Feminist foreign policy: Stepping up our collective action

How can we unite, act and resist together in order to defend gender equality and the rights of women and girls?

- MARIE FONTANEL

How can we unite, act and resist together in order to defend gender equality and the rights of women and girls? This will be the guiding question of the 4th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy, which France will host on Oct. 22-23, 2025. This conference will bring together ministers of foreign affairs from all regions of the world, representatives of international organizations, public development banks, as well as civil society, research bodies and philanthropic foundations.

Since 2019, France has pursued a feminist foreign policy, making gender equality and women’s rights a crosscutting priority of its external action in the fields of development, democratic governance, peace and security and humanitarian action, amongst others. Yet feminist foreign policy is not just lofty ideals; it follows through with concrete public policies and strong partnerships.

France and its partners are actively promoting women's and girls’ rights.