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Exploring Best Practices in Government-Civil Society Collaboration: What Has Been Achieved by Feminist Foreign Policy?

  • Ministère de l'Europe et des affaires étrangères 27 Rue de la Convention Paris, 75015 France (map)

About the Event

This official concurrent session of the 4th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies held in Paris, France (October 22-23, 2025) explored where government and civil society are successfully working together, where they are falling short and what concrete lessons and suggestions we can take to make feminist foreign policy a more collaborative endeavor, both responsive to community needs and advancing in policy spaces. Discussions explored three case studies of government and civil society collaboration to develop and implement feminist foreign policy, provided an overview of how it has manifested during the three previous ministerial conferences and incorporated innovative and interactive methodologies to encourage audience engagement and learning.

Event Details

Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025

Time: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM (Paris)

Location: Ministère de l’Europe et des affaires étrangères, 27 Rue de la Convention, 75015 Paris, France

Organizers

In partnership with the Global Partner Network for Feminist Foreign Policy

  • Equipop

  • Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative

  • Footage Foundation

  • Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer (FEIM)

  • SEDRA

  • Walking the Talk

  • Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

  • Alliance Féministe Francophone

  • Australian Feminist Foreign Policy Coalition,

  • Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS)

  • International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA)

Speakers

  • Spogmay Ahmed, Senior Policy Advisor, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative (moderator)

  • Arlene Tickner, Ambassador at-Large for Gender Issues and Feminist Global Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Colombia

  • Mabel Bianco, Founder and Executive Director, Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer (FEIM)

  • Kristen Ali Eglinton, Co-­founder and Executive director, Footage Foundation

  • Filomena Ruggiero, Responsible for the advocacy area, SEDRA-FPFE

  • Marie Billoud, Multilateral Advocacy Officer, Equipop

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