DRF at Women Deliver 2026
Women Deliver 2026 will take place in Melbourne, Australia, from April 27 to 30, at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. DRF will be there to ensure that disability rights are at the centre in this pivotal moment for the global feminist movement. We will promote the leadership of women and gender-diverse people with disabilities from the Pacific and Asia in climate justice, care and support, equitable financing, and other critical challenges. We will seize this opportunity to strengthen connections with feminist organizations, philanthropies, as well as bilateral, and multilateral agencies.
You can read our brief on gender + disability here.
If you are at the conference and would like to meet with us, please email Dwi Ariyani, Associate Director of Peer and Collective Learning at [email protected] (for grantees and movement partners) or Aapurv Jain, Associate Director for Government Partnerships at [email protected] (for donors). You can also join us at the following events:
1. Side event: Indigenous Women, Climate Justice, and Equitable Financing
Date/time: 28 April 2026, 12:00–1:30 PM
Venue: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center (Please refer to the Conference Agenda for the exact venue)
Co-organizers: DRF, International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP), and Samdhana Institute
This session will bring together Indigenous women leaders, funders, and advocates to explore equitable financing for climate justice. Discussions will be centred on the leadership and knowledge of Indigenous women from the Pacific and Asia.
2. Care Pavilion, hosted by the Global Alliance for Care.
DRF is participating in this space for dialogue, dedicated to care and support systems as feminist and disability-rights issues. For details, please see the conference’s program at: https://womendeliver.org/wd2026/the-wd2026-program/schedule/
3. Side event: Who cares about climate and gender? Centring Care in Gender-Transformative Climate Action
Date/time: 29 April 2026, 12:00–1:30 PM
Organizers: GGF, WEDO, Climate Resilience for All, MenEngage, PISFCC, supported by Fondation Chanel
Dwi Ariyani, DRF Associate Director for Peer and Collective Learning will participate in this event, focused on cooperation between feminist, climate, and care movements to advance climate justice.
4. Session: Resourcing Feminist Futures: Power, Politics, and the Future of Funding
Speaker: Maria Ní Fhlatharta, Board Member, Disability Rights Fund
Venue: Plenary Hall, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center
Date/Time: Wednesday, 29 April 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM AEST