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You share your story. You build the evidence.

Ready to submit your cases? Here are a few simple steps to follow.

Documentation checklist

The Evidence: The Counterdocket centers the lived experiences of women and affected communities as key evidence. Prepare materials that help tell the story of your case, including:
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  • Photos or videos that show the impacts of the issue, affected places, community actions, or changes experienced by people and their environment.

  • Testimonies or voice recordings that share the experiences, stories, and perspectives of women and affected communities.

  • Documents such as contracts, agreements, policies, reports, letters, or other records related to the case.

  • Maps or timelines that show locations, changes over time, events, or the history of the issue.

  • Other forms of community knowledge or documentation that help explain the situation and its impacts.

The Accompanying Testimony

Additional Materials

Here are a few reminders as you submit your case.

  1. Each submission must pertain to one (1) specific IMF-World Bank project or policy.

  2. An organisation or individual may submit more than one (1) entry.

  3. The IMF-World Bank projects must fall under the following themes:
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    • Agriculture, land and seed policies

    • Infrastructure and energy projects

    • IMF-World Bank Labour Agenda

    • National Economic and Structural Policies / Financialization and Debt

    • War and Militarisation

    • Other related themes

  4. Organisations can submit IMF-World Bank projects and policies that are under the following classifications:
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    • Legacy/Past Project

      Projects that are already fully operating, or programmes that are already implemented and have affected communities negatively; status in the World Bank project database is “Closed”
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    • Active

      Projects/ programmes that are currently being constructed/built; investment from the World Bank is already transferred to the receiving country in full or in partial amount
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    • Approved/Proposed

      Projects that are already in the pipeline of the World Bank, but transfers have not been made; but communities are already experiencing

Submission Form

By submitting this form, I give co-organisers permission to use, reproduce, edit, and publish the text, photographs, videos, audio recordings, or other materials I submit for purposes related to Our Voices Count! A Counterdocket and its communications and public engagement work.

I understand that my submission may be used publicly, including in print publications, digital media, social media, websites, and other communications directed towards governments, companies, investors, development banks, and other relevant audiences.

I understand that materials made public may be accessed by anyone, anywhere, and may be shared or reproduced by others. I understand that I will not receive additional approval requests before my submission is used in these ways.

By checking the box below, I confirm that I have read and understood the above and consent to the use of my submission as described.

General Information
Brief Sumary of Entry

  • What was promised? This refers to the communities, goals, or benefits that the project or policy claimed it would deliver.

  • What is the reality? This refers to the lived experience and impacts of the project or policy, including how it has affected people and communities in practice

  • How are women and communities doing it differently? The solutions, demands, and changes that women and communities are proposing to address the situation and create a different future.

If submitting a video, please paste a link and ensure that it is accessible without a password. Please also check that the link has not expired.

  • Audio must be in either mp3 or m4a format, with a max file size of 100mb.

  • Photos must be in jpg or png format, with a maximum of 10 per submission.

  • Documents must be in pdf, docx or odt format, A4 size.

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A living resource of community testimonies documenting the impacts of extractive projects while highlighting community-led initiatives that demonstrate alternative models and visions of development.

This microsite is hosted by JASS (Just Associates) on behalf of participating organisations and groups. The knowledge, experiences, and perspectives shared here belong to the people and communities making contributions. JASS holds and amplifies these contributions, without claiming ownership or responsibility for the content of individual submissions.

Site hosted and maintained by JASS (Just Associates) and developed by Dapat Studio.

Co-organised by

  • JASS (Just Associates)

  • Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law, and Development (APWLD)

  • International Accountability Project

  • International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net)

In Collaboration With

  • Aksi! for gender, social and ecological justice

  • Aliansi Masyarakat Rempang Galang Bersatu (AMAR-GB)

  • Amihan - National Federation of Peasant Women

  • Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW)

  • Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)

  • Cambodia Indigenous People's Organization (CIPO)

  • Cambodia Indigenous Women Association (CIWA)

  • Coalition of Human Rights in Development (CHRD)

  • Congolese Center for the Law of Sustainable Development (CODED)

  • Comissão das Comunidades Quilombolas do Vale do Jequitinhonha (COQUIVALE Brazil)

  • Earthlife Africa

  • Focus on the Global South

  • Forum Aktivis Perempuan Muda Indonesia (FAMM Indonesia)

  • Fundación Acue

  • Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (FARN)

  • IBON International

  • Indigenous People's Rights International

  • Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ)

  • Inisiasi Masyarakat Adat (IMA)

  • Instituto Maira - Brazil

  • International Rivers

  • International Women's Alliance

  • Just Economy and Labor Institute Thailand

  • Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP)

  • Yayasan Lingkar Pemberdayaan Perempuan dan Anak (LAPPAN Maluku)

  • Lawyers Association for Human Rights of Nepalese Indigenous Peoples (LAHURNIP)

  • Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (MASIPAG)

  • MENAFem Movement for Economic, Development, and Ecological Justice

  • Narasha Community Development Group

  • Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek (PKMT)

  • Persekutuan Perempuan Adat Nusantara (PEREMPUAN AMAN)

  • Perempuan Mahardhika

  • Recourse

  • Rivers and Rights

  • Roots for Equity

  • Serikat Perempuan Indonesia (SERUNI)

  • Solidarity of Trade Union Myanmar (STUM)

  • Southern Thailand Riders Foundation

  • Suriya Women's Development Centre

  • The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)

  • Trend Asia

  • We Women Lanka

  • Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)

  • Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat (PUSAKA)

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