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The Road to Madrid: Powering Momentum for Feminist Foreign Policy
About the Event
The Global Partner Network for Feminist Foreign Policy will organize an interactive event, featuring a series of discussions, in preparation for the 5th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy and Gender Equality. The Ministerial Conference, hosted by the Government of Spain, will be held in Madrid on June 2-3, 2026. This event will include three discussions with government and civil society speakers, followed by a workshop session with the audience. Speakers will explore: the progress and evolution of the annual FFP Ministerial Conferences, key issues and thematic priorities (with a focus on financing for gender equality and the women, peace and security agenda), and accountability and civil society participation.
After each discussion, participants will be invited to share their inputs via Mentimeter. The moderator will present the results during the workshop session, during which participants will be invited to share further comments from the floor. Participant inputs will be collated and summarized in a brief memo, and subsequently submitted to the Government of Spain for consideration in their Ministerial Conference design and planning processes.
This workshop will aim to foster greater collaboration within the Global Partner Network, encourage transnational and cross-sectoral solidarity around the FFP agenda, and sustain momentum in the lead up to and following the Ministerial Conference.
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Time: 8:30 AM- 10:00 AM EST
Location: UN Church Center, Second Floor, New York, NY
Organizers
The workshop is jointly organized by Global Partner Network for Feminist Foreign Policy members:
Speakers
Spogmay Ahmed, Deputy Director, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Lyric Thompson, Founder and CEO, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Ana Paula Lavalle Arroyo, Third and Sixth Committee Representative, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations, Government of Mexico
Ana María Alonso Giganto, Ambassador-at-Large for Feminist Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Government of Spain
Yasmine Janah, Multilateral Policy Advisor on Gender Equality, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Government of France
Jim Monkel, Global Advocacy Officer, Hivos/Walking the Talk
Carole Ageng'o, Chair, The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)
Carla Akil, Assistant to the Director, Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship, American University of Beirut (AUB)
Emilia Blancarte Jaber, Consultant, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Sehnaz Kiymaz Bahceci, Founding Co-Director, Feminist Diplomacy Lab
Biographies
Lyric Thompson |
Founder and CEO, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Lyric Thompson (she/her) is the Founder and CEO of the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative, where she publishes and advises governments and thought leaders on feminist foreign policy. In her 2-decade career, she has advocated on women’s rights issues at the United Nations, G7/G20, White House, the U.S. State Department, USAID and the Department of Defense. She is an adjunct professor at the George Washington University, where she teaches a graduate level course on women’s rights advocacy. Previously, Lyric has served as: the Vice President of Policy, Advocacy, and Strategy at the International Center for Research on Women, the founding co-chair of the Coalition for Women’s Economic Empowerment and Equality, co-chair of Girls Not Brides USA, on the Executive Committee of the Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, on the Women’s Human Rights Coordination Group of Amnesty International, USA and as the Senior Policy Manager for Women for Women International.
Spogmay Ahmed |
Deputy Director, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Spogmay Ahmed (she/her) is the Deputy Director for the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative. In this capacity, she helps manage the Global Partner Network for Feminist Foreign Policy and the Coalition for a Feminist Foreign Policy in the United States, and provides overall policy and advocacy expertise for civil society, governments and multilateral organizations. Spogmay serves as the Collaborative’s main liaison to the United Nations, and has served as a Women 7 (W7) Advisor for the G7 Presidencies of Germany in 2022, Japan in 2023, Italy in 2024 and now Canada in 2025. Prior to joining the Collaborative, Spogmay served as Senior Global Policy Advocate at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), handling ICRW's portfolio on feminist foreign policy globally and in the United States. She has provided policy analysis and advocacy leadership in multilateral spaces, including the United Nations, G7 and G20.
Ana Paula Lavalle Arroyo |
Third and Sixth Committee Representative, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations, Government of Mexico
Ana Paula Lavalle Arroyo (she/her) is a Mexican diplomat with extensive experience in international human rights law and multilateral diplomacy. She currently serves at the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations, where she represents Mexico in the Third Committee (Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs) and the Sixth Committee (Legal Affairs, including Crimes Against Humanity and Terrorism).
Ana Paula has a Master’s degree in Advanced Studies in Public International Law from Leiden University and a Law degree from Universidad Panamericana. She has built a career at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2010, specializing in international human rights policy, diplomacy, and legal affairs, her previous position was Coordinator for International Human Rights Policy.
Ana María Alonso Giganto |
Ambassador-at-Large for Feminist Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Government of Spain
Ana María Alonso Giganto (she/her) holds a degree in English Philology and has been a member of the Spanish Diplomatic Service since 2007. She has been posted to Spanish embassies in Afghanistan, Egypt, Thailand, Australia, and Counsellor in the Mission of Spain to United Nations. As Ambassador-at-Large for Feminist Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (MAEC), she is responsible for mainstreaming a gender perspective throughout Spain’s foreign policy and the institutional culture of the ministry itself, as well as within international forums. Academically, she coordinates the MAEC’s course on Feminist Foreign and Development Cooperation Policy and Gender Equality. She is also a member of the Alliance of Feminist Foreign Policy Ambassadors, which includes representatives from various countries and organizations such as NATO, the EEAS, the OSCE and UN Women. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of Casa Asia and of the Global Partner Network of Feminist Foreign Policy Steering Committee.
