XV. Women’s Worlds 2026

The XV International Women’s Worlds Congress 2026 has come to an end, but the journey we began together continues.

We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone who made this gathering possible: the team, the academic committee, the logistics committee, the communications committee, the social mobilisation committee, the speakers, the workshop facilitators, the funding and partner organisations, the volunteers, and the participants. From the Basque Country and many other territories around the world, we wove together a space for dialogue, learning and connection, leaving us with an extraordinary network of knowledge, affection and commitment.

A new phase is now beginning: nurturing what we have sown so that it continues to grow. We are currently updating this website to keep the memory of the Congress alive. Very soon you will be able to browse the photo gallery and read the Manifesto, collectively drafted based on the eight thematic strands of the gathering: an invitation to imagine and build feminist, decolonial, diverse forms of peace rooted in the defence of life.

Over the coming months, this website will evolve into the MM26 Virtual Library, an open space where we will bring together presentations, papers, documentaries, educational materials and other resources shared during the congress and developed subsequently based on that knowledge. Our hope is that everything we experienced together will continue to circulate, inspire new encounters, strengthen alliances, and nurture the collective creation of other possible worlds.

If you presented any material during the Congress and would like it to be included in this library, you can send it to semillera@mm26.org. Together, we can build a living archive of shared memories, experiences and knowledge.

Thank you for continuing this journey together.

No wars that kill us, and no peaces that oppress us.

Organising Committee:

María Oianguren Idígoras. Director of the Gernika Gogoratuz Peace Research Centre.
Maitane Zarate Herrero. Co-ordinator of the 15th Congress and project officer at Gernika Gogoratuz.
Liliana Zambrano Quintero. Co-ordinator of the Academic Committee for the 15th Congress and researcher at the Gernika Gogoratuz Centre for Peace Research.
Sara Nicholson Mendieta. Technical Secretariat; General Coordinator of Gernikatik Mundura.

Academic Committee:

María Oianguren Idígoras. Director of the Gernika Gogoratuz Peace Research Centre.
Liliana Zambrano Quintero. Coordinator of the Academic Committee; Gernika Gogoratuz Peace Research Centre.
Teresa Cunha. Territorial Seedbed in Mozambique and researcher at the Gernika Gogoratuz Centre for Peace Research..
Luz Dary Ruiz Botero. Colombia Territorial Seedbed; Institución Universitaria Colegio Mayor de Antioquia.
Jennifer Acevedo Ángel. Colombia Territorial Seedbed; Institución Universitaria Colegio Mayor de Antioquia.
Arantza Urkaregi Etxepare. Basque Country Territorial Seedbed; Retired Professor at the University of the Basque Country (EHU), member of EMAGUNE.
Joana Etxano Gandariasbeitia. Seedbed Phase I Steering Group; Mugarik Gabe.
Carolina de León. Seedbed Phase I Steering Group; Pedro Arrupe Institute of Human Rights / University of Deusto.
Maider Maraña. Seedbed Phase I Core Group; Baketik.
Trinidad L. Vicente. Director General for Equality. Department of Employment, Social Cohesion and Equality. Provincial Council of Bizkaia.
Assumpta Ayerdi Olaizola. Sorginlore Social Association.
Tica Font i Gregori. Centre Delàs d’Estudis per la Pau.
Itziar Ruiz-Giménez. Autonomous University of Madrid.
Ana María Veiga. Coordinator of the 13th Mundos de Mujeres Conference; Department of History, Federal University of Paraíba.
Luisa de Pinho Valle. Collaborator at the Gernika Gogoratuz Peace Research Centre.
Isabel Maria Casimiro. Coordinator of the 14th Mundos de Mujeres Conference; Centre for African Studies, Eduardo Mondlane University.
Celeste Fortes. University of Cape Verde; Observatory of Active Citizenship of Cape Verde.

With the collaboration of Jokin Alberdi Bidaguren, Gernika Gogoratuz Peace Research Centre researcher and lecturer at the University of the Basque Country (EHU).

Logistics and Production Committee:

Maitane Zarate Herrero. Gernika Gogoratuz Peace Research Centre.
Sara Nicholson Mendieta. Gernikatik Mundura.
Irune Astiazaran Allika. Gernika Gogoratuz Peace Research Centre.

Communications and Arts Committee:

Maria Hormaetxea Zabala. Committee Coordinator; Gernika Gogoratuz Peace Research Centre.
Maitane Zarate Herrero. Co-Coordinator of the Committee; Gernika Gogoratuz Peace Research Centre.
Samuel Voithofer. Technical Support; Substitute social service at the Gernika Gogoratuz Centre for Peace Research.
(h)ari. Communications strategy, social media and press.
Filmak. Audiovisual production.
Paulo Carvajal. Website management (mm26.org).
Hibai Agorria Munitis. Gernikatik Mundura.
Eneko Calle García. Paz con Dignidad.
Ecuador Etxea. Audiovisual production.

Social Mobilisation Committee:

Koloretxe, Women’s House of Bilbao’s Upper Neighbourhoods. Committee Coordinator.
Sara Nicholson Mendieta. Co-Coordinator of the Committee; Gernikatik Mundura.
Armiarma Talde Feminista Antimilitarista. Organisers of the 24M mobilisation.