Womanhood & International Relations

Is the media coverage of foreign policy focusing on states’ behavior to, purposely, dehumanize people? How mainstream, traditional and social media coverages of international conflicts are influenced by and/or can influence too: People, States & Systems?

How complex is the experience of covering human rights violations, defense and protection? Can media coverages of human rights violations and mass crimes vary depending on the diplomatic, economic, religious and cultural ties of the countries’ news companies, journalists and editors are from, based on or respond to?

Are states foregoing Humanitarian Intervention and R2P mechanisms because economic, diplomatic and religious ties with private or third party actors triumph over, or come at the expense of, the suffering of “other” people? 

Which human stories of conflict, justice, peace and memory become top news and why others aren’t? Where are these stories being told and who is paying attention, ridiculing, ignoring or censuring them? 

A Spanish-language interview with Marta Saiz, freelance human rights journalist with more than a decade of experience covering conflict, migration and human rights stories in Iran, Greece, Palestine, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Bolivia and Paraguay;  winner of the 2021 Premio de periodismo de migración laboral of the International Labour Organization. 

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Have individuals and states outgrown the current international systems? Is the international political system not meant for states to grow unlimited within it or...to grow outside of it?

What if 20th century norms and rules created by international community institutions (and by certain state and non-state actors) were and are limiting humans and states' evolution?

What is the current World Order? Are we already in a "New" World Order? Or are we living through a... World Disorder?

Are modern states and non-state actors, leaders and institutions creating new forms of "order" without sharing values and interest in *agreed* relation?

How comfortable are we with uncertainty and disorder?

Do humans aspire for or resist order? Do humans actually, crave for or are preconditioned to desire, disorder to be the norm?

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How free are Women in Politics? When does personal agency or identity can get lost in the launch and execution of political campaigns? What weighs more in the road to election: personal reasons, collective pressures/promises or a combination of both?

With the rise of female candidates running for presidential positions in different countries, what's the ratio of commitment to serve the people vs. the interests of corporations, donors and campaign backers?

Just as subjects can become political, what if staying too long in positions of political power strips elected officials from their own personal identity? Who are they or who they can be without... "Politics"? And is this possible crisis of personal identity a reason why they may "cling" to "power"?

A review of the TV series The Queenmaker.

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What stories do our bodies tell? How can music and dance forms help people communicate with their inner selves and each other? How our body language may be signaling our oppression or liberation of mental, cultural or social conditionings?

Why is Belly Dancing seen as a popular and powerful dance style? How its evolution throughout time showcased the intersection between West and East gazes? In which ways mindful art performances educate audiences or societies to rethink prejudices and stereotypes on women's and people's bodies?

An interview with Alexandra Molina and Valerick Molinary, founders of the multimedia production and theater company Belly Dance Stories.

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How are we reacting to watching wars unfold on traditional news media and social media? What role does mis/dis/information  play in our response or disregard of international conflicts?

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On International Day of the Girl, what are some of the key issues affecting girl’s education in Ivory Coast? Why Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) education is important for the current and next generation of young leaders in your country and region?

An interview with Sylvie Tanflotien, president of Ameri-STEAM.

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How the political climate of countries can hinder or facilitate conflict resolution or peace efforts? When did the concept of "peace" become a political tool for winning or losing a presidential elections in Colombia? Can the new 'Total Peace' plan pave the way for transitional or transformational justice?

How have Conflict-Related Sexual Violence cases within rebel groups such as the FARC been addressed in transitional justice mechanisms? Who are the 'ideal victims' for the State or the special judicial systems? How can reparations for sexual violence victims include a gender perspective?

An interview with Daniela Suárez Vargas is a PhD student in Law at Queen’s University Belfast (UK),  a scholar of the AHRC Northern Bridge Consortium’s doctoral training programme (UK), and a qualified lawyer in Colombia. Her PhD project analyses how legal narratives of the "ideal victim" of sexual violence impact the recognition of victim status for women fighters who experienced such violence within their own armed group.

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Are we stuck in a Suspended Human Evolution? Is it preventing us to develop a process to "Care for Peace" at a global scale? What can we learn from healthcare professionals to understand this concept from an individual to a systemic level?

Why the Mutual Assured Destruction in the early 1960s meant the end of the First Human Evolution? And how can we launch the Second one in this decade?

