Date: March 10, 2026
The Women in Global South Alliance (WiGSA) is a cross-continental solidarity network of Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local community women from Africa, Asia, and Latin America that united in a shared vision to work together and catalyze changes to existing structural inequalities, historical injustices regarding the recognition of women’s tenure and human rights, and advocate for direct access to global funding. WiGSA advocates for women’s self-determination rights and the respect of and the full exercise of women’s collective and individual rights, including the respect for a dignified life free from violence.
The following principles outline the values that guide WiGSA in its internal relationships, decision-making, planning, and development of joint advocacy. These principles also support WiGSA’s positioning when crafting declarations and defining representation of the network in international and national spaces, and in dialogues with governments, allies, and donors.
As a collective space, WiGSA is guided by the central principles of unity, inclusion, respect, equality and equity, solidarity, representation, transparency, and intercultural communication to enable Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local/traditional/rural women across continents and from a diversity of ethnicities, identities, and countries of origin to work together and advocate for grassroots women’s tenure and human rights. WiGSA believes that when a woman opens a door for advancing women’s rights, it is not just for her own benefit but for the well-being of her entire community.