How do we define “feminist foreign policy”?

Grounded in consultations with feminist thinkers, advocates and experts from all over the world, we define “feminist foreign policy” as

“(…) the policy of a state that defines its interactions with other states, as well as movements and other non-state actors, in a manner that prioritizes peace, gender equality and environmental integrity; enshrines, promotes, and protects the human rights of all; seeks to disrupt colonial, racist, patriarchal and male-dominated power structures; and allocates significant resources, including research, to achieve that vision. Feminist foreign policy is coherent in its approach across all of its levers of influence, anchored by the exercise of those values at home and co-created with feminist activists, groups and movements, at home and abroad”

– (THOMPSON, PATEL, KRIPKE, O’DONNELL, 2020).

March 9, 2023 || New York, NY

Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative Founder and CEO Lyric Thompson shares our definition of FFP with government and civil society representatives of the FFP+ Group at an official CSW67 Side Event.