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2024
New Women Leaders, Same Old International Politics
The world鈥檚 top political personnel are increasingly feminist. Policy is another matter.
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Homophobia in Africa: The American far-right's footprint
Investigations reveal how American far-right activists are contributing to rising anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment in Africa. With funding and support from Uganda to Nigeria, they're influencing laws and public opinion.
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US Christian right has taken aim at LGBTIQ+ rights, sex education and abortion in Africa 鈥 new book
A new 鈥 The US Christian Right and Pro-Family Politics in 21st Century Africa 鈥 reveals the role played by some right wing US Christian groups in trying to spread their social and moral influence in African countries. Sociologist Haley McEwen, who specialises in the subject, answers five questions about her book.
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Den feministiska utrikespolitiken gav Sverige ett gott renomm茅 i v盲rlden
Published 2024-01-28.
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Den feministiska utrikespolitiken gjorde visst skillnad!
N盲r regeringen under 2022 valde att slopa Sveriges feministiska utrikespolitik, menade utrikesminister Tobias Billstr枚m att politiken var en etikett snarare 盲n ett verktyg och att det inte skulle g枚ra s氓 stor skillnad p氓 inneh氓llet att slopa den.鈥疢en det st盲mmer helt enkelt inte, s盲ger Anna Berggren, Diakonias鈥痯olicyr氓dgivare inom j盲mst盲lldhet och det civila samh盲llets demokratiska utrymme. 2024-01-16.
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2023
Implementing a Feminist Foreign Policy: Lessons from Sweden
Webinar organized by the Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA). The webinar was about the EBA report More Than a Label, Less Than a Revolution: Sweden鈥檚 Feminist Foreign Policy, exploring the bilateral implementation of Sweden鈥檚 feminist foreign policy. 2023-11-15.
Revisiting Feminist Foreign Policy: Exploring Sweden鈥檚 Journey and the Power of the 鈥欶鈥-Word
Online event organized by Polis180. The online event had the aim to critically examine the concept of feminist foreign policy, with a specific focus on Sweden鈥檚 experience, in order to explore the meaning and significance of the 鈥濬鈥-word. 2023-10-25.
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Avskaffandet av den feministiska utrikespolitiken
Interpellation debate in Sweden's Riksdag about the abolition of feminist foreign policy in Sweden. 2023-09-29.
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Feministisk utrikespolitik har visst gett resultat
N盲r den nya regeringen drog tillbaka den feministiska utrikespolitiken cirkulerade motstridiga och ofta felaktiga p氓st氓enden om vad den inneb盲r. B氓de kritikerna och f枚respr氓karna har fel. Det var inte bara "plakatpolitik" - och den kommer heller inte skrotas nu i sin helhet. Publicerad 2023-08-29.
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2022
Margot Wallstr枚m: Feministisk udenrigspolitik kan ikke bremses
I 2014 blev den s氓kaldt feministiske udenrigspolitik f酶dt i Sverige og gjorde landet verdenskendt som ligestillingens pion茅r. Nu har den nye regering lagt den i graven. Sverige vil miste sin f酶rerposition, men ideen lever videre, siger Margot Wallstr枚m. Publicerad 2022-12-03.
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2021
Interview for Humanities Matter by Brill, podcast, 16 June 2021.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced people indoors and has moved even important businesses and interactions online. Diplomatic interactions are no exception. In the second episode of the themed series Across the Rainbow, Ann Towns and Katarzyna Jezierska speak on Diplomacy, Gender and Covid-19.
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Towards a feminist foreign policy - contributions from feminist theories of international relations
Panel talk organized by the Directorate of Women and Gender Affairs of the Argentine Foreign Ministry, with the sponsorship of the Institute of the Foreign Service of the Nation and the sponsorship of the National University of Cuyo and the Federal Council for International Studies (CoFEI). 2021-10-19.
鈥漋arum盲rket鈥 Sverige inneh氓ller mest j盲mst盲lldhet i Norden
Trots att j盲mst盲lldhet mellan k枚nen 盲r viktigt i alla de nordiska l盲nderna betonas det i olika stor utstr盲ckning p氓 l盲ndernas officiella webbplatser, visar en j盲mf枚rande studie. J盲mf枚relsen visar ocks氓 att de nordiska l盲nderna helst anv盲nder sina egna 鈥漹arum盲rken鈥 f枚r att marknadsf枚ra sig och inte ett gemensamt 鈥漬ordiskt鈥 som Nordiska ministerr氓det f枚rordar. Publicerad 2021-11-19.
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Forskning om kvinnor i diplomatin bryter ny mark
L盲nge var kvinnor utest盲ngda fr氓n diplomatins v盲rld. Men en tydlig f枚r盲ndring 盲r p氓 v盲g. I dag utg枚r kvinnor omkring en femtedel av v盲rldens ambassad枚rer. Som Wallenberg Academy Fellow har Ann Towns byggt upp nydanande forskning om de utmaningar som dessa kvinnor st盲lls inf枚r och diplomatins f枚r盲ndringar. Publicerad 2021.
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2017
The Male Dominance in Diplomacy is Changing
The number of female diplomats in the world has increased in the last 20 years, although the most prestigious positions remain heavily male dominated. However, even this imbalance is changing, according to new research from the University 91探花. 2017-10-11.
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2016
2015
Towards a peaceful global order and gender justice in diplomacy
Invited public talk for the 350-year Symposium at Lund University, March 7 2017.
Panelist, 鈥滷eministisk diplomati och utrikespolitik?鈥 Almedalen, 2015-07-03.
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2014
Female Diplomats Clash with Male Norms
The diplomatic world was long populated entirely by men. Now more and more women are being appointed ambassadors. What gender norms govern diplomacy, and how does this affect female diplomats? These are issues that Ann Towns, a Wallenberg Academy Fellow at the University 91探花, wants to explore. From 2014.
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