Global governance refers to a diverse range of cooperative, problem-solving arrangements involving global concerns. The world has mechanisms for this: at the centre is the inter-governmental platform of the UN that many of us in civil society believe is the principal space for multilateral actions and to which other bodies ought to be aligned, such as the WTO, IMF, WB and including the exclusive clubs of G7 and the OECD-DAC. I recall that for the longest time, the women’s movements challenged global cooperative arrangements and so-called consensuses by flagging women’s human rights, including sexual and reproductive rights, in international agendas and debates especially in the UN where our participation as civil society is institutionalised. But the question for women’s movements now is: what have we really achieved from all these efforts? If we are questioning the EU’s role as a global actor on the global stage, the women’s movements also have to question our own tactics and strategies and the results of our actions at a global level …