PODCAST: Feminist Foreign Policy: Centering Dignity, Equity, and Justice Worldwide

Washington, D.C. || Feminist foreign policy is a policy framework that challenges traditional understandings of foreign policy. It prioritizes peace, gender equality, human rights, and environmental integrity. Spogmay Ahmed, Senior Policy Advisor with the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative, and Jill Montilla, Development and Communications Associate with the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative, sit down to talk with Jennie Wetter of “'rePROs Fight Back” about why a framework that disrupts colonial, racist, patriarchal and male-dominated power structures is critical.

Upwards of 15 global governments have formally committed to utilizing a feminist foreign policy, and many more have engaged with the topic in multilateral settings. Defining Feminist Foreign Policy 2025 — a recent, re-occurring report from the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative — analyses over 20 countries’ commitment to feminist foreign policy and found that these policies have survived more elections than they have lost, that several countries have expanded their commitments and that several countries have increased multilateral, bilateral and regional activity. Many governments have taken up sexual and reproductive health and rights, in particular, as a priority. Some countries have stepped back from their commitments, though, amongst a troubled landscape for funding.

Listen to Spogmay and Jill’s interview with Jennifer Wetter, Director and Host of “rePROs Fight Back,” here.