Yasmine Janah |
Multilateral Policy Advisor on Gender Equality, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Government of France
Ms. Yasmine Janah is the Multilateral Policy Advisor on Gender Equality at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. She brings extensive expertise in diplomacy, gender equality, and women’s rights, with a strong focus on peacebuilding and conflict resolution. She is a member of the team that drafted France's international feminist foreign policy strategy and organized the 4th Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy last October alongside Ambassador Delphine O. She served as lead author and negotiator of its political declaration.
Prior joining the diplomatic service, Ms. Janah worked extensively in conflict-affected and fragile contexts. She held positions with swisspeace, CARE International in Morocco, the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom in Cameroon and the Ministry of Women’s Affairs in the Republic of Congo.
Jim Monkel |
Global Advocacy Officer, Hivos
Jim Monkel (he/him) is an advocate and policy advisor whose work is grounded in connecting policy, people and practice. Jim works as Global Advocacy Officer at Hivos, for the pan-European initiative of the Walking the Talk Consortium. They work on advocating for inclusive policies and more and better funding for gender equality and feminist organizations in the Majority World, with a focus on centering a gender-lens in the Financing for Development agenda.
Previously, as Youth Ambassador for Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights, Gender Equality and Bodily Autonomy for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jim connected the lived realities of young people around the world and policymaking spaces. As an independent advisor to the Ministry, he raised the visibility of inclusive comprehensive sexuality education, specifically for young people with disabilities.
Carole Osero-Ageng'o |
Chair, The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)
Carole is a multilingual feminist human rights lawyer and gender expert with an impressive history of impactful high-level advocacy in national, regional, and global spaces. She is an excellent governance expert and leader and a well acquitted negotiator, people connector, mentor, and policy influencer with broad regional and global experience on ageing and gender, women’s rights, sexual reproductive health, and rights (SRHR), governance, climate change and conflict management. She has led groundbreaking advocacy in Africa and globally including the advocacy leading to the creation of the UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and girls. She continues to leverage her networking skills for partnerships and fundraising. She is a renowned regional convener and in May 2024 delivered a successful UN Civil Society Conference in Support of the Summit of the Future. She has led successful Boards in Africa and globally including the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa. In her role as FEMNET Treasurer, she has provided leadership and guidance to the Chair and the Secretariat in the realization of the impressive results. She continues to effectively represent FEMNET In regional and global initiatives. Read more.
Carla Akil |
Assistant to the Director, Director of the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University of Beirut
Carla Akil (she/her) serves as the Assistant to the Director at the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University of Beirut (AUB), where she oversees regional projects on gender equality, feminist organizing, and civil society engagement in the SWANA/MENA region. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from AUB and is pursuing a Master’s in Anthropology at AUB. Her research and publications focus on feminist movements and care economies, bridging academic inquiry with activism and policy work.
Emilia Blancarte Jaber |
Consultant, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Emilia Blancarte Jaber (she/her) is a policy and strategy expert specialising in feminist accountability, philanthropic strategy and resource mobilisation. She brings together technical rigour and political acuity to help feminist movements and their institutional partners build the systems, funding and coalitions needed to drive lasting change.
Emilia has extensive experience designing accountability frameworks at the intersection of global advocacy and institutional philanthropy. At Global Fund for Women, she developed the Feminist Accountability Framework, coordinating 35 feminist organisations and major institutional funders in a shared accountability architecture. She brings that same approach to her work with the Ministerial Conferences on Feminist Foreign Policy, where she leads the development of the accountability framework tracking state and institutional commitments across the full policy cycle.
She holds a Master's in International Public Management from Sciences Po Paris, as well as a certificate in Impact Philanthropy Advising and has previously worked in Mexico's federal government, bringing a multilateral and cross-sectoral lens to her practice. She works in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
Sehnaz Kiymaz Bahceci |
Founding Co-Director, Feminist Diplomacy Lab
Sehnaz Kiymaz Bahceci (she/her) is a gender equality expert and activist with over 20 years of experience. Formerly the coordinator of the Women's Major Group, she is currently a board member for Women for Women’s Human Rights. She specializes in international processes and conventions on gender equality, the SDGs, and countering anti-gender movements. Sehnaz provides consultancies on engagement with multilateral processes, multi stakeholder partnerships, and civil society inclusion towards progress on gender equality. She recently co-founded the Feminist Diplomacy Lab, an interactive action platform for gender equality. She holds an MA in Gender and Women’s Studies and degrees in Biology and Sociology/Anthropology.
Stronger Together: Civil Society Visions for the 5th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy and Gender Equality
*This event will be hybrid (in-person and virtual). In-person participation is limited to one representative per organization with priority given to feminist and women-led organizations and representatives from the Global South. Confirmation will be provided via email.
**March 6 Update: In-person participation has reached capacity. Registration for virtual participation remains open. We recommend joining this event on March 11th with greater in-person (no virtual) capacity.
About the Event
In preparation for the 5th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy and Gender Equality, to be hosted in Madrid, Spain on June 2-3, 2026, the Government of Spain and the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative (the Collaborative) will organize a consultation with civil society representatives on the sidelines of CSW70. The aim of this consultation is to gather civil society goals and insights for the design, delivery and outcomes of the Ministerial Conference.
