Amplifying Voices

In its November 2021 agreement, Germany’s new coalition government announced it would pursue a feminist foreign and development policy. This announcement added momentum to similar efforts already underway in Canada, France, and Mexico. Sweden pioneered feminist foreign policy, but its new governing coalition recently scrapped the concept. With crises unfolding in many parts of the world—from Russia’s war in Ukraine and the protests in Iran, to the global pandemic, food insecurity and climate catastrophes—it is essential to understand why we need a feminist foreign policy, how feminist foreign policy perspectives enhance discussions on security policy in times of war, and how taking a feminist foreign policy view can benefit the dialogue between the Global North and Global South on gender issues.

Please join Women In International Security and the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Washington, DC on November 16th at 10 AM (EST) for a conversation with young emerging feminist leaders from Africa and Europe to discuss the future and shape of feminist foreign and development policy in a turbulent world.

You can register for the event here.