“Coming out of the French-hosted Fourth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy, a new group of champions is emerging to meet this moment — to ‘resist, unite and act.’ This was far from assured,” writes our Founder and CEO Lyric Thompson in the first issue of our November newsletter series. Learn more about the impact and reach of the Collaborative, our Senior Fellows and members of our Global Partner Network in Paris this October.

À l'issue de la 4ème Conférence ministérielle des diplomaties féministes organisée par la France, un nouveau groupe de champions émerge pour relever le défi du moment : « résister, unir et agir », écrit notre fondatrice et PDG Lyric Thompson dans le premier numéro de notre série de newsletters de novembre. Découvrez l'impact et la portée du Collectif, nos expertes associées et les membres de notre Réseau mondial de partenaires à Paris en octobre dernier.

“Tras la cuarta Conferencia Ministerial sobre Política Exterior Feminista, celebrada en Francia, está surgiendo un nuevo grupo de defensores para hacer frente a esta situación: 'resistir, unir y actuar'. Esto estaba lejos de estar asegurado”, escribe nuestra fundadora y directora ejecutiva Lyric Thompson en el primer número de nuestra serie de boletines informativos de noviembre. Explora el análisis de Lyric, descubre nuestras últimas publicaciones y las de nuestres Bécarias seniors, y encuentra nuevos recursos de nuestros socios de la Red de Socios Globales.

“[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.

“Despite the setbacks, Lyric and Spogmay’s work [at the Collaborative] reminds us that feminist foreign policy is no longer theoretical. It’s a growing movement grounded in community, courage, and connection,” writes author and podcast host Bonnie Marcus in her latest issue of her Substack Own Your Ambition.

Our Founder and CEO Lyric Thompson and Advisor Heather Hurburt join BBC World News Correspondent Megha Mohan in her latest reported piece on AI and its potential to aid or hinder gender equality.

“The stakes are high, but governments are gathering to publicly express their support for women's rights — a much-needed effort in this time of intense rollback,” writes our Senior Policy Advisor Spogmay Ahmed for the Foundation for European Progressive Studies’ The Progressive Post. Read her op-ed wherein she reviews recommendations from our Defining Feminist Foreign Policy 2025 report and shares her hopes for the future of feminist foreign policy.

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.

The Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative announced in the first plenary of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy that, with the support of the Government of France, it will lead the design of a new accountability mechanism for the now-annual Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy.

In her latest for Foreign Policy, our CEO Lyric Thompson draws on trends and analysis from our Defining Feminist Foreign Policy 2025 paper to explore how high-profile setbacks have overshadowed progress on gender equality around the world.