Spain’s feminist foreign policy recognizes the critical role played by civil society in advancing gender equality and human rights. As such, the Government of Spain seeks to ensure their active participation in Ministerial Conference modalities. This builds upon and expands the precedent set by past Ministerial Conference hosts, who also engaged civil society representatives in conference planning processes.
Format and Participation
In its partnership with the Government of Spain, the Collaborative will support the design and facilitation of the consultation. The consultation will feature opening remarks by Ana María Alonso Giganto, Ambassador-at-Large for Feminist Foreign Policy of the Government of Spain, and will be moderated by Lyric Thompson, Founder and CEO of the Collaborative.
The consultation will be held at the Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations on March 10, 2026 from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EST, and will welcome participants from civil society. The event will be hybrid (in-person and virtual); due to room capacity, in-person participation will be limited to one representative per organization (priority will be given to feminist and women-led organizations and representatives from the Global South). As part of the discussion, participants will reflect upon the following questions:
What priority themes and issues should the Ministerial Conference address?
For those who participated in past Ministerial Conferences (Germany 2022, the Netherlands 2023, Mexico 2024 and France 2025), what lessons learned would you share with the Government of Spain?
What commitments or themes would you like to see in the Ministerial Conference’s Political Declaration or outcome document? Are there any other outcomes you are hoping for?
What other key moments are important for the Government of Spain to consider in their consultation and conference design process?
How can civil society contribute to a successful Ministerial Conference?
Following this initial consultation, the Government of Spain will plan additional consultations with global and Spanish civil society.
Download the concept note here.
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Time: 11:30 AM - 12.30 PM EST
Location:
Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations, One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, 885 2nd Ave (36th Floor) New York, NY 10017
Zoom
Organizers
Gobierno de España — Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación (Government of Spain — Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation)
Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Acceso a la justicia, construcción de paz y debida diligencia en casos de violencia sexual contra las mujeres y personas LBTIQ+
Sobre el evento
El evento paralelo se desarrollará bajo un formato de panel de conversación moderado, orientado a promover el diálogo articulado sobre cuestiones como los aportes de la política exterior feminista, las barreras al acceso a la justicia, la violencia sexual y las obligaciones estatales de debida diligencia reforzada en la prevención, investigación, sanción, y reparación de la violencia sexual contra mujeres y personas LBTIQ+. Esta metodología busca priorizar el intercambio entre las personas panelistas, representando sectores diversos como la sociedad civil, la institucionalidad y la cooperación internacional.
En este sentido, el evento iniciará con unas palabras de apertura a cargo de la Señora Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores, Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio, en las que se presentará el objetivo general del espacio y los antecedentes que justifican esta discusión. Su intervención buscará contextualizar y caracterizar el panorama general sobre las necesidades de protección y las brechas existentes en el acceso a la justicia para mujeres y personas LBTIQ+ víctimas de violencia sexual, a nivel situado e internacional. Esta intervención permitirá establecer un marco común de análisis de los paneles y presentar algunos de los desafíos actuales para la garantía del acceso efectivo a la justicia en contextos con un de marcado aumento de los conflictos armados, disputas geopoliticas que obtaculizan la construcción de paz, la desigualdad estructural y los retrocesos en materia de derechos humanos. Además, propondrá una reflexión sobre el posible aporte de las Políticas Exteriores Feministas en el sostenimiento de los compromisos internacionales en la materia.
Posteriormente, se desarrollarán (2) paneles como ejes centrales del evento y tendrá una duración aproximada de 20 minutos cada uno. Se desarrollarán como una conversación guiada por una moderadora respectivamente, garantizando un diálogo fluido, equilibrado y coherente. Cada panelista responderá a dos preguntas generales y tendrá un minuto de intervención en cada ronda. La discusión se organizará en torno a ejes temáticos interrelacionados, que serán abordados de forma progresiva, a partir de dos preguntas orientadoras previamente definidas.
Tras el panel central se abrirá un espacio de preguntas e intervenciones del público, con una duración aproximada de 10 minutos, con el objetivo de recoger comentarios, inquietudes y aportes que enriquezcan la discusión.
Detalles del evento
Fecha: lunes, 9 de marzo 2026
Hora: 1:15 PM - 3:30 PM EST
Ubicación:
Sede de las Naciones Unidas, Nueva York, Estados Unidos, Salón CR-8
*Evento en español, con traducción a inglés. / Event in Spanish with English simultaneous interpretation.
