Feminist Foreign Policy

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The Scottish Council on Global Affairs is a hub for research and policy-informed, non-partisan debate on international relations and global politics.

SCGA: Feminist Foreign Policy

A noticeable trend in the last decade has been the adoption by governments, including the Scottish Government, of a feminist approach to international relations. What a feminist approach means, how it relates to human rights approaches and whether it can make a difference, are crucially important questions in an increasingly polarised and precarious world. The SCGA has supported a range of research projects and events related to this theme.

SCGA Report: Mapping Feminist Faith Engagement with Feminist Foreign Policy

This report focuses on feminist foreign policy and the need to apply equality and justice within these structures, norms and ruling ideology, thus rethinking and re-envisioning gender structures of institutions and governance systems. Anupama Ranawana – the author – is a thematic research specialist with Christian Aid. “The Scottish Government may wish to consider how … Read more

SCGA Insight: Good Global Citizens? Scottish and English Attitudes to Foreign Policy

Good Global Citizens? Scottish and English Attitudes to Foreign Policy. December 2023Dr Claire Duncanson, Dr Timothy Gravelle, Professor Thomas Scotto To quote from our ‘Insight’ document “Opinion polling on Scottish foreign policy attitudes is rare…” leading to our Fall 2022 survey of representative samples of English and Scottish respondents large enough to allow for cross-national … Read more

SCGA Insight: Towards A Feminist Foreign Policy For Scotland

Towards A Feminist Foreign Policy For Scotland – Partners, Pitfalls, Possibilities This SCGA Insight reports on a roundtable held in June 2023, at the British International Studies Association conference in Glasgow, sponsored by the SCGA. December 2023Dr Bernhard Reinsberg, Dr Malte Riemann The following is taken from the document summary: “In recent years, Feminist Foreign … Read more

Video: Festival of Politics 2023 – ‘Scotland – a Good Global Citizen?’

Presented by the Festival of Politics 2023 and featuring SCGA team member Peter Jackson What is Scotland doing post-COP on climate reparations, ethical consumerism, human rights, mediation and international development? Speakers: A far-reaching discussion touching on the war in Ukraine, Human Rights, cross-border issues, climate change and how these global issues are bought back to … Read more

Scottish Government Report on a Feminist Approach to Global Affairs

Scottish Government Report on a Feminist Approach to Global Affairs Published today, the ‘Scottish Government Report on a Feminist Approach to Global Affairs’ is an evidence report with research conducted by the Scottish Council on Global Affairs and Scotland’s International Development Alliance. We’ll have a Press Release before long but in the meantime the full … Read more

Event: Good Global Citizens? Scottish and English attitudes to Foreign Policy

Event: Good Global Citizens? Scottish and English attitudes to Foreign Policy Date: April 27th 2023 Time: 18.00 – 21.00 Venue: Humanity Lecture Theatre University of Glasgow Organisers: College of Social Sciences and the Scottish Council on Global Affairs Presented by the College of Social Sciences and the Scottish Council on Global Affairs “Comprehensive attempts to measure … Read more

Event Write-up: Feminist Foreign Policy

Past event: ‘What is a feminist approach to foreign policy? And what could it look like in Scottish Government Policy and Practice?’ Organisers: Claire Duncanson, Annika Bergman Rosamond and Caron Gentry Claire Duncanson (University of Edinburgh), Annika Bergman Rosamond (Lund University), and Caron Gentry (Northumbria University) organised this workshop with support from the new Scottish … Read more

Opinion Paper, Feminist Foreign Policy

Opinion Paper: Scotland the Brave? An authentic, ambitious and accountable Feminist Foreign Policy Authors: Annika Bergman Rosamond, Claire Duncanson and Caron Gentry Annika Bergman Rosamond, Associate Professor (Docent) in Political Science and International Relations,  Lund University (LU): more … Claire Duncanson, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Edinburgh: more … Caron Gentry, Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor for … Read more