Opinion: Feminist foreign policy in the digital age
Source: Devex
Last month, representatives from UN Women and Zenobia, a civil society organization, spoke at the launch of France’s feminist foreign policy strategy by Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot, highlighting the need for a feminist approach to global peace and technology.
Last month, UN Women and Zenobia — a Syrian civil society organization supported by the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund, or WPHF — were invited to speak at the launch of France’s international strategy for a feminist foreign policy. The event marked a key moment in reaffirming the centrality of gender equality and women’s rights across diplomacy, peace, and technology. It also offered a timely opportunity to reflect on how digital governance and peacebuilding intersect with the ambitions of feminist multilateralism.
Four years ago in Paris, UN Women and the government of France stood alongside global advocates to launch the Generation Equality Forum. This initiative aimed to accelerate global gender equality through collaborative, multistakeholder partnerships that would mobilize concrete commitments and increase investments to advance the Beijing Platform for Action. Our goal was ambitious: to build the world’s first multistakeholder Action Coalition on Gender, Technology and Innovation. We were driven by the conviction that the digital revolution will not advance justice and democracy unless it is feminist.
Read here the full article published by Devex on 21 April 2025.
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Last month, representatives from UN Women and Zenobia, a civil society organization, spoke at the launch of France’s feminist foreign policy strategy by Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot, highlighting the need for a feminist approach to global peace and technology.
Last month, UN Women and Zenobia — a Syrian civil society organization supported by the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund, or WPHF — were invited to speak at the launch of France’s international strategy for a feminist foreign policy. The event marked a key moment in reaffirming the centrality of gender equality and women’s rights across diplomacy, peace, and technology. It also offered a timely opportunity to reflect on how digital governance and peacebuilding intersect with the ambitions of feminist multilateralism.
Four years ago in Paris, UN Women and the government of France stood alongside global advocates to launch the Generation Equality Forum. This initiative aimed to accelerate global gender equality through collaborative, multistakeholder partnerships that would mobilize concrete commitments and increase investments to advance the Beijing Platform for Action. Our goal was ambitious: to build the world’s first multistakeholder Action Coalition on Gender, Technology and Innovation. We were driven by the conviction that the digital revolution will not advance justice and democracy unless it is feminist.
Read here the full article published by Devex on 21 April 2025.
Image by Devex