Organizador
Gobierno de Colombia
Con el apoyo de: ONU Mujeres
Copatrocinadores
República Federativa del Brasil
Reino de España
Estados Unidos Mexicanos
República Oriental del Uruguay
Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
Organizaciones de Mujeres y Feministas de Colombia
Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Feministas sin Fronteras
Colombia Diversa
Corporación Caribe Afirmativo
Equality Now
RUTA PACÍFICA DE MUJERES
Mujeres Campesinas Étnicas Pesqueras y Territoriales de Colombia (MUCAETPETEC)
Red Internacional de Diplomacia Feminista
Participantes
Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio, Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores, Gobierno de Colombia
Pablo A. Vommaro, Director Ejecutivo, Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) (video)
Jefa de delegación, Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Carmen Martínez Perza, Delegada del Gobierno contra la Violencia de Género, España
Alexandra Sandoval, Magistrada de Amnistía o Indulto, JEP
Susana Malcorra, CoFundadora y Presidenta, GWL Voices
Daniela Zambrano, Caribe Afirmativo
Jefa de delegación, Uruguay
Vanessa Dolce de Faria, Embajadora de Género, Brasil
Bibiana Aido, Representante Regional, ONU Mujeres
Lina Marcela Tocón, Directora, Akubadaura
Marita Perceval, Presidenta, Feministas sin Fronteras en Argentina; Bécaria Senior, Colaborativo de Política Exterior Feminista
Antecedentes
El acceso efectivo a la justicia constituye un pilar fundamental para la vigencia del Estado de derecho, la garantía de los derechos humanos y la construcción de una paz sostenible. Desde una perspectiva integral, la paz no puede entenderse únicamente como la ausencia de conflicto armado, sino como la existencia de condiciones institucionales, normativas y sociales que permitan prevenir la violencia, garantizar la rendición de cuentas, asegurar la reparación integral de las víctimas y establecer garantías de no repetición.
La violencia sexual y otras formas de violencia basada en género, incluidas aquellas motivadas por prejuicio contra la orientación sexual, la identidad o la expresión de género, representan una de las violaciones más graves a los derechos humanos y una amenaza directa a la paz, la cohesión social y la confianza en las instituciones. Estas violencias han sido utilizadas históricamente como mecanismos de control, castigo e intimidación, tanto en contextos de conflicto armado como en escenarios de posconflicto y de paz formal.
A nivel internacional, instrumentos como la Convención sobre la Eliminación de Todas las Formas de Discriminación contra la Mujer (CEDAW), la Convención de Belém do Pará, la Resolución 1325 del Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas y la jurisprudencia de los sistemas internacionales y regionales de derechos humanos han establecido obligaciones claras para los Estados en materia de prevención, investigación, sanción y reparación de la violencia sexual. En particular, estos marcos normativos han desarrollado el estándar de debida diligencia reforzada cuando las víctimas pertenecen a grupos históricamente discriminados, como las mujeres y las personas LBTIQ+.
Sin embargo, persiste una brecha significativa entre los compromisos normativos asumidos y su implementación efectiva. Las bajas tasas de denuncia, investigación y sanción, el subregistro de los casos, la victimización secundaria en procesos institucionales, y la persistencia de sesgos y prejuicios en los sistemas de justicia, evidencian barreras estructurales que perpetúan la impunidad. Estas barreras afectan de manera desproporcionada a las mujeres y a las personas LBTIQ+, cuyas experiencias de violencia suelen permanecer invisibilizadas, particularmente cuando se trata de violencia sexual con fines correctivos o de castigo.
En este contexto, las Políticas Exteriores Feministas y los enfoques de derechos humanos ofrecen un marco estratégico para repensar la relación entre justicia, paz y multilateralismo, situando el acceso a la justicia y la erradicación de la violencia sexual en el centro de las agendas nacionales, regionales y globales.
Justificación
La actual coyuntura internacional está marcada por un acelerado incremento y recrudecimiento de los conflictos armados, una riesgosa dinámica de proliferación de discursos de odio y significativos retrocesos en materia de derechos humanos, así como por el auge del autoritarismo y un deliberado debilitamiento del multilateralismo como espacio de cooperación y construcción de consensos fundados en principios, valores y metas comunes. Este escenario tiene impactos directos sobre la capacidad de los Estados para garantizar el acceso a la justicia y responder de manera adecuada a la violencia sexual y las violencias basadas en género.
Fortalecer el acceso a la justicia y garantizar el deber de debida diligencia reforzada en casos de violencia sexual contra mujeres y personas LBTIQ+ no solo constituye una obligación jurídica internacional, sino una condición indispensable para la construcción de una paz duradera, basada en la igualdad sustantiva, la dignidad humana y la no discriminación. La impunidad frente a estas violencias reproduce ciclos de exclusión, debilita la confianza institucional y socava los procesos de reconciliación y cohesión social.
En este sentido, el multilateralismo y los instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos —en particular la CEDAW y su jurisprudencia— ofrecen herramientas clave para fortalecer los sistemas de justicia, promover estándares comunes y fomentar respuestas estatales eficaces, inclusivas y sensibles al género y a la diversidad sexual. Generar un espacio de diálogo institucional intersectorial de alto nivel en el marco de la CSW permite visibilizar estos desafíos, intercambiar buenas prácticas y reforzar el compromiso de los Estados con una agenda de justicia y paz con enfoque feminista e interseccional, promoviendo la plena participación de la sociedad civil, particularmente de los movimientos de mujeres, organizaciones LGBTIQ+ y organismos de derechos humanos.
