In 2025, WOW Rio returns for the third edition and for the first time it will take place at the Favelas da Maré!

It will be two days packed with discussion, workshops, activism, performances and the WOW Marketplace, and free to attend.

The first WOW Rio took place in 2018 and was the first in Latin America. It brought together women from all over the city, in addition to national and international guests, in dozens of activities. It is produced by Redes da Maré in partnership with The WOW Foundation and the British Council.

Head to WOW Rio's website for updates as the programme is announced in the coming months.

The WOW Foundation works in partnership with amazing women and organisations to create WOW Festivals across the world. The WOW organisers in each location ensure the content is created by the local community for the local community. While each festival is different in its own wonderful, unique way, there are elements that stay consistent at every WOW Festival wherever you are in the world; from the WOW Marketplace to Under 10's Feminist Corners.

In the past decade, the WOW movement has grown from its London beginnings to find homes everywhere from Beijing and Kathmandu to Baltimore and Brisbane.

To date, there have been more than 100 festivals and events across six continents, reaching more than five million people from thousands of women in favelas at WOW Rio to Territory women at WOW Katherine.