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 […]
Our very own Miriam and Sheena marked Black History Month with an Instagram Live discussion celebrating Black Feminism in Foreign Policy. In the second half, they were joined by Tiaji Sio of the German Federal Foreign Office and Diplomats of Color. Did you miss it? Watch it back on our Instagram now!
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 […]
The climate crisis is more than global warming and the need to produce less carbon dioxide. It works as a multiplier of inequality, threatening and worsening the living conditions of already marginalised people. The aim of this event was to highlight the importance of fostering climate justice from an intersectional perspective, tackling racial, social, economic, […]
In recent years attacks on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) - such as the Global Gag Rule and Poland’s abortion ban - have been growing on both sides of the Atlantic with the number of actors fighting to undo the international achievements for womens’ and sexual minority rights gaining further ground. Across the globe, […]
Social movements like the 350 and Fridays for Future have become strong voices holding administrations accountable for enforcing international agreements such as the Paris Climate Agreement. These agreements are under threat, gendered and racialised inequalities of the climate crisis are too often neglected, both within and between nations, and the COVID-19 pandemic seems to overshadow the climate commitments […]
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 […]
In our understanding, Feminist Foreign Policy - dedicated to human security and putting people’s safety over the safety of states - acknowledges the climate crisis as a security issue and thus commits to fighting all factors directly and indirectly contributing to climate change. Only by striving for intersectional climate justice and accepting how the climate […]
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 […]
Watch back our Instagram Live Q&A on Feminist Foreign Policy and Climate-Induced Migration with CFFP’s Junior Researcher, Alex Fox! Watch the Instagram Live here!