Objetivo
Promover un diálogo institucional intersectorial de alto nivel que contribuya a fortalecer el acceso a la justicia como pilar de la construcción de paz, mediante el análisis del rol del multilateralismo y de los instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos —especialmente de la CEDAW— en la garantía de la debida diligencia reforzada en casos de violencia sexual contra mujeres y personas LBTIQ+
Diálogo abierto: Es tiempo de una mujer para Secretaria General de Naciones Unidas
Detalles del evento
Fecha: martes, 16 de diciembre 2025
Horario: 16:00–17:30 (Buenos Aires y Santiago de Chile); 14:00–15:30 (ET); 15:00-16:30 (La Paz, Bolivia)
Ubicación: Zoom
Participarán
Presentan
Pablo Vommaro, Director Ejecutivo electo, Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
Nora Goren, Directora, IESCODE de la Universidad Nacional de José Clemente Paz (UNPAZ)-Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
Elizabeth Salguero, Red Internacional de Mujeres Latinoamericanas y Caribeñas (RIMLAC)
Palabras introductorias
Gina Vargas, Red Internacional de Mujeres Latinoamericanas y Caribeñas (RIMLAC); Co-fundadora, Flora Tristán
Expositora invitada
María Noel Leoni Zardo, Directora Ejecutiva Adjunta, Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL); Directora, Campaña de GQUAL Campaign
Palabras de cierre
Marita Perceval, Bécaria Senior, Colaborativo de Política Exterior Feminista; Presidenta, Feministas sin Fronteras en Argentina; y Ex representante especial para la Política Exterior Feminista, Gobierno de Argentina
Organizan
Red Internacional de Mujeres Latinoamericanas y Caribeñas (RIMLAC)
Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO)
Auspician
Feministas sin fronteras
Universidad Nacional de José Clemente Paz (UNPAZ)
GQual Campaign
Flora Tristan
Colaborativo de Política Exterior Feminista (Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative)
Transnational Feminist Diplomacy: Localizing Feminist Foreign Policy in Times of Conflict
About the Event
This event, organized by the Asfari Institute for Civil Society and Citizenship at the American University of Beirut in collaboration with the Embassy of Spain in Lebanon, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative and Women Deliver, builds on the outcomes of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy (Paris, October 2025) to advance dialogue on how feminist diplomacy can be localized and strengthened in conflict-affected and transitional settings.
The discussion explored how FFP and the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda intersect and reinforce one another. It aimed to generate critical reflection on how feminist diplomacy can move beyond high-level commitments to embed equality, justice and peace in practice, anchoring global frameworks in local feminist realities and experiences.
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Time: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM (EST) / 5:30-7:00 PM (EET)
Location:
Conference Hall 113, Asfari Institute, AUB
Online
Speakers
H.E. Jesús Santos Aguado, Ambassador of Spain to Lebanon, Government of Spain (opening remarks)
Lina Abou-Habib, Director, Asfari Institute for Civil Society & Citizenship (moderator)
H.E. Ana María Alonso Giganto, Ambassador-at-large for Feminist Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Government of Spain
Spogmay Ahmed, Senior Policy Advisor, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Paola Salwan Daher, Senior Director for Collective Action, Women Deliver
Financing for Gender Equality and Feminist Foreign Policies: Innovation, Investments and Challenges
In the framework of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy in Paris, join us and the Alliance for Feminist Movements to explore the future of development financing for gender equalities and to launch our latest publication, “Feminist Foreign Policy and Development Finance for Gender Equality: Momentum Under Threat?”
Beyond the Headlines: The State of Feminist Foreign Policy Today — Launch of “Defining Feminist Foreign Policy 2025”
Photo Credit: Corentin Boulet / FFP Collaborative - Panorama Global
About the Event
The Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative launched the fourth edition of its seminal Defining Feminist Foreign Policy paper, reviewing the state of the field from 2023 to 2025 and noting key opportunities, challenges and trends. Defining Feminist Foreign Policy 2025 is our most robust edition yet, featuring in-depth country analyses of more than twenty governments that have committed to or are exploring the advancement of a feminist foreign and/or development policy, featuring resources and perspectives of leading feminist activists, academics and organizations working to advance the field around the world. The event presented the paper’s key findings, showcased perspectives from key government and civil society partners from around the world and concluded with a cocktail reception for networking and further discussion. The event was livestreamed with simultaneous interpretation in French, Spanish and English for in-person and remote participants.
Event Details
Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Time:
4:00-5:30 PM CEST: Panel, Report Launch, Q&A
5:30-7:00 PM CEST: Reception (in-person)
Location:
Le Carré Edouard VII, 13 bis Rue Bruno Coquatrix, 75009, Paris
Zoom
Speakers
Lyric Thompson, Founder and CEO, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Spogmay Ahmed, Senior Policy Advisor, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Delphine O, Ambassador and Secretary General of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies, Government of France
Arlene B. Tickner, Ambassador-at-large for Gender Issues and Feminist Global Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Colombia
Memory Kachambwa, Executive Director, FEMNET
Beth Woroniuk, Senior Fellow, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Ana María Alonso Giganto, Ambassador-at-large for Feminist Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain
Hibaaq Osman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Karama
María Cristina Perceval, Former Ambassador to UN and Special Representative for FFP of Argentina; Senior Fellow, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Beatriz Silva, Knowledge Management and Language Justice Consultant, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Biographies
Lyric Thompson
Founder and CEO, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Lyric Thompson (she/her) is the Founder and CEO of the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative, where she publishes and advises governments and thought leaders on feminist foreign policy. In her 2-decade career, she has advocated on women’s rights issues at the United Nations, G7/G20, White House, the U.S. State Department, USAID and the Department of Defense. She is an adjunct professor at the George Washington University, where she teaches a graduate level course on women’s rights advocacy. Previously, Lyric has served as: the Vice President of Policy, Advocacy, and Strategy at the International Center for Research on Women, the founding co-chair of the Coalition for Women’s Economic Empowerment and Equality, co-chair of Girls Not Brides USA, on the Executive Committee of the Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, on the Women’s Human Rights Coordination Group of Amnesty International, USA and as the Senior Policy Manager for Women for Women International.
