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Discover the latest interviews and analysis from Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative staff.

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

Our Senior Policy Advisor Spogmay Ahmed and Development and Communications Associate Jill Montilla join Jennie Wetter, Director and Host of “rePROs Fight Back,” to discuss the urgent need for a feminist foreign policy framework, findings from our recent publications and reflections from the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy in Paris.

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The Good News on Women’s Rights

Our CEO Lyric Thompson joins Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief of Foreign Policy, for an episode of “FP Live” to discuss what good news for women’s rights and gender equality can be found beyond the headlines of high-profile setbacks.

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Can Feminist Foreign Policy Keep Its Promises?

In an era of global polarization and escalating crises, the promise of a feminist foreign policy has emerged as a beacon of progressive change. Yet, a troubling paradox lies at its heart: while political support holds steady, the financial backbone of the movement — women’s rights organizations — faces a “life-threatening” funding crisis. Read Collaborative staff and FFP experts Katie Whipkey, Spogmay Ahmed and Beth Woroniuk’s interview with Rameen Siddiqui, Managing Editor at Modern Diplomacy.

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Feminist Foreign Policies are Fighting for Their Life

“[S]mall strategic windows give some hope to the work of FFP advocates, who say they will continue to seek new ways to keep their work going amid the mounting opposition,” writes PassBlue’s Maria Luisa Gambale, highlighting positive findings from our latest report, Defining Feminist Foreign Policy 2025, against a backdrop of rising anti-gender backlash and declining official development assistance.

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Women, War and Peace

Ahead of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies, our CEO Lyric Thompson joins France 24’s Annette Young for an episode of “The 51%” to discuss the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, feminist foreign policies and more.

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Beth Woroniuk on Feminist-Led Change in a Turbulent World

Our Senior Fellow, Beth Woroniuk, joins Girls’ Globe’s Julia Wiklander for an episode of the Hey Changemaker! podcast. Beth shares how she’s seeing the current state of the global movement for feminist financing and feminist foreign policies, along with her advice for young feminists moving into the advocacy space today.

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Feminists to the Fore

“The hope that I have for feminist foreign policy is that the diversification and growth of this cohort could be what we need to break up some of the regional blocks that have constrained progress.” Our Founder and CEO Lyric Thompson discusses feminist foreign policy with The Public Diplomacy Council of America.

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Lyric Thompson Talks Feminist Foreign Policy in the United States

Will the United States adopt a feminist foreign policy? And what would that mean? In this episode of Inkstick Media’s Things That Go Boom, Lyric Thompson of the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative joins other feminist movement leaders to share their perspectives on the opportunities, challenges and silver linings in realizing a more feminist approach to foreign policy in the U.S.

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