Assembly for Peace, Food Sovereignty, and Climate Justice A panel with movements interested in building alliances for peace, food sovereignty and climate justice and contribute to the call ”We are the solution” – for peace on earth and peace with earth. Rural and urban movements working both at local and global levels for climate justice and...Read More

22 July Paris 4PM (Mexico 8AM) The purpose of the online dialgoue is to have movements with a multiissue agenda to discuss strategies for alliance building and addressing the challenges we face in rural and urban communities and at the global level. Prior to the World Social Forum in Benin 4-8 August. IntroductionInvited speakers for...Read More

We walk side by side and say: Stop the wars! Military investments in small arms or heavy weapons are a source of death and destruction. Welfare and environmental protection not warfare! Stop a model of development that exploits people and the nature in the interest of a tiny minority. All those working in the fields,...Read More

In light of the difficulties reported by some colleagues regarding activity registration, and following consultation with stakeholders, the registration deadline for activities has been definitively extended to Sunday, July 19, 2026, at 23:59 GMT (00:59 Cotonou time, 01:59 European time, 19:59 North American time). The communications team will take the necessary steps to publish the...Read More

Africa—through its social movements and civil society—joyfully welcomes the return of the World Social Forum to Benin. This 17th edition of the World Social Forum on the continent is neither a coincidence nor merely a matter of geographic rotation. It reflects a strategic understanding of the dynamics of struggle, resistance, and alternative proposals put forward...Read More

The 2026 World Social Forum (WSF) will take place from August 4 to 8, 2026, in the city of Cotonou, Benin. Under the slogan “Another world is possible,” the event is expected to bring together thousands of activists and representatives from more than 150 countries to discuss social justice, human rights, and ecological crises. The...Read More