Across the world, women are on the frontlines of resistance against colonialism, which constantly takes on new forms. Since the emergence of the colonial order that laid the foundations of capitalism, women have resisted the invasions and occupations that bring violence, exploitation, and destruction wherever they occur. Today, in building the feminist struggle, Black women continue to renew their strategies of resistance, confronting the conflict between capital and life.
This resistance carries the strength of the peoples of the African continent, who were brutally abducted and exploited to build colonial empires. These empires gave rise to an economic system that remains in place today: patriarchal and racist capitalism. Reparations for the peoples, communities, and territories marked by colonization are at the center of ongoing political debate. The demand for reparations exposes the fact that the current economic system is sustained by an international, racial, and sexual division of labor.
This demand is connected to the many struggles we carry forward through our self-organization and in alliance with social movements. In different ways, we defend territories and Buen Vivir [good living] through struggles against transnational corporations, for the demarcation of traditional, Indigenous, and quilombola territories, for People’s Agrarian Reform, and many others.
It is through these interconnected struggles that we build the strength to confront the impositions of patriarchal and racist capitalism. That is why this call for posters is part of a broader and ongoing agenda of struggle and self-organization. This agenda is not limited to common days of struggle, such as July 25 and July 31, the International Day of Afro-Latin American, Afro-Caribbean and Diaspora Women and African Women’s Day, respectively. Rather, it is part of an ongoing internationalist political process.
One expression of this process is Afro-IFOS (International Feminist Organizing School), the Afro-centered edition of the Berta Cáceres International Feminist Organizing School. Afro-IFOS will take place in Kenya in September 2026, following a process of collective political organizing and mobilization built in alliance with social movements. The works selected for the virtual gallery will also be exhibited during Afro-IFOS.
To confront colonial impositions, we call on feminist and anti-racist creativity. Let us paint the world with our alternatives for resistance that move history forward and sustain life. We are diverse women who share histories of collective organizing. Popular and anti-racist feminism does not fragment struggles. It builds its strength by organizing women across all territories and forging diverse forms of leadership. Feminism is rebellious and irreverent. It creates and recreates symbols alongside alternatives for a society in which the sustainability of life is at the center, grounded in equality, solidarity, freedom, justice, and peace. Known by many different names, these are some of the fundamental struggles of the feminism we want to portray through these posters.
We invite all women and collectives to express their creativity through this open call, organized in partnership by Capire and ALBA Movimientos. The selected posters will be printed and exhibited during Afro-IFOS in Kenya in September 2026.
Posters may include illustrations, photographs, collages—what matters most is creativity and the desire to contribute. Please submit your work in A3 or A4 format, at a minimum resolution of 300 px, in either portrait or landscape orientation. The submission form will remain open until August 31, 2026.
