Fully autonomous weapons are being developed in the context of established norms of gender and power. Norms that over decades have shaped an international security architecture, in which states’ power is being defined by their ability (and willingness) to display and use military power. The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots as well as the International […]

This online discussion, organised by the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation and the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy, reflects on why the international arms trade is a feminist issue, debates the tensions between the EU's arms export and its commitment to gender equality and reflects on if and how the EU arms exports can be rendered more gender-sensitive. Watch […]

Along with ICAN and the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security, CFFP hosted the second event of the "Coming of Age of Women Peace and Security, In Conversation" series. During “Talking to Extremists: Gender, Power, and Belonging” Sanam Naraghi Anderlini MBE speaks with Shannon Foley Martinez, Deeyah Khan and Mossarat Qadeem about their experience […]

Along with ICAN and the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security, CFFP co-hosted the third session of the Coming of Age of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda webinar series. In this discussion, we discussed what happens when diplomats and politicians forge hasty elite bargains, leaving local communities and peacekeepers at the frontlines to […]

Along with ICAN and the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security, CFFP co-hosted the fourth session of the "Coming of Age of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda" series, which focused on the escalating violence and ongoing kidnappings of women and girls in Nigeria, and the continued targeting of civilians in Yemen.   Watch […]

Along with ICAN and the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security, CFFP co-hosted the fifth session of the Coming of Age of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda webinar series. With a focus on Myanmar and Palestine, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini MBE was in conversation with Agnes Callamard, Secretary General at Amnesty International and formerly […]

Ray Acheson, spoke to Co-Founder and CFFP Germany Co-Executive Director, Kristina Lunz, about their brilliant new book ‘Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy’, published on the 6th of June by Rowman & Littlefield. This book tells the story of the anti-nuclear movement and its recent successful campaign to "ban the bomb", with Ray speaking in […]

CFFP Webinar and Brief Launch An estimated 20 US nuclear warheads remain at Büchel Air base in Germany. Hopes have been high among feminist civil society that with the new government’s committment to a Feminist Foreign Policy, and with a Green feminist minister, whose party has a long history in advocating for Global Zero, Germany […]

We are delighted to invite you to our Breakfast Discussion on "War, Oppression, and Strongmen: Rethinking the Role of Anti-Feminism in Autocratic Regimes" on Sunday 19th February, from 7.30 to 9 am CET. This event is organised in partnership with International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) and the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), is […]

Save the date! We re very excited to invite you to the online event. For the last year, CFFP has been guided by and working with a steering committee of Afghan women experts and human rights activists, with the goal of ensuring that their expertise, recommendations, and perspectives are placed at the centre of international […]

Amidst Russia’s war in Ukraine and the willingness of governments to increase military spending also for their nuclear arsenals, discussions around nuclear weapons as security guarantors are gaining momentum: Since the beginning of the war, for the first time, a majority of Germans is in favor of US nuclear weapons stationed in Germany. The movie […]