Learn more about Lyric here.
Spogmay Ahmed
Senior Policy Advisor, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Spogmay Ahmed (she/her) is the Senior Policy Advisor for the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative. In this capacity, she helps manage the Global Partner Network for Feminist Foreign Policy and the Coalition for a Feminist Foreign Policy in the United States, and provides overall policy and advocacy expertise for civil society, governments and multilateral organizations. Spogmay serves as the Collaborative’s main liaison to the United Nations, and has served as a Women 7 (W7) Advisor for the G7 Presidencies of Germany in 2022, Japan in 2023, Italy in 2024 and now Canada in 2025. Prior to joining the Collaborative, Spogmay served as Senior Global Policy Advocate at the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), handling ICRW's portfolio on feminist foreign policy globally and in the United States. She has provided policy analysis and advocacy leadership in multilateral spaces, including the United Nations, G7 and G20.
Learn more about Spogmay here.
Ambassador Delphine O
Ambassador and Secretary General of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies, Government of France
Ambassador Delphine O (she/her) is Ambassador and Secretary General of the IVth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies at French Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs since 2019. She led the organization of the Generation Equality Forum, the largest and most important international conference on gender equality and women’s rights since 1995, which took place in Paris in June 2021. The Forum raised $40 billion and 3000 commitments from Member States, international organizations, civil society, private sector and philanthropies, to accelerate gender equality in the next 5 years.
In 2023, she authored her first book « La diplomatie féministe est un sport de combat » (« Feminist foreign policy is a martial art »), published by Tallandier. She teaches Feminist Foreign Policy and Gender equality in International Relations at the Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) of Sciences Po, France’s top public policy graduate school.
Previously, Delphine O was a member of the French Parliament for La Republique en Marche. In the National Assembly, she was a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the chairwoman of the France -Iran friendship group and the co-rapporteur of the mission on the South China Sea. A graduate from the Ecole Normale Superieure and the Harvard Kennedy School, Delphine O has previously worked for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Stimson Center in Washington, DC and ActionAid in Afghanistan.
Learn more about Delphine here, and connect with her on LinkedIn.
Arlene B. Tickner
Ambassador-at-large for Gender Issues and Feminist Global Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Colombia
Ambassador Arlene B. Tickner (she/her) is a committed feminist with over 30 years of teaching, research, mentoring and consulting experience in the field of International Relations. She holds a Ph.D. in International Studies from the University of Miami and an M.A. in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University. Before her current appointment, she served as Deputy Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations in New York.
Ambassador Tickner has authored and co-authored approximately 100 books, edited volumes, book chapters, journal articles and working papers, and has also served regularly as a newspaper columnist and expert analyst for national and international press, radio and television.
Learn more about Ambassador Tickner here.
Memory Kachambwa
Executive Director, FEMNET
Memory Kachambwa (she/her) is a pan African intersectional feminist, gender and women’s rights activist, with deep experience in organizing and advocating for feminist policies at the regional, national and international levels. She’s a seasoned cross-cultural thought leader and strategist bridging national, regional and global women’s rights networks with policy leaders.
She led in the development and positioning of FEMNET as a pan African feminist movement working on climate justice and the intersections with economic justice and sexual reproductive justice. She is passionate about dismantling and disrupting patriarchy, neo-liberal systems and structures that oppress and deny women dignity.
She has been working on feminist foreign policy from a Global South perspective and as a movement builder, has done policy advocacy work by preparing policy briefs and provides technical support to Negotiators in a number of policy processes that include CEDAW country reporting, Regional Beijing Review and Commission on the Status of Women.
Learn more about Memory here.
Beth Woroniuk
Senior Fellow, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Beth Woroniuk (she/her) has worked to advance gender justice and feminist approaches to policymaking for over 35 years. She is particularly interested in financing for gender equality, feminist foreign policies and women, peace and security. Beth has advised and worked with bilateral aid agencies, women’s funds, UN entities, international NGOs and feminist organizations, strengthening their work on gender equality and women’s rights. She has developed analytical tools, supported policy development, carried out research, blogged, conducted evaluations, organized, lobbied and testified before the Canadian Parliament. Until early 2024, Beth served as the Vice President of Policy at the Equality Fund. In 2025, Beth received the King Charles III Coronation Medal and was nominated to the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council. She is currently a Senior Fellow with Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative.
As part of the inaugural class of the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative’s Visiting Fellows Program, Beth will focus her scholarship and thought leadership on current feminist foreign policy discussions, Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy and feminist funding.