On International Peace Day 2023, the call to rethink the international system to prevent or intervene in growing conflicts and insecurity challenges is expanding in different power circles from governments, IR and Peace fields to feminist, environmental, societal and spiritual ones.

How are we each contributing to our race or Planet extinction or... to the quest for long lasting peace?

An interview with Jeff Hardy, International Healthcare Facility Futurist and Planner and Author of "To Care for Peace: A Global Mandate to Secure the Second Human Evolution in Perpetuity."

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How cultures of fear and silence may affect the way post-conflict societies relate to transitional justice and peace processes? What's been the role women have played in the TRRC in The Gambia?

How has the implementation of women-only listening circles and safe spaces helped build trust, support and justice to those who have been excluded, abused or silenced for so long?

An interview with Ereshnee Naidu-Silverman, Senior Director for the Global Transitional Justice Initiative.

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What is the caste system and why it still continues nowadays in India?Dalit women and girls are placed at the bottom of the caste system, why is it so? What are some cultural or religious norms negatively affecting Dalit and Adivasis women and girls? How do they differ from castes in Northern India?

Despite all the domestic and international human rights laws focusing on protecting caste marginalized communities, why structural violence and sexual violence persists against them? How can States work through "reforming" centuries old societal/economic/religious organization systems to "fit" current times?

Are there limits to what "States" can do to ensure inter communal violence doesn't occur? What if there are "non-negotiables" for societal and ethnic organizations, different than states structures, depending on a country's history?

An interview with Christina Dhanuja, Convenor of the Global Campaign for Dalit Women and co-founder of the #DalitHistoryMonth project.

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We may have been taught the study of International Relations in a logical way as if there were no underlying energies, emotions and desires in the behaviors and relations between states but, that time, has come to an end.

What kind of energies lie beneath domestic and foreign policies? Are states striving for balance or moving towards the extremes of hypermasculinity or hyperfemininity? How are these two concepts influencing their decision-making? How is the intersection between individual thought/emotion/will, social/racial/gender/environmental movements, nations and cultures affecting the structures of States and their relations with others?

Why some domestic or foreign policies thrive or fall because of their excess or lack of "energy" behind them?

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How can we build information resilience amidst so many digital battlegrounds, misinformation and gendered disinformation campaigns influencing political, social and armed conflicts around the world?

Why have digital battlegrounds and disinformation campaigns particularly targeted female activists in Myanmar after the 2021 military coup? How has the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan increased online/offline threats to NGOs and civilians reporting human rights violations? In which ways the Ukraine-Russia conflict has showcased the importance of open source data verification projects to document human rights abuses and war crimes? How can social media platforms regulate and prevent online abuse, harrasment and gendered disinformation that could lead to more domestic/international conflicts?

An interview with Rachel Winny, Technical Director at the Centre for Information Resilience.

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The COVID-19 pandemic hit the global economy in unprecedented ways, marking a new wave of interest in the design of healthier and alternative economic systems for the benefit of People and Planet. Unpaid domestic work and the care crisis has been big areas of concern amongst scholars and activists studying and advocating for Feminist Economics principles, how can theory and praxis of the care economy help clear the knowledge gap between the public, private and civil sectors?

What is the care economy and why its past and present organization is creating a structural barrier limiting women's economic participation? How has climate change exacerbated the care crisis? In which ways the private sector is helping solve the care crisis in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia? Since there are pink washing dynamics in gender lens investments and philanthropy initiatives, how could a "well-executed" care economy lens change the future of investments, businesses and markets? 

An interview with Dr. Carolina Robino and Dr. Rebecca Calder, partners of The Care Economy Knowledge Hub.

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Cecilia Monzón's femicide in 2022 shocked thousands of people in Mexico. The public outcry for justice for her and the many mothers who were and still are victims of gender based violence perpetrated by their current or former partners led to several activist campaigns and the proposal of laws including the Monzon's Law or Ley de Monzón.

What is Cecilia's story and what was her feminist fight? In a country with one of the highest rates of femicides in the Latin American region, what is the importance of gender perspectives in Law? How is institutional gender violence revictimizing victims and their families while favoring perpetrators of crimes? What can we learn from the human rights and children rights dimensions of Cecilia's case? Why are feminist collectives so important in the quest for justice and prevention of GBV?

An interview with Helena Monzón Pérez, Lawyer and sister of Cecilia Monzón.

A special thank you to Cecilia Ibarra and the members of Colectiva Insurrectas for helping make this interview possible.

