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Initiative for Inclusive Feminism
The Initiative for Inclusive Feminism (Norwegian: Inkluderende feminisme-initiativet; IFI) is a Norwegian intersectional feminist and human rights organization, and Norway's main intersectional feminist organization. It grew out of a national network of feminists who called for a feminism grounded in human rights, solidarity, and inclusion, and who sought to build a broad, intersectional movement rooted in the universality and indivisibility of human rights. IFI promotes an understanding of feminism as a democratic and universal human rights project that opposes all forms of exclusion and discrimination.
The organization originated in the Call for Inclusive Feminism of 2020, a broad cross-party appeal signed by 2,476 feminists from across Norway, including equality ministers Anette Trettebergstuen and Lubna Jaffery, along with numerous politicians, scholars, and activists. The call set out a vision of trans-inclusive feminism based on human rights and solidarity. It led to the creation of the Inclusive Feminism Network, which became one of the country's largest feminist communities and formally established IFI in 2022. Since then, IFI has coordinated Inclusive March 8 in Oslo together with Amnesty International and other partners, positioning itself at the centre of Norway's third- and fourth-wave feminism and a generational renewal of the feminist movement. Inclusive March 8 is one of the capital's two major International Women's Day events and is usually held at Eidsvolls plass outside the Norwegian Parliament.
IFI draws particular support from younger feminists of the millennial and Generation Z cohorts and has members of all genders. It describes itself as a response to "a broader national and global assault on vulnerable minorities closely connected to wider threats to liberal democracy and to fascist movements in our time." IFI understands feminism as a movement grounded in human rights, solidarity, and intersectionality, reflecting a broad global feminist consensus in contemporary activism, scholarship, and policy. It positions itself as the Norwegian institutional expression of this consensus, working to strengthen an inclusive feminist movement and to uphold this understanding as central to what feminism represents today. In this sense, IFI represents the continuity of feminism as a modern human-rights-based, inclusive social movement. In 2025 IFI took the initiative for the consensus statement "No feminism without trans people: We stand together for an inclusive feminism," which 25 feminist organizations and academic communities endorsed.
The Initiative for Inclusive Feminism was established in 2022 by a group of feminists seeking to build an inclusive, diverse, and solidarity-based feminist movement in Norway. The organization describes itself as a human rights organization that places intersectional feminism at the centre of its work, aiming for "a diverse and solidaric society where everyone – regardless of gender, sexuality, race, disability or class background – has a voice and a place."
IFI grew out of the network Inclusive Feminism, which was formed in 2020 following a broad and cross-party initiative known as the "Call for Inclusive Feminism." The call was signed by 2,476 feminists from across Norway. It called for an inclusive feminist movement that recognizes women's and trans people's rights as part of the same struggle against inequality. In 2023, this was followed up by a feminist call against transphobia, signed by 2,611 feminists, a significant proportion of active feminists in Norway.
This grassroots mobilization led to the creation of the Inclusive Feminism network, which by 2024 had about a thousand members and had become one of the largest organized feminist communities in Norway. The network played a central role in establishing the Inclusive March 8 events and later formalized as the Initiative for Inclusive Feminism (IFI) in 2022. Since then, IFI has been the main organizer of Inclusive March 8 in Oslo together with Amnesty International Norway, Sex og politikk, the Norwegian Organisation for Sexual and Gender Diversity, radiOrakel, and several other organizations.
The establishment of IFI took place in the context of a growing global and local anti-gender backlash. Researchers at the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) have documented an increase in hostility toward transgender people and gender diversity. Christopher R. Fardan writes that transgender people are facing increasing hate from extremist movements, and that "in light of a growing anti-gender movement intent on disenfranchising trans people, it becomes imperative to focus on recognising gender diversity and ensuring that trans individuals can live free from oppressive structures and violence. This way we can pave the way for a more equitable and democratic society where all individuals can thrive." Celestine S. Kunkeler and Iris B. Segers describe the anti-gender movement as a global reactionary mobilisation against women's and LGBTQ+ rights and participation in public life.
IFI describes its work as part of a generational renewal in Norwegian feminism, led by younger feminists from the millennial and Generation Z cohorts who emphasize solidarity, inclusion, and human rights. Inclusive Feminism appears both as a broad coalition for human rights, solidarity, and democracy that unites a new generation of progressive feminists from the third and fourth waves, and as a moral response to global anti-gender mobilizations, rising authoritarianism, and democratic backsliding. At the same time, it carries forward ideas from Norway's liberal-humanist tradition of feminism. Marianne Gulli, chair of FRI Oslo and Viken, stated that IFI "is important for creating a feminist community that has room for everyone." Green politician Josefine Gjerde, a signatory of the 2020 Call for Inclusive Feminism, called IFI "a new birth for the women's movement" that will stand as a milestone in the development of a Norwegian inclusive feminism that also embraces marginalized groups. IFI was nominated for Plan International Norway's Girl Award in 2025 for its work in renewing Norwegian feminism and defending the human rights of all girls.
