On March 31st, 2026, we held our second joint session with Takatoat on “Imagining and Living Justice in a Feminist Future.”

The panel focused on the meanings and manifestations of justice in the feminist imaginary, while centring the lived experiences of feminists organising in contexts of war and crises. We started from Takatoat’s Voices from a Feminist Future publication to set the scene for our guests who shared with us visions of feminist justice from the contexts of Sudan, Syria, and Lebanon. We wanted to think about complex and challenging questions for our feminist organising in the Global South: How do we redefine justice beyond punishment? What does a feminist vision of safety look like? What role do care and collective responsibility play in shaping societal accountability?

This collaboration between Takatoat and South Feminist Futures came from a shared belief in the necessity of politicising feminist organising and building anti-colonial narratives rooted in the Global South. It was also inspired by two projects: “Voices from a Feminist Future” (produced by Takatoat) and the South Feminist Manifesto (produced by South Feminist Futures) as collective feminist imagination projects that explore how we might live, organise, and build our relationships beyond the systems of oppression and domination that shape our realities today and constrain what we can imagine.

Speakers:

  • Maie Abdelhafez – Sudanese feminist based in North Africa, Maie has been devoted to feminist knowledge production in Arabic, covering areas of feminism, sexuality, reproductive health and rights, and feminist Internet. Maie currently is part of Noor, a feminist think-and-do tank devoted to building the power of gender justice and progressive movements to obstruct far-right agendas and advance our transformative visions.
  • Sarah Hunaidi – Syrian writer and civic rights advocate whose work focuses on political transformation, memory, and the lived experiences of Syrians during and after the uprising. She holds a Master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies from Harvard University and previously studied international Studies at DePaul University with a minor in gender studies. Alongside her writing, she creates accessible political-education content through “Siyasa 101,” a project aimed at making political concepts understandable to a wide Arabic-speaking audience. She is also a member of the Syrian Women’s Political Movement, contributing to policy discussions on women’s rights, representation, and Syria’s political future.
  • Rola Yasmine – Licensed nurse and researcher working on gender and reproductive justice and their intersections with other social and political determinants.

Moderator:

  • Maduli Thaosen – researcher and communications consultant based in India with over a decade of experience in feminist digital media. Their work spans photography, oral histories, film, digital archiving, research, and writing, centering the knowledge and lived experiences of structurally excluded communities across India. They currently lead the communications programme at South Feminist Futures.

We have curated a special reading list of resources on the topic of this session, available on our South Feminist Knowledge Hub. It is designed to deepen your understanding of the themes and inspire meaningful discussion – featuring powerful contributions from authors and thinkers across the Global South.