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Feminism imagines a better future for the world - one where power is shared equally and people are not discriminated against for being who they are. But as an individual, the path to getting there can often seem unclear or overwhelming. Whose policies are going to tackle the climate crisis best? Who should I be lobbying to improve abortion access? How can I help get better pay for carers? In this podcast series hosted by Wallis Grant, Feminist Futures explores not just what we want the future to look like but how we get there and what we can do to drive forward change. Exploring a different topic each week, with the help of experts from each field, this podcast will show how we can achieve a more equal and liberated society, one step after another.
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Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
Wednesday Jun 16, 2021
In this week’s episode I spoke to co-founder and U.K Executive Director of Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy (CFFP), Marissa Conway, to dissect what a feminist foreign policy is and why we need it. CFFP is a research and advocacy organisation that has become a critical voice in the space, working with governments and NGOs to transform feminist foreign policy into practice.
A feminist foreign policy may seem like a big and complicated topic to get into but at the heart of it is a framework for understanding who has power, who doesn’t and how we can change that in big policy decisions that affect everyone. Often that means unpicking or unlearning what has come before to move forward in a more equitable way.
Everything from how we police our borders and trade agreements right down to what individual’s buy or which healthcare they can have access to is influenced by global politics and we therefore need a feminist lens in it to ensure marginalised communities are supported and heard.
Visions for the future
🌎Moving towards a borderless world
📖Fully understanding our colonial history
🗣Civil society having a voice in the development of foreign policy
What you can do
✋Push back on ‘watered down’ versions of ‘state feminism’
🛠 Use feminism as a tool in your everyday life
👉Check out the work of CFFP: https://centreforfeministforeignpolicy.org/
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