Event Program: “Reclaiming Financing for Gender Justice and Structural Transformation: A High-Level Feminist Event”

New Publication: Feminist Trade Agenda

The Feminist Trade Agenda is based on the policy proposals put forward in the ‘explainer’ series by Regions Refocus, produced for the Gender and Trade Coalition. The explainer series featured short, Q&A format articles which each unpack key feminist trade issues– including gender, post-conflict recovery, migration, and climate– and end with five strategic policy proposals. … See More

Chaotic times in global trade: Looking from a gendered lens

As part of the Gender and Trade Coalition, Regions Refocus, along with co-convenors WIDE+, Third World Network, FEMNET, AWID, and IT for Change, organized a webinar entitled ‘Chaotic times in global trade: Looking from a gendered lens,’ on 28 May 2025. In the webinar, the speakers analyzed and discussed the impacts of the current global trading space from a gendered … See More

New Publication: Structural Pillars of Financial Imperialism

This paper offers a historical and political perspective on financial imperialism from the dawn of the Bretton Woods system through to the present day, showcasing the deliberate ways that hegemony has been constructed and is maintained. The four thematic pillars of financial imperialism explored are: (1.) foreign debt, (2.) currency hegemony, (3.) financialization, and (4.) … See More

Erica Levenson at the Fourth Preparatory Committee for FfD4: Trade as an Engine of Development

At the Fourth PrepComm for the International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), held from 30 April to 1 May 2025, Erica Levenson, speaking on behalf of Regions Refocus and the Civil Society Financing for Development Mechanism, issued a powerful critique of the current multilateral trading system. Levenson emphasized that the intersecting crises of our … See More