Run every 3 years since 2007, Women Deliver is one of the world's most significant gatherings focused on gender equality, women’s leadership and social justice. The 2026 conferece in Naarm, Melbourne was attended by over 6000 participants from 189 countries.
WCC was proud to bring together of delegation of our members, and close allies, who we were able to support with access to community-priced tickets and, in some cases, support for travel. These delegates contributed to many sessions and workshops and we heard from several sources that ‘the WCC seems to be everywhere’.
What stood out was the growing recognition that climate action and gender equality are inseparable. We heard inspiring stories from First Nations women, Pacific leaders, young activists and community changemakers who are already creating solutions in their communities.
There was also a powerful call for women to come together across all our diversity to help shape a climate-just future. That message strongly reinforced the purpose of the Women's Climate Congress.
See what some of our delegation said about the conference
The only liveable future is a feminist future
LinkedIN Article by WCC Steering Circle member Rachael Stewart
At the opening of Women Deliver 2026 Conference in Narrm, Melbourne, more than 6,000 women, gender diverse people, and equality advocates from across the globe gathered in all their brilliance: national dress, colour, ceremony, grief, joy, strategy, connection and resistance.
And underneath all of it was a truth that felt impossible to ignore ….
News from the Climate Hub
For the first time, the 2026 Women Deliver conference had a designated theme for climate justice and its intersection with gender equality, which was overseen by the Climate and Gender Justice subgroup. This group hosted a half day pre-conference workshop: Roots & Rising: Grounding the Feminist Climate Justice Movement, which was attedened by most of the members of our delegation.
The group also set up a ‘Climate Hub’ pavilion at the heart of the exhibition pace at the confererence. This hub has a full program of events running throughout the conference.
As members of the Feminist Climate Collective (FeCC)- a group of women-led organisations working at the interface of climate justice and gender equality (feminist just transition), the Women’s Climate Congress participated in a number of these events.
During the conference FeCC ran a consultation board for attendees to inform the Australian Government in its role as President of negotiatoins on how women in all diversity are exporiencing climate change now, their vision for a just climate future (feminist just transition), and what they want the Australian Goverment to take forward to COP31. This was
This consultation was further explored in a workshop event ‘From Women Deliver to COP31’, which WCC Founder and Program Lead, Janet Salisbury co-facilitated with Alice Ridge from International Women’s Development Agency. This event was attended by the Hon Kate Thwaites MP (Special Envoy for Climate Adaptation and Resilience), and other members of the Australian Government Department of Climate Change. See a report of the event here [COMING]
