WDI 2026 Conference, London
WDI International Conference 25 and 26 July 2026 London, UK
WDI invite you to a women only, hybrid international conference at the Wesley Hotel (gone are the days when we had to keep the location secret) near Euston and Kings Cross, London, UK. The spread of gender identity politics has been swift and wide reaching. Women’s Declaration International has been working for seven years to defend women’s sex based rights against this politics and has a declaration signed by 547 organizations and nearly 40,000 individuals from 160 countries. This conference will be a wonderful time to get together and will help us share information about how to defend women's rights.
There will be tea and coffee all day! But no lunch at the venue - instead we'll have a 90 min lunch break and go to the local cafes which are good and inexpensive.
Including! Confirmed Speakers and workshops so far!
| WDI conference 2026 | |||
| Restore Safeguarding: From Policy to Action | |||
| Sat 25 July | Porter Hall | 10am-11.10am | |
| Bernadette O Malley | UK | Welcome and introduction | |
| Maureen O Hara | UK | RESTORE SAFEGUARDING – END SEX FALSIFICATION policy paper | |
| Annaig Birdy | Ireland & UK | Stop Self ID - Repeal the Gender Recognition Act | |
| Three experienced campaigners | UK | Campaign experience: practical insights | |
| Interactive workshop discussions (facilitated in small groups) | |||
| Coffee/Tea | 11:10-11.30am | ||
| Sat 25 July 11.30am-12.30pm | Porter Hall | ||
| Anne Kalvig | WDI Norway | Gender Belief: The Battle over Reality. How seeing "gender identity" as religion could liberate us all. | |
| Maureen O Hara | WDI UK | Men in Women's Prisons | |
| Manchester Room | |||
| UK | Workshop planning on Restore Safeguarding: From Policy to Action- organising protests, stickering, activism, how to do it, what do we want to know about the GRA? (continuation from morning session) | ||
| Lunch - in nearby cafes, or at home for online attendees | 12.30pm - 2pm | ||
| Building International TERF Sisterhood. Country Reports - the global picture 2pm-2.45pm | |||
| Amparo Domingo | Host | Spain | |
| Sam Brown (video) | Canada | Canada | Report from Tranada |
| Victoria Argoty (video) | Colombia | Colombia | Legal actions, activism, and attendance at the Congress in Bogotá to defend our position on the treatment of the comprehensive Trans Law - launch of crowdfunder |
| Maria Binetti (online) | WDI Argentina | Argentina update & Latin American feminists respond to the recent UN Women attack to Special Rapporteur Alsalem | |
| Yal Bano (online) | WDI Afghanistan | Afghanistan | Yal Bano Reports on Afghanistan |
| Kerri Bruss (video) | WDI USA | USA | US Correspondent Reports |
| Sat 25th July 2pm-2.45pm | |||
| Tonje Gjevjon & Alison | What do Young Lesbians Want? | ||
| Coffee/Tea | |||
| The Big Picture - Feminist Question Time Live | |||
| Host: Amparo Domingo, WDI Spain | |||
| Sheila Jeffreys | WDI | UK/Australia | How Feminists can Oppose Harmful Cultural Practices without being Racist |
| Jo Brew & Lierre Keith | WDI and WoLF | The Climate Crisis and Transgenderism: Two symptoms, one cause | |
| Lorraine Nowlin (online) | USA | ||
| Mingle at venue (we can stay to chat as long as we like) or meet to eat at local pub (map provided) | |||
| Registration and coffee | 9.00AM | ||
| Radical Feminist Perspectives Live - Sun 26 July 10am-11am | |||
| Sheila Jeffreys | UK/Aus | An Intimacy of Equals (1996) edited by Lillian Mohin discussed by Sheila Jeffreys, 26 July 2026 | |
| Sex Based Rights Under Attack Globally | |||
| Jill Ovens (online) | WDI NZ | New Zealand | We will be heard! And the State will pay. |
| WDI German Rep (video) | WDI Germany | Germany | German Report |
| Coffee/Tea | 11am-11.20am | ||
| Lesbians Leading the Fightback - Sun 26 July 11.20am-12.30pm | |||
| Julia Long | Host | ||
| Lauren Levey | LBORI and RadFemLes USA | USA | Lesbian Political Potential and Born-That-Way |
| Sally Wainwright | WDI Scotland and Lesbian Persistence | UK | Language and Lesbian Erasure |
| Kate Barker | LGB Alliance | The growing global network of LGB Alliance | |
| Problems with the Proposed Conversion Practices Bill | |||
| Alison Jenner, Liberal Voice for Women | Problems with the Proposed Conversion Practices Bill | UK | |
| Lunch - in nearby cafes, or at home for online attendees | 12.30pm - 2pm | ||
| News from WDI around the World | |||
| Kara Dansky (live from Florida) | USA | The State of Play in the States | |
| Tonje Gjevjon and Anne Kalvig | WDI Norway | Institutionalisation of Gender Identity In Norway including the Rollout of the Gender Diversity Guidelines | |
| María Elena Abarca (online) | WDI Chile | La tergiversación y "toma" del feminismo en Chile (mirada crítica sobre lo que ha hecho el queerismo/lgbtiq+) - The distortion and "hijacking" of feminism in Chile (a critical look at the role of queer/LGBTIQ+ movements) | |
| Swedish Women | WDI Sweden | Presentation on the situation in Sweden | |
| Sunday 26th July 2pm-3.30pm | |||
| Sybilla Claus interviewd by Daniella Dana | Rebel Girls (Spinfex) - English Language book launch - edited by Sybilla Claus | ||
| Porter Hall - Sunday 26th July 4pm-5pm | |||
| Dianne Post (online) | UN Group | Is the UN captured? | |
| Tatyana Sukhareva (online) | WDI Russia/Georgia | News from Russia/Georgia | |
| Hilary Oxley (Online) | LAVA | New Zealand | LAVA & LAG case updates |
| Plenary - The Terf International | |||
| Jo Brew | The Terf International | ||
| Sheila Jeffreys | Summing up | ||
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Location
Wesley Hotel, Euston, London.
Location
Euston, London