Why has the Afro-feminist movement remained conspicuously absent in global discussions on Feminist Foreign Policy? In July 2024, the world convened for the third conference on Feminist Foreign Policy in Mexico City. The global discourse on Feminist Foreign Policy has long been marred by the common questions of the consensual definition of feminism and the contentious issues of definition and scope of domestic policy versus foreign policy. The third Conference posed an additional question – what is the role of the feminist grassroot movement in civil discourse? This concern, while present from the first conference in Germany grew louder this … Continue reading The continent falling behind: Africa’s placement in the Global Feminist Foreign Policy Discourse