Learn more about Beth here.
Ana María Alonso Giganto
Ambassador-at-large for Feminist Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, Government of Spain
Ana María Alonso Giganto (she/her) holds a degree in English Philology and has been a member of the Spanish Diplomatic Service since 2007. She has been posted to Spanish embassies in Afghanistan, Egypt, Thailand, Australia, and Counsellor in the Mission of Spain to United Nations. As Ambassador-at-Large for Feminist Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (MAEC), she is responsible for mainstreaming a gender perspective throughout Spain’s foreign policy and the institutional culture of the ministry itself, as well as within international forums. Academically, she coordinates the MAEC’s course on Feminist Foreign and Development Cooperation Policy and Gender Equality. She is also a member of the Alliance of Feminist Foreign Policy Ambassadors, which includes representatives from various countries and organizations such as NATO, the EEAS, the OSCE and UN Women. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of Casa Asia and of the Global Partner Network of Feminist Foreign Policy Steering Committee.
Hibaaq Osman
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Karama
Hibaaq Osman (she/her) is a Somali activist, political strategist, and global thought leader whose work bridges grassroots mobilization with high-level political influence. As the founder of Karama, she has redefined advocacy by positioning women as architects of policy and power. Her vision embodies the principles of Feminist Foreign Policy, asserting that peace, security, and governance must be shaped by those most affected. Osman’s leadership transforms humanitarian response and peacebuilding into political acts of inclusion—where women’s agency drives structural change and influences the highest political, international, national, and regional institutions.
Learn more about Hibaaq here.
Marita Perceval
Former Ambassador to UN and Special Representative for FFP of Argentina; Senior Fellow, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
María Cristina (Marita) Perceval (she/her) is a Senior Fellow with the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative and the President of Feminists Without Borders in Argentina. Most recently, she was the Special Representative for Feminist Foreign Policy of Argentina. From 2021-2022, she served as the Secretary of Equality and Diversity of the Ministry of Women, Genders and Diversity of the Argentine Republic. Marita has held various Secretary and Under-Secretary positions in the Government of Argentina, including on portfolios regarding international cooperation on education and the promotion of human rights, focusing her work on the regulation of Argentina’s gender identity law and the launch of a support platform for women human rights defenders. In 2016, Marita became the Regional Director of UNICEF for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Notably, in 2012, Marita became the first female Permanent Representative of the Argentine Republic to the United Nations and was elected Vice President of the 69th General Assembly and Vice President of ECOSOC. She carried out two terms as a National Senator for the Province of Mendoza, serving as the first female President of the Defense Committee and creating the Women’s Caucus which coordinated to advance legislation informed by international women’s human rights law on the prevention of gender-based violence, combating human trafficking, promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Learn more about Marita here.
Beatriz Silva
Knowledge Management and Language Justice Consultant, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Beatriz Silva(she/her) is a Knowledge Management and Language Justice Consultant at the Feminist Foreign Policy, where she developed and manages the Feminist Foreign Policy Repository. She served as a Political Science and Political Philosophy Teaching Assistant at University College Dublin. Beatriz was previously the GW Chapter Vice President of the Student Consortium on Women, Peace and Security, where she concurrently served on the Executive Committee of the U.S. Civil Society Working Group on Women, Peace and Security. In the summer of 2022, she was a Research Intern at EMILY's List. In 2021, she was a Summer Education Intern at the Inter-American Dialogue. Beatriz has a Master’s in Gender, Politics and International Relations from the University College Dublin. She is originally from São Paulo, Brazil.
Learn more about Beatriz here.
Lanzamiento de “Mundializar la Igualdad”
Photo Credit: Corentin Boulet / FFP Collaborative - Panorama Global
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Sobre el evento
Durante un evento paralelo oficial en la 4.ª Conferencia Ministerial sobre Políticas Exteriores Feministas en París (Francia), el Colaborativo de Política Exterior Feminista (el Colaborativo), Feministas Sin Fronteras (Argentina) y el Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) lanzaron el libro Mundializar la igualdad: Política exterior feminista desde América Latina.
Coordinado por Marita Perceval, becaria senior del Colaborativo y presidenta de Feministas Sin Fronteras, Mundializar la igualdad es una obra colectiva que propone la política exterior feminista (PEF) como una categoría operativa y una praxis política orientada a desmantelar el trípode histórico de opresiones —patriarcado, colonialismo y racismo— que sostiene las desigualdades en América Latina, la región más desigual y violenta para las mujeres
Con voces plurales de diplomáticas, académicas y activistas del Sur Global, el volumen sitúa la agenda feminista en el centro de la geopolítica y de las relaciones internacionales, articulando reconocimiento, redistribución e interseccionalidad. Propone reconfigurar la democracia, fortalecer la gobernanza de los bienes comunes, despatriarcalizar el poder y avanzar hacia una sociedad del cuidado y la justicia económica, social y ambiental.
