Women in Diplomacy

Women are still underrepresented in diplomacy, foreign policy and public policy, particularly in senior positions. This is despite a proliferation of networks advocating for women across sectors, purported support by numerous governments for increasing women’s representation in negotiations and research illustrating the benefits of including women in negotiations.

This project at LSE IDEAS was set up to help address this issue, understand what obstacles remain and how they can be overcome. The project hopes to create better access to and accelerate women’s representation in international organisations, share knowledge and tools to effectively do so and support structural change.

Our 'Women in Diplomacy’ Project aims to:

• Develop research, academic knowledge, and practice/strategy on issues relating to women representation and leadership across diplomacy, international affairs and foreign policy
• Bring together experts, scholars, practitioners to advance knowledge, practical solutions, and understanding/outlook
• Build partnerships with those working on similar issues to further promote practical solutions (e.g. resources and recommendations; research insights, etc.)

In addition, ‘Women in Diplomacy’ aims to further support LSE IDEAS in ensuring a balanced representation of women across the Executive MSc International Strategy and Diplomacy Programme faculty, events, and other think tank initiatives.