‘Important to link gender to foreign policy; India can do it’

 

Ashraf Engineer

September 6, 2023

There is growing awareness about inclusive policy making, but very few in India have talked about how to link foreign policy to gender. At the international level, several countries are gender-mainstreaming their foreign policy, beginning with Sweden’s adoption of a Feminist Foreign Policy, or FFP, in 2014. Priyanka Bhide, co-founder of the Kubernein Initiative, which has drafted the ‘Understanding the Feminist Foreign Policy: A View From India’ paper, speaks to All Indians Matter.