Resources
Australian Feminist Foreign Policy analysis of Gender Equality Strategy
AFFPC’s submission on the International Gender Equality Strategy centred around a call for Australia to take an explicitly feminist approach and made a series of recommendations for how such an approach could be brought to life through practical steps. In this Issues Paper, we have evaluated the extent to which the strategy has responded to…
A Feminist Foreign Policy Approach to Counter-terrorism
This brief explores what a feminist foreign policy approach to counter-terrorism might look like. A key role of foreign policy is to ensure a state’s national security. However, the field of national security in most countries is deeply gendered.
A Decade of Feminist Foreign Policy: Changing trajectories of adoption and accountability over time (2024)
Ten years ago, Sweden announced the world’s first Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP. Since then, a further 14 governments have also committed to this approach which promises transformational change in how we think about foreign policy.
July 2024 submission to inquiry into Australia’s response to the priorities of Pacific Island countries and the Pacific region
IWDA is an Australia-based organisation, resourcing women’s rights organisations primarily in Asia and the Pacific, and making our own contribution to global feminist movements. We are proud of our long-lasting partnerships with women’s rights organisations in the Pacific. We currently partner with 15 organisations in the Pacific, who are based in Fiji, Papua New Guinea,…
Trajectories towards Feminist Foreign Policy Research update (Consultation Draft)
In 2021, IWDA published From Seeds to Roots: Trajectories towards feminist foreign policy, looking at 5 early adopters of FFP (Sweden, France, Canada, Mexico and UK Labour’s commitment to a feminist aid policy). Since then, 10 additional countries have made a formal committed to FFP, with nearly half in the Majority World. At the same…