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What are some ways to address Menstrual Health, Hygiene and Education that could enable societies and governments to reduce shame and stigma? How can sensitization training for schools and healthcare professionals, the engagement with local leaders and the rehabilitation and adaptation of WASH facilities could help create inclusive menstrual health management?  Why is MHHE often overlooked within the context of development? What are the cultural, religious and policy budget shifts happening due to WASH programs in countries like Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burkina Faso and Pakistan?

To commemorate World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023, we feature an interview with Nicole Dagher, Program Manager at Water Aid Canada.

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What are the menstrual realities of young girls, women and menstruating people living in Mumbai Slums? How are religions, economics, customs and traditions directly or indirectly influencing or perpetuating menstrual shame and stigma in this city? How can science, education, economic empowerment opportunities and health clinics help offer pathways of menstrual dignity to vulnerable populations?

On World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023, we feature an interview with Dr. Shraddha Kale Kapile, Senior Program Manager at Myna Mahila Foundation.

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What is the colonial history of menstrual health, hygiene and education in Latin America? How important is the language used in family settings, schools, business ads, health clinics and government policies to reproduce or reduce the menstrual shame and stigma that is passed on through generations? Why words such as "hygiene", "poverty" and "purification" are used by international development agendas to address menstruation as a "sanitation crises" in the Global South? What needs to change in the local and international approach to decolonize menstrual health, hygiene and education in this region?

On World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023, we feature a Spanish-language interview with Psychologist Carolina Ramirez, founder of Princesas Menstruantes, Escuela de Educación Emancipadas and Coordinator of Encuentro Latinoamericano de Educación, Salud y Activismos Menstruales.

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Amidst talks on the Menstrual Equity Fund in Canada, how challenging is to launch a sustainable menstrual hygiene small-business? What are the biggest opportunities and struggles female entrepreneurs face when entering the market, often flooded by synthetic and cheap products from big corporations? What are the main criticisms and successes of choosing sustainable sourcing, manufacturing and distribution? How are plastic-free and rayon-free hygiene products good for people's health and the environment?

On World Menstrual Hygiene Day 2023, we feature an interview with Kat Plouffe, founder of Only.

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How are we currently valuing women's presence, voices and expertise in traditional media and social media as fellow colleagues, readers, listeners or audience members? Has the patriarchal mindset and the predomination of male experts in the International Relations field affected the way we look and value women experts whether we agree with their IR analysis or not?

Are we aware of the set of beauty standards, cultural norms and behavior expectations we personally or collectively measure to define what a "good scholar" or a "good professional" should be, look or sound like?

What kind of struggles, insecurities, risks and/or structural barriers do women experts face in order to be recognized as "experts" or "legitimized" by their peers within this field? Why the criticism against women's experts in IR is mostly destructive criticism and not constructive? Is it possible to revalue or re-educate our gaze and value system in a nonviolent way?

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Are great powers (and personal powers') dynamics primal or developed?

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Is national identity all some of us have? Is nationalism a good omen for humans to hold on to in order to...matter? If so, how? How to lighten the load we carry?

What are the feminist values, economic and social pressures states are responding to? And...why?

A review of the new Feminist Foreign Policy Index 2023.

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Millions of women and girls around the world lack access to clean water. In some rural areas and cultures, they are the ones walking up to 4 miles to collect water (not necessarily safe to drink) several times a day negatively affecting their opportunities for education, work and living a healthy and dignified life.

Why is clean water so important for women and how could it help them gain their time (and lives!) back?

How are WASH projects making a positive difference in the lives of individual people and their communities? What challenges and successes can be found in WASH projects operating in ongoing conflict zones or water-stressed areas in Africa and Asia? Is the water crisis solvable in our lifetime?

On World Water Day 2023, what are the biggest misconceptions around women and water and how are they overcoming them?

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What are reparations and how are they different from other transitional justice mechanisms? How are reparations from war different from those of dictatorships, legacies of slavery and colonization? Do reparations help people "heal", individually and collectively, wounds from the past? If so, how? 

What is our role in agreeing upon or legitimizing a "hierarchy of victims"?  How do we perceive justice for victims? Can justice ever arrive "too late"? Do victims really feel a sense of “closure” when reparations talks and programs take place? Can victims "self-repair"? What can we learn from the case studies of Guatemala, Peru, Northern Ireland, Uganda, Nepal, South Africa and Kosovo? 

