a feminist humanitarian ecosystem, one that encapsulates the essential need to work together beyond thematic areas and country borders, to share knowledge, skills and most importantly resources, so that when emergency strikes, no one is left behind. A feminist humanitarian ecosystem acknowledges and respects the intrinsic role played by feminist organizations, women’s rights organizations (WROs), and women-led organizations working on the frontlines of humanitarian emergencies at the grassroots and national levels. A feminist humanitarian ecosystem applies feminist approaches and principles at every decision-making stage, informed by the voices of women, girls and gender-diverse people affected by humanitarian crises to ensure their rights and needs are upheld.
FHN’s Annual Report 2022 Key Highlights:
FHN represented on the panel at the launch of OCHA’s Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) 2023 - a comprehensive and evidence-based assessment of global humanitarian needs.
We co-hosted an event with ActionAid at the inaugural Feminist Foreign Policy Summit, held by the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy. The event highlighted the need for feminist humanitarian action in foreign policies.
We welcomed eight new members to the Network in 2022.
We participated as a member of the Women Deliver conference’s Advisory Committee and Communications Advisory Group and our application to host two concurrent sessions at the Women Deliver Conference was successful.
At CSW66, in New York, US, we co-hosted a side event with the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) on the role played by WROs during the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges presented by the humanitarian system.
We engaged in multiple key decision-making spaces, spoke on high-level panels and actively engaged on the Boards and advisory groups which we sit to share our advocacy positions.
We undertook a collective review of our Strategy, and refined our Vision and Goal to reflect the changes we want to advocate for in the humanitarian system.
We co-facilitated ‘The Regional Workshop on Feminist Local Humanitarian Leadership: Brave Feminist Conversations’, in Bangkok, Thailand, alongside Oxfam and the Women's Legal & Human Rights Bureau (WLB) in the Philippines.