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Why Germany should bolster security beyond defense amidst Trump's global impact

Published: 9 May 2025
E-Paper
The incoming German government will have to navigate challenges that are existential to Germany, Europe. This publication applies a feminist perspective to the far-reaching impact of the second Trump administration on global peace and security.
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Diaspora

Published: 26 March 2025
Booklet
This is a booklet about Nepali women diaspora produced by The Feminism Project Nepal and the Alliance Française de Katmandou (AFK). It contains eleven testimonies showing Nepali diaspora women's difficulties in coping with their multicultural backgrounds.
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FEMINIST DEVELOPMENT POLICY: A PATHWAY TOWARDS FEMINIST GLOBAL COLLABORATION #5 Beyond Representation

Feminist Development Policy #5: Beyond Representation

Published: 7 December 2023
E-Paper
In this publication, we take a critical look at the topic of representation and power. Who makes political decisions and who doesn't?
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Cover: Comparative analysis of the current legal frameworks in Latin America to fight online gender violence and support women’s* leadership in public life

Comparative analysis of the current legal frameworks in Latin America to fight online gender violence and support women’s* leadership in public life

Published: 23 November 2023
Analysis
Online gender-based violence, specifically targeted at women in politics, directly threatens democracy as it deteriorates and wears out until it becomes more unjust and less participatory.
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Feminism in Pictures: Global Feminist Pitch

Feminism in Pictures: Global Feminist Pitch

Published: 6 November 2023
“Feminism in Pictures” is the result of a collaboration with seven incredible feminist illustrators from Brazil, Iran, India, Georgia, Pakistan, Turkiye, and Kenya for the Global Feminist Pitch 2023. These graphic novels are evidence of the continuing streams of feminist resistance and resilience in diverse global contexts.
By Helô D’Angelo, Roshi Rouzbehani, Selen Sarikaya Eren, Sonaksha, Salomeya Bauer, Kanza Naheed, Chelwek
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Reproductive Justice

Published: 31 August 2023
Self-determined decisions about one's own body and family planning are often influenced by laws and prevailing norms that act like barriers. This publication is an attempt to make hidden injustice visible and to fought against it. So that reproductive justice can become a reality for all.
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Feminist Development Policy #4: Funding beyond power differentials

Published: 19 July 2023
E-Paper
This recommendation paper offers development practitioners and organisations some reflections to shift international development policy towards intersectional Feminist Global Collaboration.
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Combatting Global Plastic Pollution

Published: 14 March 2023
Infobrief
A critical look at the entire plastics cycle is also of crucial importance from a feminist perspective, because the plastic problem cannot simply be reduced to consumer use patterns or to harmful microplastics in cosmetic products. On the contrary, every stage of the plastics cycle reflects different gender-specific experiences and exposures.
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Stories of Feminist Mobilisation:

Published: 12 December 2022
Under the banner “For Feminist Mobilisation”, the Global Feminist Pitch 2022 wanted to give attention to feminist movements that do not get the deserved space in the public discourse. Twelve feminists from Brazil, Syria, Jamaica, Belarus, Venezuela, Kenya, Romania, the Philippines, Nigeria, Nepal, and Hungary had the opportunity write about the feminist mobilisation in their respective regions in a format of their choice. The result is “Stories of Feminist Mobilisation”.
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Feminist Development Policy #2: Knowledge as Power

Published: 18 November 2022
E-Paper
In this briefing, we will be looking at the topic of knowledge as power. There are four aspects of knowledge as power that we believe need to be addressed to achieve more Feminist Global Collaboration.
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Feminist Development Policy

Published: 22 September 2022
E-Paper
This brief contains recommendations for practitioners of the international development sector to shift the status quo of development and move towards feminist global collaboration.
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Feministische Außenpolitik

Practicing Feminist Foreign Policy in the Everyday: A Toolkit

Published: 23 November 2021
Explainer
Feminist foreign policy is emerging as a new paradigm in international relations. The concept raises expectations of a more peaceful and just foreign policy, but its theoretical dimension and practical implementation are often not clearly defined. This toolkit tries to close this gap and clarify key terms of feminist foreign policy, as well as outline the practical application of the feminist approach to international diplomacy, to security, environmental, development, trade and migration policy.
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How Militarised is Germany’s Foreign Policy?

Published: 29 September 2021
Policy Brief
German foreign policy is often described as peace-oriented, moderate and scarcely militarized. But the image of Germany as a "civilian power" cannot be upheld against Berlin's record in defense spending and arms exports. There is little evidence that Germany prioritizes civilian instruments over military power in its foreign policy. A feminist critique by the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy and the German section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
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Perspectivas Lateinamerika: Eine Frage des Geschlechts

Published: 12 May 2020
Lateinamerika hat in Bezug auf Geschlechtergerechtigkeit viel erreicht. Doch Benachteiligung und Ungleichheit zwischen den Geschlechtern sind noch lange nicht beseitigt. Hinzu kommen neue Problembereiche wie Frauenhandel und Organisierte Kriminalität. In der zweiten Ausgabe der perspectivas Lateinamerika lassen wir Autorinnen und Autoren aus unterschiedlichen Regionen zu Wort kommen.
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The Fight for the Public Space: When Personal is Political

Published: 28 December 2016
Public space is not gender neutral. This publication brings together articles written on the basis of materials from the 5th International Gender Workshop in Tbilisi in March 2016. It shows that the history of feminism is a history not only of fighting, but also one of winning.
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Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Published: 23 July 2015
Women’s bodies have regularly been – and still are – the central target of conservative and fundamentalist ideology and praxis. This essay provides analytical background information for critical and controversial debates and motivation to explore political intervention.
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Anti-Gender Movements on the Rise?

Published: 21 April 2015
The concept of "gender backlash" encompasses too activities pursued by a multitude of different local initiatives all over Central and Eastern Europe, which strongly promote tradition over equality. In many cases these groups appear to be backed and inspired both by influential US-American “pro life” organisations as well as the Kremlin’s "Gay-rope" propaganda, which aims to discredit the European Union as a place of moral decline.
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