Detalles del evento
Fecha: martes, 21 de Octubre, 2025
Horario: 14:00–15:30 CEST
Ubicación: Le Carré Edouard VII, 13 bis Rue Bruno Coquatrix, 75009, Paris / Zoom
Participarán
Marita Perceval, Bécaria Senior, Colaborativo de Política Exterior Feminista; Presidenta, Feministas sin Fronteras en Argentina; y Ex representante especial para la Política Exterior Feminista, Gobierno de Argentina
Lyric Thompson, Fundadora y consejera delegada, Colaborativo de Política Exterior Feminista
Gloria de la Fuente, Subsecretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, Gobierno de Chile
Noemí Espinoza Madrid, Secretaria General, Asociación de Estados del Caribe (AEC), Gobierno de Honduras
Arlene B. Tickner, Embajadora en Misión Especial para Asuntos de Género y Política Feminista Global, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Gobierno de Colombia
Blanca Jimenez, Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, Gobierno de México
María Noel Leoni Zardo, Directora Ejecutiva Adjunta, CEJIL; Directora de Campaña de GQUAL
Eleonora Lamm, Especialista a cargo del programa Gestión de Transformaciones Sociales (MOST), UNESCO
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About the Event
During an official side event at the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy in Paris, the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative, Feminists Without Borders (Argentina) and CLACSO launched the book Mundializar la Igualdad: Política exterior feminista desde América Latina.
Coordinated by Marita Perceval, our Senior Fellow and president of Feminists Without Borders, Mundializar la Igualdad is a collective work that proposes feminist foreign policy (FFP) as a strategic approach and a political praxis aimed at dismantling the historical systems of oppression — patriarchy, colonialism and racism — that sustains inequalities in Latin America, the most unequal and violent region for women.
With diverse voices from diplomats, academics and activists from the Global South, the volume places the feminist agenda at the center of geopolitics and international relations. It proposes reconfiguring democracy, strengthening the governance of common goods, depatriarchalizing power and moving toward a society of care and economic, social and environmental justice.
Details of the Event
Date: Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Time: 2:00-3:30 PM CEST: Launch of Mundialzar la Igualdad (hybrid)
Location: Le Carré Edouard VII, 13 bis Rue Bruno Coquatrix, 75009, Paris / Zoom
Speakers
Marita Perceval, Senior Fellow, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative; President, Feminists Without Borders; Former Special Representative for Feminist Foreign Policy, Government of Argentina
Lyric Thompson, Founder and CEO, Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative
Gloria de la Fuente, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Government of Chile
Noemí Espinoza Madrid, Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Government of Honduras
Arlene B. Tickner, Ambassador-at-Large for Gender Affairs and Global Feminist Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Colombia
Blanca Jimenez, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Government of Mexico
María Noel Leoni Zardo, Deputy Executive Director, CEJIL; Campaign Director, GQUAL
Eleonora Lamm, Specialist Responsible for Implementation of Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme, UNESCO
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À propos
Lors d’un événement parallèle officiel à la 4ᵉ Conférence ministérielle sur les diplomaties féministes à Paris, le Collectif pour une politique étrangère féministe (le Collectif), Feministas Sin Fronteras (Argentine) et le Conseil latino-américain des sciences sociales (CLACSO) ont présenté l’ouvrage Mundializar la Igualdad : Política exterior feminista desde América Latina.
Coordonné par Marita Perceval, notre experte associée et présidente de Feministas Sin Fronteras, Mundializar la Igualdad est un ouvrage collectif qui propose la politique étrangère féministe (PEF) comme une catégorie opératoire et une praxis politique visant à démanteler le triptyque historique d’oppressions — patriarcat, colonialisme et racisme — qui soutient les inégalités en Amérique latine, la région la plus inégalitaire et violente pour les femmes.
Porté par des voix plurielles de diplomates, universitaires et activistes du Sud Global, le volume place l’agenda féministe au cœur de la géopolitique et des relations internationales, en articulant reconnaissance, redistribution et intersectionnalité. Il propose de reconfigurer la démocratie, de renforcer la gouvernance des biens communs, de dépatriarcaliser le pouvoir et d’avancer vers une société du soin et de la justice économique, sociale et environnementale.
Détails de l’évènement
Date : mardi, 21 octobre 2025
Heure : 14h00-15h30 CEST
Lieu : Le Carré Edouard VII, 13 bis Rue Bruno Coquatrix, 75009, Paris / Zoom
Intervenant·e·s
Marita Perceval, Experte associée, Collectif pour une politique étrangère féministe; Presidente, Fèministes sans frontières; Ancienne représentante spéciale pour la politique étrangère féministe, Gouvernement de l’Argentine
Lyric Thompson, Fondatrice et PDG, Collectif pour une politique étrangère féministe
Gloria de la Fuente, Sous-secrétaire aux affaires étrangères, Gouvernement du Chili
Noemí Espinoza Madrid, Secrétaire générale de l’Association des États de la Caraïbe (AEC), Gouvernement du Honduras
Arlene B. Tickner, Ambassadrice itinérante pour les questions de genre et la politique féministe mondiale, Ministère des affaires étrangères, Gouvernement de Colombie
Blanca Jimenez, Secrétariat aux affaires étrangères, Gouvernement du Mexique
María Noel Leoni Zardo, Directrice exécutive adjointe, CEJIL ; Directrice de campagne, GQUAL
Eleonora Lamm, Spécialiste chargée de la mise en œuvre du programme de gestion des transformations sociales (MOST), UNESCO
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