Where next for feminist foreign policy on humanitarian response?

June 2024

Briefing: This briefing examines how states that have feminist foreign policies (FFPs) or whose foreign policies are inspired by feminist ambitions can meaningfully apply feminist approaches to humanitarian action, which is a sub-sector of foreign policy that has received comparatively little attention in FFP debates thus far.

The recommendations offered throughout this paper come from existing literature on FFP and feminist approaches in humanitarian policy, practice and ways of working. They also build on a closed-door virtual roundtable hosted by the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at ODI, the Feminist Humanitarian Network, and Gender Action for Peace and Security UK (GAPS) in June 2023, which was entitled, What could feminist foreign policy mean for humanitarian response?.

This briefing has been written by Dr Megan Daigle of the HPG at ODI, who is also a co-chair of GADN’s Humanitarian Working Group.