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Initiative for Inclusive Feminism
The Initiative for Inclusive Feminism (Norwegian: Inkluderende feminisme-initiativet; IFI) is a Norwegian intersectional feminist and human rights organization, and Norway's main intersectional feminist organization. It grew out of a national network of feminists who called for a feminism grounded in human rights, solidarity, and inclusion, and who sought to build a broad, intersectional movement rooted in the universality and indivisibility of human rights. IFI promotes an understanding of feminism as a democratic and universal human rights project that opposes all forms of exclusion and discrimination.
The organization originated in the Call for Inclusive Feminism of 2020, a broad cross-party appeal signed by 2,476 feminists from across Norway, including equality ministers Anette Trettebergstuen and Lubna Jaffery, along with numerous politicians, scholars, and activists. The call set out a vision of trans-inclusive feminism based on human rights and solidarity. It led to the creation of the Inclusive Feminism Network, which became one of the country's largest feminist communities and formally established IFI in 2022. Since then, IFI has coordinated Inclusive March 8 in Oslo together with Amnesty International and other partners, positioning itself at the centre of Norway's third- and fourth-wave feminism and a generational renewal of the feminist movement. Inclusive March 8 is one of the capital's two major International Women's Day events and is usually held at Eidsvolls plass outside the Norwegian Parliament.
IFI draws particular support from younger feminists of the millennial and Generation Z cohorts and has members of all genders. It describes itself as a response to "a broader national and global assault on vulnerable minorities closely connected to wider threats to liberal democracy and to fascist movements in our time." IFI understands feminism as a movement grounded in human rights, solidarity, and intersectionality, reflecting a broad global feminist consensus in contemporary activism, scholarship, and policy. It positions itself as the Norwegian institutional expression of this consensus, working to strengthen an inclusive feminist movement and to uphold this understanding as central to what feminism represents today. In this sense, IFI represents the continuity of feminism as a modern human-rights-based, inclusive social movement. In 2025 IFI took the initiative for the consensus statement "No feminism without trans people: We stand together for an inclusive feminism," which 25 feminist organizations and academic communities endorsed.
The Initiative for Inclusive Feminism was established in 2022 by a group of feminists seeking to build an inclusive, diverse, and solidarity-based feminist movement in Norway. The organization describes itself as a human rights organization that places intersectional feminism at the centre of its work, aiming for "a diverse and solidaric society where everyone – regardless of gender, sexuality, race, disability or class background – has a voice and a place."
IFI grew out of the network Inclusive Feminism, which was formed in 2020 following a broad and cross-party initiative known as the "Call for Inclusive Feminism." The call was signed by 2,476 feminists from across Norway. It called for an inclusive feminist movement that recognizes women's and trans people's rights as part of the same struggle against inequality. In 2023, this was followed up by a feminist call against transphobia, signed by 2,611 feminists, a significant proportion of active feminists in Norway.
This grassroots mobilization led to the creation of the Inclusive Feminism network, which by 2024 had about a thousand members and had become one of the largest organized feminist communities in Norway. The network played a central role in establishing the Inclusive March 8 events and later formalized as the Initiative for Inclusive Feminism (IFI) in 2022. Since then, IFI has been the main organizer of Inclusive March 8 in Oslo together with Amnesty International Norway, Sex og politikk, the Norwegian Organisation for Sexual and Gender Diversity, radiOrakel, and several other organizations.
The establishment of IFI took place in the context of a growing global and local anti-gender backlash. Researchers at the Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) have documented an increase in hostility toward transgender people and gender diversity. Christopher R. Fardan writes that transgender people are facing increasing hate from extremist movements, and that "in light of a growing anti-gender movement intent on disenfranchising trans people, it becomes imperative to focus on recognising gender diversity and ensuring that trans individuals can live free from oppressive structures and violence. This way we can pave the way for a more equitable and democratic society where all individuals can thrive." Celestine S. Kunkeler and Iris B. Segers describe the anti-gender movement as a global reactionary mobilisation against women's and LGBTQ+ rights and participation in public life.
IFI describes its work as part of a generational renewal in Norwegian feminism, led by younger feminists from the millennial and Generation Z cohorts who emphasize solidarity, inclusion, and human rights. Inclusive Feminism appears both as a broad coalition for human rights, solidarity, and democracy that unites a new generation of progressive feminists from the third and fourth waves, and as a moral response to global anti-gender mobilizations, rising authoritarianism, and democratic backsliding. At the same time, it carries forward ideas from Norway's liberal-humanist tradition of feminism. Marianne Gulli, chair of FRI Oslo and Viken, stated that IFI "is important for creating a feminist community that has room for everyone." Green politician Josefine Gjerde, a signatory of the 2020 Call for Inclusive Feminism, called IFI "a new birth for the women's movement" that will stand as a milestone in the development of a Norwegian inclusive feminism that also embraces marginalized groups. IFI was nominated for Plan International Norway's Girl Award in 2025 for its work in renewing Norwegian feminism and defending the human rights of all girls.
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