Recap: 2025 activities of the FFP Progressive Voices Collective 22.01.2026 Feminist Foreign Policy is increasingly under threat in the current geopolitical climate. The FFP Progressive Voices Collective is committed to keep the flag flying. Take a look at the activity highlights of 2025. Thursday, 18.04.2024 News Publication Policy Brief: A European Feminist Foreign Policy? Feminist foreign policy (FFP) has gained significant ground across the globe, but a lot remains to be done. Read some concrete policy recommendations in our new policy brief. Monday, 15.12.2025 News Feminist Foreign Policy in Action Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP) questions traditional takes on foreign relations and is becoming increasingly widespread in the political world. Find out more about our work to further the dialogue on this topic. Monday, 07.10.2024 News Publication Policy Brief: Feminist Foreign Policy in the EU and Latin America Latin America is a leading region in developing Feminist Foreign Policies (FFPs). This creates opportunities for collaboration with the EU, such as the exchange of best practices and knowledge sharing. Read our new policy brief to know more. The FFP Progressive Voices Collective at the UN's CSW69 © FEPS 2025 marked the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The FFP Progressive Voices Collective joined the 69th session of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) in March to highlight the role that Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP) can play in advancing more equal societies. Co-Chairs Ann Linde, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, and Machris Cabreros, Global Coordinator at the Progressive Alliance, met with UN Women Deputy Executive Director Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda to discuss how to strengthen multilateralism and pursue the fight for gender justice and non-discrimination as core values against global setbacks. The Collective also organised the CSW69 Parallel Event “Redrawing the lines of foreign policy through feminism”: During the panel discussion, Lina Gálvez MEP, Chair of the FEMM Committee, Daniela Sepúlveda (PEFAL), Foteini Papagioti (ICRW), and Spogmay Ahmed (FFP Collaborative) highlighted how FFP helps to see the world differently and formulate feminist-informed policy approaches that benefit everyone. They emphasised the need for broad alliances to safeguard democratic institutions and values against far-right and anti-gender pushbacks. Best practices at the FFP Ministerial Conference ©FEPS Showing strength against anti-rights movements by joining forces and developing joint strategies was also the key message of the 4th FFP Ministerial Conference, hosted by France in October 2025. In line with this, the FFP PVC supported the NGO-led conference session on Exploring best practices in government-civil society collaboration (Roundtable #8), co-organised by the FFP Collaborative and other partner organisations. Speaking about her experience as former minister, Ann Linde highlighted the important role that civil society plays in pushing the boundaries forward and ensuring the development and implementation of new approaches to policymaking. Extending the FFP Policy Brief Series In time for the Conference, we also published the latest paper in our FFP Policy Brief Series: “Beyond Values – How FFP serves strategic values”. Author Leonie Stamm from the German Council on Foreign Relations provides strong arguments for how governments have benefited from adopting a Feminist Foreign Policy and explores how these strategic potentials can be used to enrich the normative case for FFP. Beyond values Stamm, Leonie | Brussels : FEPS, Foundation for European Progressive Studies, October 2025 how feminist foreign policy serves strategic interests Download publication Looking ahead ©FEPS The question of how to strengthen and safeguard feminist achievements across countries was at the core of regular online meetings with Collective members, which served as an inspiring forum to exchange ideas and perspectives and learn about ongoing projects. With the launch of the EU budget negotiations for the Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034 (MFF), we zoomed in on proposals for the Global Europe portfolio. Going forward, the Collective’s demands are clear: gender-mainstreaming needs to be applied across all portfolios, in line with the Gender Action Plan III (and the upcoming IV);the current practice of gender spending targets in the NDICI funding instrument needs to be continued and aligned with the OECD Gender Markers 1 and 2 in order to track spending and assess the impact of activities that apply a gender perspective;in the current political climate, the essential role of civil society to counter democratic backsliding needs to be acknowledged. The next EU budget must entail ring-fenced funding for feminist organisations on the ground. With the negotiations around the MFF picking up speed, we look forward to building on the work done and pushing for a budget that promotes gender justice and equal rights for all. This would not be possible without the Progressive Voices Collective and the support and expertise of its Co-Chairs, partner organisations and over 60 members from across the world. Picture Gallery © FEPS About the FFP Progressive Voices Collective Together with the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), FES launched the Feminist Foreign Policy Progressive Voices Collective (FFPPVC) in 2023. The project builds on a global multi-stakeholder feminist foreign policy community and aims to advance policy recommendations for both European and national policymakers. The objectives are to:create a clear, shared vision of feminist foreign policy for progressive policymakers by developing a basic framework, sharing best practices and collecting relevant indicators;analyse the main challenges when it comes to promoting FFP as a goal of EU external action by reviewing the current practices and culture regarding gender mainstreaming and transformative thinking to overcome persisting barriers;demonstrate the benefits of a European Feminist Foreign Policy and advance policy recommendations based on national good practices.For more information, contact Agnes Mach, FES Policy Officer for Gender Justice: Agnes.Mach(at)fes.de.
Beyond values Stamm, Leonie | Brussels : FEPS, Foundation for European Progressive Studies, October 2025 how feminist foreign policy serves strategic interests Download publication
