Our Senior Policy Advisor Spogmay Ahmed and Development and Communications Associate Jill Montilla join Jennie Wetter, Director and Host of “rePROs Fight Back,” to discuss the urgent need for a feminist foreign policy framework, findings from our recent publications and reflections from the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy in Paris.

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.

“[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.

In her interview with Canadian news outlet CTV News, our Senior Fellow Beth Woroniuk, who also serves as an appointee of the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council, underlines that gender equality, climate change and global rights issues are being sidelined at this year’s G7 Summit.

The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development this June presents a critical test as negotiations reveal a disturbing trend: The weakening of gender equality commitments in the face of growing opposition. Read analysis from our Senior Fellow Beth Woroniuk in Devex.

Our Senior Fellow, Beth Woroniuk, joins Girls’ Globe’s Julia Wiklander for an episode of the Hey Changemaker! podcast. Beth shares how she’s seeing the current state of the global movement for feminist financing and feminist foreign policies, along with her advice for young feminists moving into the advocacy space today.

“The hope that I have for feminist foreign policy is that the diversification and growth of this cohort could be what we need to break up some of the regional blocks that have constrained progress.” Our Founder and CEO Lyric Thompson discusses feminist foreign policy with The Public Diplomacy Council of America.

The Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative (the Collaborative) invites journalists to join our virtual press briefing that will include panelists from the Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO), Interruptrr and others. The briefing will provide journalists with expert insights on how FFP governments are shaping and engaging in these three defining events and what this could mean for the future of multilateral engagement.

La presidenta de Feministas Sin Fronteras [y Becaria Senior del Colaborative de Política Exterior Feminista] conversa sobre la denuncia de violencia de género el expresidente Fernández y las políticas de Milei en su país. “Su libertad es la individulism extremo”, dice.

Our Senior Fellows, Beth Woroniuk and Marita Perceval, join WRIR Richmond’s Carol Olson and Melissa Vaughn for an episode of the Women & Politics Show. Woroniuk and Perceval share what brings them to our Visiting Fellows Program, along with their objectives for their fellowship