An interview with Dr. Luke Moffett, reader of the School of Law at Queen's University Belfast and author of the new book "Reparations and War: Finding the Balance in Repairing the Past". 

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Are we projecting our inner wounds into the world? How much of the suffering and violent conflicts we are seeing on the international news come from masculine or feminine energetic imbalances stemming from Self to Governments? What role do we play, what type of agency do we exercise, in order to contribute to current power inequalities and struggles within our families, relations, communities and nations? What kind of responsibility do we choose to take and which other do we choose to externalize and blame into an “Other”, a “System”, a “Culture”?

How can we start broadening our awareness of how our personal story may impact or help evolve the macro one?

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Are we confined by the coloniality of knowledge within the International Relations field? What type of IR analysis is accepted, reproduced or legitimized? And, by who? How and why are feminists from the Global South subverting IR theories and FFP's through praxis? Why decolonial and anticolonial standpoints on world affairs are growing? Which safe spaces and forms of expressions do people have to reflect upon them? 

An interview with Kirthi Jayakumar, peace educator, lawyer and founder of the Gender Security Project.

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How a State views itself and its relations with Others? With the 'Total Peace' Law approved recently, the Gustavo Petro Administration is seeking to end the decades-long armed conflict with multiple groups and actors in Colombia during the 2022-2026 period. The announcement of a FFP model comes with a willingness to redesign the National Action Plan for 1325 Resolution to fit the 'Total Peace' efforts. As we see this agenda unfold, how controversies surrounding the words "feminism", "race" and  "peace" in the Latin America region may or can transform domestic and foreign affairs? Can intersectional lenses be applied in representation, design and implementation? Lastly, are ffp models becoming excellent examples of political communication to showcase "progress" and receive "external validation" from the 'North' instead of... "real" and "effective" policies and actions? 

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Can the pursuit of two proposals... work out? Gabriel Boric's Administration is leading announcements of a "feminist" foreign policy and a "turquoise" foreign policy, both at the same time, is it a sign of how states can multilaterally answer the most pressing world problems or... is it falling down the old "divide and conquer" route? Why "ecofeminism" was not a term considered to align the two?

How are we framing the history of November 25th? Why the assassination of the Mirabal sisters in the Dominican Republic showed the international community the brutality of violence against women in politics? Are we remembering women as political actors or only as victims of violence?

How are we building the collective memory of women in our countries?

An interview with Dr. Ada Alvarez Conde, Caribbean Historian, Author and Dating Violence Expert.

How Jair Bolsonaro’s Administration transformed Brazil? Why the term “necropolitics” is used to describe not only his government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the deforestation of the Amazon region but also the dismantling of social welfare programs that previously sought to address economic, gender and racial inequalities? In which ways, the militaristic view of governance caused a “crisis of democracy”?

After the 2022 presidential elections, why half of Brasil’s voters (50.9%) chose former president Lula da Silva to lead the country in 2023?

An interview in Portuguese with Vania Sierra, Social Policy Professor at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.

How the massive protests in Iran are showing the multiple grievances of women, girls and people? As Iran ranks 143 out of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index, is the situation of women’s rights in this country a case of gender-apartheid? Can a state with a possible gender-apartheid in place offer respect and protection of women’s lives, rights and freedoms? If so, how? If not, why?

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In which ways militarization and militarized masculinities affect our cultures, states and social structures? How the patriarchal pact shapes perceptions of "manhood" from an early age? Why is it hard for societies and/or states to “properly” address or deconstruct militarized masculinities - and the continuum of violence - IF and WHEN seeking to advance feminist peace?

With the release of WILPF's latest documentary, Power on Patrol, what can we learn from the history of Colombia, Afghanistan, DRC, Cameroon, Nicaragua and South Africa?

A roundtable discussion with Dean Peacock, Director Countering Militarized Masculinities at WILPF; Guy Feugap, Director of Programmes at WILPF Cameroon; Oswaldo Montoya, Networks Associate at MenEngage; and Diana Salcedo, Director of WILPF/LIMPAL Colombia. Translation possible by WILPF collaborator Ada Volkmer.

Do states have...emotions? If so, how do they express them? How can the intergroup emotions theory explain whether political decision-making is based on fear, passion, revenge, happiness, grief or hate?

How many domestic and foreign policies are influenced by the suppression or incitement of a specific set of emotions, beliefs, behaviors and actions?

