so for people who are watching and want to
understand what feminist foreign policy means um how would you um describe that in terms of
principles key principles or features of what a feminist foreign policy should address
sure well we have a very long definition that I won't read for you now but I'm happy to
share resources um we have a feminist foreign policy framework that we developed alongside
advocates in both government and Civil Society to Define what feminist foreign policy is but
in a nutshell it is the policy of a state in accordance with other states or non-state actors
um addressing foreign policy issues and grounded in a human rights and women's rights based
framework so it is looking at foreign policy through the lens of human security prioritizing
the rights of people peace and planet um and it is fundamentally intersectional in its approach
so it brings all of these different elements to foreign policy which is a a significant shift in
the way that foreign po
licy in these communities throughout the globe has been addressed so a lot
of the key principles of feminist foreign policy many of which um you've probably heard about the
three Rs framework so a lot of governments and Civil Society have espoused this framework um
pushing for rights so firstly fundamental human rights women's rights the protection of Rights
against violence against against gender-based violence and a range of other issues then there's
resources which means that governments
should put their money where their mouths are they
should invest in women's rights they should fund feminist movements when they're claiming
feminism they should make sure that resources are invested in feminist principles and programs
and making sure that feminists have the space to do the work that they need to do um and then we
also have representation as the third R which is really enhancing women's leadership in the
space Not Just women's leadership but also women and girls non-binary
communities structurally
excluded communities that includes um for black indigenous and people of color um communities and
so really just pushing for greater representation in the space um governments have added to those
three Rs many of them has have said things like reality check which means it's grounded in um con
contextual grounding of what exactly is happening across the globe and in different regions but in
addition to all of those things we really push for um things like coherence
which means that we
want feminist foreign policy to address everything that is relevant to foreign policy so it's not
just issues of peace and security for example but also trade immigration defense migration
issues um and also making sure that it is a whole of government approach we push for greater
Civil Society representation and co-creation which means we want civil society and um feminist
movements to really be in decision-making power about foreign policy since if feminist
foreign po
licy is not directly engaging with and creating these Frameworks with the communities
that they most directly impact then it won't be impactful at all um so there are a range of other
elements that I could outline for you but I would say that really just grounding feminist foreign
policy within a strong human rights framework making sure it is intersectional and inclusive
making sure that Civil Society are part of the co-creation process um and lastly ensuring that
it has reach and comprehe
nsive across all policym spaces
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