IPI in partnership with UN Women and the Mexican Network for Feminist Foreign Policy, with the support of the Open Society Foundations (OSF), cohosted a side event held on the margins of the 4th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies, on the topic of “Sharing Regional Best Practices to Localize Feminist Foreign Policies”  October 22nd, in Paris, France.

This multistakeholder event brought together civil society representatives from Latin America and Africa, UN stakeholders, and government officials. Its connected activists and policymakers, strengthened both North-South and South-South collaboration, and shared best practices in localizing feminist foreign policy approaches. The conversation also highlighted emerging research on community-based care initiatives.

This event convened policymakers, member state representatives, and civil society experts to exchange context-specific strategies for localizing feminist foreign policies.

Panelists:
Ambassador Ethel Davis, Ambassador At-Large, Policy Advisory Council, Government of Liberia
Ambassador Arlene Tickner, Ambassador At-Large for Gender Issues and Global Feminist Politics, Government of Colombia
Toni Haastrup, African Feminist Collective for Feminist Informed Policies
Elizabeth Guadalupe Mosqueda Rivera, Collegiate Director of Consorcio Oaxaca and Representative from the Mexican Network for Feminist Foreign Policy
Jennifer Piscopo, Director of the Gender Institute and Professor of Gender and Politics, Royal Holloway University of London; Principle Investigator of CaRI: Care, Rights, and Inclusion Project
Evyn Papworth, Policy Analyst, Women, Peace and Security, IPI

Moderator:
Phoebe Donnelly, Head of Women, Peace and Security Program for IPI