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Are we reaching the next era of Feminist Foreign Policies? In response to the Ukraine-Russia conflict, is Sweden’s pioneer formula the “safe” way to go for states in Europe? If so, if not, why?

A commentary on the latest announcement of Germany first ffp model.

From the historic floods in Pakistan to the typhoons and hurricanes in Asia-Pacific and the Caribbean to ongoing humanitarian crises, what are some ways to help? If you can and are able to donate time, energy, resources and money to disaster relief programs and civic organizations providing support to communities, please do. It matters.

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Can games be truly “apolitical” or should we, as humans, often find a way to project politics into them? How are people using games or sports to find and showcase “power” while, at the same time, depending on external validation to ensure sense of Self? How are governments using games or sports to show superiority or demoralize people from other states and play into a specific imaginary of power? Is chess an inherently racist and sexist game or... made to be one?

A commentary of Netflix's miniseries The Queen's Gambit. 

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How are feminists and feminist movements "framing" their activism? How is globalization and capitalism directly or indirectly affecting the way some ideas, projects and foreign policy models are being legitimized and promoted while others aren't? What role does the flow of theories, laws and strategies from local/international, North/South, Western/Non-Western play in addressing, increasing or maintaining social, racial and economic inequalities? 

A first look into Transnational Feminism.

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The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights released yesterday its 2022 assessment on the human rights violations committed against the Uyghurs in XUAR. What does the report says about China's domestic policies, power dynamics and treatment of religious and ethnic minorities?

Why are circles so powerful? How can circles support personal and collective journeys? If you are embarking on a feminist and/or patriarchal mindset deconstruction process, how-to start creating safe environments to discuss and shift... power? How-to start weaving cyclical individual and systemic change? 

In this episode I share with you some lessons from my personal and professional experience as well as tips and recommendations to organize events and build a path forward.

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Where is power exercised in a state “neutrality”? How is militarization appealing to our(s) countries’ concept of “power” and possible “hero”mentality? Can “humans” be the reason “states” approve or veto each other’s bids, ambitions or… imperialistic dreams? If so, what are the conditions for this rationale?

What is food insecurity? How it evolves into a food crisis? What are the main causes of food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition? What are the gendered dimensions of the "hunger trap"? Why is hunger used as a weapon of war? 

What are the main highlights of the Global Report on Food Crises 2022? Why there are reports that COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine/Russia conflict is affecting the global food security? How can we start today ensuring food security at local and international levels?

What influences the announcement and design of a feminist foreign policy? How “efficient” and “important” is the use of the word “feminism” in this field? How it affects ffp implementation and domestic and international environments? What are some key critiques, debates and decolonial views on current ffps coming from the Global South?

In Australia, there is an Australian Feminist Foreign Policy Coalition being convened amidst domestic and international security concerns from COVID-19, GBV and First Nations to the recent AUKUS pact. How could Australia’s foreign policy benefit from feminist perspectives? Why enabling an environment of civil society conversation of ffp support the “soft landing” of a possible ffp announcement in the future?

An interview with Alice Ridge, Senior Research, Policy and Advocacy Advisor, and Liz Gil-Atkinson, Research Advisor at the International Women’s Development Agency.

Is the international community response to recent violent conflicts delegitimizing women's agency and reproducing unequal gender relations in times of war and peace? If so or if not, why? In the first few weeks of the Ukraine/Russia conflict, why is the WPS agenda not being taken seriously? What can we learn about the status and efficiency of the UN resolutions and international law protocols in the international conflicts of today? How does NATO and other international institutions view WPS?

How can our feminist values and human rights principles weather the storms of domestic and international crises? As we see many "red lines  crossed" in different parts of the world, have we reached the time to question the value of humanity as a whole?

An interview with Clare Hutchinson, WPS Adviser, former NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security and current vice president of consultancy agency TOLMEC. 

How has Francia Marquez’s presidential campaign highlighted race and feminist issues in this country? How racism and anti-racism stances affects social, media and political landscapes? What is state racism?

An interview with Annette Pérez, founder of Afronteradas.

How men perceive power between themselves; within and among states? What are the consequences of the use of patriarchal violence on human populations and state and imperial constructions? How have citizens normalized that violence is the way we can exercise and maintain individual/state power? How different types of masculinities and governance models "see" power? 

A gender lens review on the doc series How To Become a Tyrant (2021).