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Today, in honouring Awa Fall-Diop, we are honouring a most remarkable feminist. In doing so, we will be expanding the space where to encounter others, recognise them, and show our solidarity –  across borders. In Senegal there's a word for this : Teranga.

Often, it is claimed, that traditions are part and parcel of the natural order of things. Yet they are human-made – and everything we make, we can also change, says Aminata Touré in reference to Awa Fall-Diop.

At February’s Munich Security Conference, Merz, Macron, von der Leyen and Co. testified to Europe's strength and independence. But concrete, independent strategies are often lacking. Europe now has the opportunity to play to its own strengths, including in the area of energy independence and sustainability.

Senegal is struggling under an oppressive debt burden; recent bloody student protests bear witness to this. The country needs international support to prevent another West African democracy from faltering. 

The EU and India have signed a historic free trade agreement. What is needed now is an active, long-term, progressive trade strategy. This must put goals such as sustainability, security, and partnerships between equals at the forefront.

For Awa Fall-Diop, working with plants is more than just a chance to retreat, it is lived politics. As all things living in her garden, feminism will only grow through care, time, and dedication. A portrait of the 2026 Anne Klein Women's Award laureate.