Vision
A world where gender-balanced leadership in diplomacy, foreign-policy, and policy-making drives equitable and transformative policies for all.
Mission
To advance women’s representation in diplomacy, foreign-policy, and policy-making, fostering diverse leadership to enhance legitimacy, effectiveness, and inclusivity in global policy making.
Objectives
The project has two strategic objectives:
1) To address the issue of women’s underrepresentation in diplomacy and foreign policy, particularly in senior positions.
The project addresses the issue of misrepresentation / underrepresentation of women in diplomacy and foreign policy by understanding the obstacles to representation and how they can be overcome. In so doing, it acknowledges the higher barriers facing women from ethnic minority, non-elite and other minority backgrounds. The project aims to accelerate women’s representation in international organisations and national diplomatic services by sharing knowledge and tools to effectively do so, and supporting structural change.
2) To address the lack of gender considerations in foreign policy and policy making
This project further investigates, at both academic and practitioner levels, how policy-making processes can be utilised or reformed so as to produce more gender-sensitive policy outcomes. It seeks to understand the systemic and structural changes that may be required at the policy design and implementation level, with a view of developing a practical guidance on gender mainstreaming and gender-responsiveness in foreign policy.
