Defining Feminist Foreign Policy

2019

This paper represents the first effort to distill a working definition of feminist foreign policy. Based on global consultations and analysis of existing feminist foreign policies, which at the time of its writing was limited to Sweden, Canada and France, this paper sketches out the emerging scope and standards attributed to an explicitly feminist approach to foreign policy. The aim of which was to assist governments in strengthening and sustaining existing feminist foreign policies and to shape the second wave of emerging policies. The definition presented serves as a starting point for debate.