A seat at the table, held by the woman who does the work
Pillar IV — Convening Global Stakeholders.
Convenings about rural women are rarely short of speakers. They are almost always short of rural women. The Forum convenes on one condition: the women whose livelihoods are under discussion are in the room, at the table, speaking — and not on a panel at the end of the afternoon.
a stated minimum of roundtable places held for women's collective heads, WFPO chairs and field practitioners, with travel, accommodation, translation and childcare arranged and paid for by the Forum.
the recognition and measurement of women's hidden and informal labour, and formal asset ownership: land, house, equipment and enterprise, in a woman's own name.
Our convenings include the Nari Shakti Udyam Summit and the state-level and sectoral roundtables that run between them.
Held to account, after every event
Each event with its date, host city, theme, the institutions convened — and the number of grassroots women's places held and filled.
A stated, published minimum proportion of seats at every Forum convening is held for grassroots women leaders — and the actual figure is published afterwards for each event, including when we missed it.
Travel, accommodation, translation, childcare and an honorarium for lost working days, all paid by the Forum and stated on the page so that no woman has to ask.
Within fourteen days, every convening publishes a short outcome note: what was agreed, what was committed, by whom, and by when — and it is tracked to closure on the same page.
Published positions on informal women's labour and asset ownership rights, argued on evidence, dated and versioned.
Office-holders may attend and speak. No party symbol, slogan, manifesto claim or election-timed convening appears anywhere. The same treatment applies in every state.
Upcoming convenings
Dates, host cities and themes are published here as each convening is confirmed.