About MENA Fem Movement
MENA Fem Movement For Economic, Development, and Ecological Justice
MENAFem envisions a new global economic system based on intersectional feminist principles, human rights, and ecological justice driven by the needs of communities and the marginalised, in particular in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and beyond.
Activities
Beyond Bangkok: Who Controls Finance, Resources and Our Futures?
MENAFem reflections on the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings | October2026
A…
Institutions
Who Holds the IMF Accountable?
Nada Nashat
The International Monetary Fund operates according to a formula…
Resources
Shut It Down! Questioning Our Positionality and Demands
Nouran ElMarsafy
“If we don’t get it, shut it down!” For years of my climate…
Blogs
Shut It Down! Questioning Our Positionality and Demands
Nouran ElMarsafy
“If we don’t get it, shut it down!” For years of my climate activism, we chanted this sentence whenever we protested against any financial institution or system. On October 12th 2026, as the World Bank Group and IMF…
Who Holds the IMF Accountable?
Nada Nashat
The International Monetary Fund operates according to a formula it applies to every country: a loan, followed by harsh conditions, followed by interest payments that deepen countries' distress rather than improve their…
Fiscal Austerity in a World of Crises: Who Pays the Price of Rebuilding Economic Buffers?
Author
Maria Syed
Economics Consultant
The shrinking room to breathe
When International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivered her speech, “Rebuilding Buffers Without the Luxury of…
Africa Is Not Overrepresented: The IMF Town Hall in Bangkok
Oct 27, 2026 · Shady Hassan
MENA fem movement
Center for Global Affairs, Badr University in Cairo, Egypt
The question and the answer
At the IMF Managing Director's town hall with civil society in Bangkok on 12…