“How do you navigate a world that feels so uncertain?” asks our Senior Fellow Beth Woroniuk in the second issue of our November newsletter series. Dive into this week’s edition to see where Beth is finding direction, explore key insights from her latest report on gender equality development finance and access additional resources shaping the field.

« Comment s’orienter dans un monde si incertain ? » s’interroge notre experte associée Beth Woroniuk dans le deuxième numéro de notre newsletter de novembre. Découvrez où Beth trouve son cap, les points clés de son dernier rapport sur le financement du développement pour l’égalité de genre et les ressources essentielles qui font avancer le domaine.

“¿Cómo navega por un mundo que parece tan incierto?” se pregunta nuestra bécaria senior Beth Woroniuk en el segundo número de nuestra serie de boletines de noviembre. Sumérgete en la edición de esta semana para descubrir cómo Beth encuentra su rumbo, explorar los puntos clave de su último informe sobre financiamiento para la igualdad de género y acceder a recursos adicionales que están dando forma al campo.

Our CEO Lyric Thompson joins Ravi Agrawal, Editor in Chief of Foreign Policy, for an episode of “FP Live” to discuss what good news for women’s rights and gender equality can be found beyond the headlines of high-profile setbacks.

In an era of global polarization and escalating crises, the promise of a feminist foreign policy has emerged as a beacon of progressive change. Yet, a troubling paradox lies at its heart: while political support holds steady, the financial backbone of the movement — women’s rights organizations — faces a “life-threatening” funding crisis. Read Collaborative staff and FFP experts Katie Whipkey, Spogmay Ahmed and Beth Woroniuk’s interview with Rameen Siddiqui, Managing Editor at Modern Diplomacy.

“Coming out of the French-hosted Fourth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy, a new group of champions is emerging to meet this moment — to ‘resist, unite and act.’ This was far from assured,” writes our Founder and CEO Lyric Thompson in the first issue of our November newsletter series. Learn more about the impact and reach of the Collaborative, our Senior Fellows and members of our Global Partner Network in Paris this October.

À l'issue de la 4ème Conférence ministérielle des diplomaties féministes organisée par la France, un nouveau groupe de champions émerge pour relever le défi du moment : « résister, unir et agir », écrit notre fondatrice et PDG Lyric Thompson dans le premier numéro de notre série de newsletters de novembre. Découvrez l'impact et la portée du Collectif, nos expertes associées et les membres de notre Réseau mondial de partenaires à Paris en octobre dernier.

“Tras la cuarta Conferencia Ministerial sobre Política Exterior Feminista, celebrada en Francia, está surgiendo un nuevo grupo de defensores para hacer frente a esta situación: 'resistir, unir y actuar'. Esto estaba lejos de estar asegurado”, escribe nuestra fundadora y directora ejecutiva Lyric Thompson en el primer número de nuestra serie de boletines informativos de noviembre. Explora el análisis de Lyric, descubre nuestras últimas publicaciones y las de nuestres Bécarias seniors, y encuentra nuevos recursos de nuestros socios de la Red de Socios Globales.

“[S]mall strategic windows give some hope to the work of FFP advocates, who say they will continue to seek new ways to keep their work going amid the mounting opposition,” writes PassBlue’s Maria Luisa Gambale, highlighting positive findings from our latest report, Defining Feminist Foreign Policy 2025, against a backdrop of rising anti-gender backlash and declining official development assistance.

“Despite the setbacks, Lyric and Spogmay’s work [at the Collaborative] reminds us that feminist foreign policy is no longer theoretical. It’s a growing movement grounded in community, courage, and connection,” writes author and podcast host Bonnie Marcus in her latest issue of her Substack Own Your Ambition.

Our Founder and CEO Lyric Thompson and Advisor Heather Hurburt join BBC World News Correspondent Megha Mohan in her latest reported piece on AI and its potential to aid or hinder gender equality.

“The stakes are high, but governments are gathering to publicly express their support for women's rights — a much-needed effort in this time of intense rollback,” writes our Senior Policy Advisor Spogmay Ahmed for the Foundation for European Progressive Studies’ The Progressive Post. Read her op-ed wherein she reviews recommendations from our Defining Feminist Foreign Policy 2025 report and shares her hopes for the future of feminist foreign policy.

Ahead of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies, our CEO Lyric Thompson joins France 24’s Annette Young for an episode of “The 51%” to discuss the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, feminist foreign policies and more.

The Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative announced in the first plenary of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy that, with the support of the Government of France, it will lead the design of a new accountability mechanism for the now-annual Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy.

In her latest for Foreign Policy, our CEO Lyric Thompson draws on trends and analysis from our Defining Feminist Foreign Policy 2025 paper to explore how high-profile setbacks have overshadowed progress on gender equality around the world.

On August 12-15, 2025, our Founder and CEO Lyric Thompson and Senior Fellow and former Special Representative for FFP of Argentina Marita Perceval shaped several discussions on the synergies between FFP and the care economy at events organized within the framework of the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in Mexico City.

The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development was a significant moment aimed at mobilizing global resources for development. Given governments’ coordinated opposition to gender equality financing in this process, ensuring robust attention was always an uphill struggle. Eyes were on Canada to see if they would play a meaningful role in mobilizing support and resources. How did they deliver? Our Senior Fellow Beth Woroniuk weighs in.

Greetings from a sweltering summer in the Northern Hemisphere, where our team has been hard at work conducting new research and convening critical conversations on a number of topics, most notably the intersections and tensions between feminist foreign policies and the financing for development agenda—the topic of a recent UN conference held in Seville, Spain. 

Saludos desde un verano sofocante en el hemisferio norte, donde nuestro equipo ha estado trabajando duro para llevar a cabo nuevas investigaciones y convocar conversaciones críticas sobre una serie de temas, sobre todo las intersecciones y tensiones entre las políticas exteriores feministas y la agenda de financiación para el desarrollo, el tema de una reciente conferencia de la ONU celebrada en Sevilla, España.

Salutations depuis l'hémisphère nord, où règne actuellement une chaleur étouffante et où notre équipe travaille d'arrache-pied à mener de nouvelles recherches et à organiser des discussions cruciales sur un certain nombre de sujets, notamment les intersections et les tensions entre les politiques étrangères féministes et le programme de financement du développement, thème d'une récente conférence des Nations unies qui s'est tenue à Séville, en Espagne.