Resources
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…
IWDA DECOLONIAL FRAMEWORK AND STRATEGY
IWDA is deeply committed to decolonising our approach to feminism and development. We recognise that international development has harmful and oppressive roots, and that we must push to transform power within the sector and beyond. This work is critical to our meaningful engagement with global feminist movements and to achieving our overall vision of gender…