Womanhood & International Relations

Is national identity all some of us have? Is nationalism a good omen for humans to hold on to in order to...matter? If so, how? How to lighten the load we carry? The final episode on colonial mindset dynamics in the podcast series "The Burden of the Colonial Mindset",   #PuertoRico , case study. Join us in this exploration and follow us on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn @womanhood_ir Li...

What are the feminist values, economic and social pressures states are responding to? And...why? A review of the new Feminist Foreign Policy Index 2023. Join us in this exploration, follow us on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn @womanhood_ir  Listen to related episodes:  12. Marissa Conway on How Feminist Foreign Policy Is Transforming World Affairs 86. Chloé Meulewaeter on Global Military Spending...

Millions of women and girls around the world lack access to clean water. In some rural areas and cultures, they are the ones walking up to 4 miles to collect water (not necessarily safe to drink) several times a day negatively affecting their opportunities for education, work and living a healthy and dignified life. Why is clean water so important for women and how could it help them gain their ti...

What are reparations and how are they different from other transitional justice mechanisms? How are reparations from war different from those of dictatorships, legacies of slavery and colonization? Do reparations help people "heal", individually and collectively, wounds from the past? If so, how?  What is our role in agreeing upon or legitimizing a "hierarchy of victims"?  How do we perc...

Are we projecting our inner wounds into the world? How much of the suffering and violent conflicts we are seeing on the international news come from masculine or feminine energetic imbalances stemming from Self to Governments? What role do we play, what type of agency do we exercise, in order to contribute to current power inequalities and struggles within our families, relations, communities and...

Are we confined by the coloniality of knowledge within the International Relations field? What type of IR analysis is accepted, reproduced or legitimized? And, by who? How and why are feminists from the Global South subverting IR theories and FFP's through praxis? Why decolonial and anticolonial standpoints on world affairs are growing? Which safe spaces and forms of expressions do people have to...

How a State views itself and its relations with Others? With the 'Total Peace' Law approved recently, the Gustavo Petro Administration is seeking to end the decades-long armed conflict with multiple groups and actors in Colombia during the 2022-2026 period. The announcement of a FFP model comes with a willingness to redesign the National Action Plan for 1325 Resolution to fit the 'Total Peace' eff...

Can the pursuit of two proposals... work out? Gabriel Boric's Administration is leading announcements of a "feminist" foreign policy and a "turquoise" foreign policy, both at the same time, is it a sign of how states can multilaterally answer the most pressing world problems or... is it falling down the old "divide and conquer" route? Why "ecofeminism" was not a term considered to align the two? J...

How are we framing the history of November 25th? Why the assassination of the Mirabal sisters in the Dominican Republic showed the international community the brutality of violence against women in politics? Are we remembering women as political actors or only as victims of violence? How are we building the collective memory of women in our countries? An interview with Dr. Ada Alvarez Conde, Carib...

How Jair Bolsonaro’s Administration transformed Brazil? Why the term “necropolitics” is used to describe not only his government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the deforestation of the Amazon region but also the dismantling of social welfare programs that previously sought to address economic, gender and racial inequalities? In which ways, the militaristic view of governance caused a “cri...

How the massive protests in Iran are showing the multiple grievances of women, girls and people? As Iran ranks 143 out of 146 countries in the Global Gender Gap Index, is the situation of women’s rights in this country a case of gender-apartheid? Can a state with a possible gender-apartheid in place offer respect and protection of women’s lives, rights and freedoms? If so, how? If not, why? Join u...

In which ways militarization and militarized masculinities affect our cultures, states and social structures? How the patriarchal pact shapes perceptions of "manhood" from an early age? Why is it hard for societies and/or states to “properly” address or deconstruct militarized masculinities - and the continuum of violence - IF and WHEN seeking to advance feminist peace? With the release of WILPF's...

Do states have...emotions? If so, how do they express them? How can the intergroup emotions theory explain whether political decision-making is based on fear, passion, revenge, happiness, grief or hate? How many domestic and foreign policies are influenced by the suppression or incitement of a specific set of emotions, beliefs, behaviors and actions? Join us in this exploration, follow us on Insta...

Are we reaching the next era of Feminist Foreign Policies? In response to the Ukraine-Russia conflict, is Sweden’s pioneer formula the “safe” way to go for states in Europe? If so, if not, why? A commentary on the latest announcement of Germany first ffp model. Join us in this exploration, follow us on Instagram, Twitter @womanhood_ir and be part of our Patreon community https://patreon.com/w...

From the historic floods in Pakistan to the typhoons and hurricanes in Asia-Pacific and the Caribbean to ongoing humanitarian crises, what are some ways to help? If you can and are able to donate time, energy, resources and money to disaster relief programs and civic organizations providing support to communities, please do. It matters. Here are lists of organizations providing support to recent a...

Can games be truly “apolitical” or should we, as humans, often find a way to project politics into them? How are people using games or sports to find and showcase “power” while, at the same time, depending on external validation to ensure sense of Self? How are governments using games or sports to show superiority or demoralize people from other states and play into a specific imaginary of power?...

How are feminists and feminist movements "framing" their activism? How is globalization and capitalism directly or indirectly affecting the way some ideas, projects and foreign policy models are being legitimized and promoted while others aren't? What role does the flow of theories, laws and strategies from local/international, North/South, Western/Non-Western play in addressing, increasing or mai...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights released yesterday its 2022 assessment on the human rights violations committed against the Uyghurs in XUAR. What does the report says about China's domestic policies, power dynamics and treatment of religious and ethnic minorities? Join us in this exploration, subscribe to our newsletter here , follow us on Instagram and Twitter and supp...

Why are circles so powerful? How can circles support personal and collective journeys? If you are embarking on a feminist and/or patriarchal mindset deconstruction process, how-to start creating safe environments to discuss and shift... power? How-to start weaving cyclical individual and systemic change?  In this episode I share with you some lessons from my personal and professional exp...

Where is power exercised in a state “neutrality”? How is militarization appealing to our(s) countries’ concept of “power” and possible “hero”mentality? Can “humans” be the reason “states” approve or veto each other’s bids, ambitions or… imperialistic dreams? If so, what are the conditions for this rationale? Join us in this exploration, subscribe to our newsletter here and support our communi...

What is food insecurity? How it evolves into a food crisis? What are the main causes of food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition? What are the gendered dimensions of the "hunger trap"? Why is hunger used as a weapon of war?  What are the main highlights of the Global Report on Food Crises 2022? Why there are reports that COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine/Russia conflict is affecting the globa...

What influences the announcement and design of a feminist foreign policy? How “efficient” and “important” is the use of the word “feminism” in this field? How it affects ffp implementation and domestic and international environments? What are some key critiques, debates and decolonial views on current ffps coming from the Global South? In Australia, there is an Australian Feminist Foreign Policy C...

Is the international community response to recent violent conflicts delegitimizing women's agency and reproducing unequal gender relations in times of war and peace? If so or if not, why? In the first few weeks of the Ukraine/Russia conflict, why is the WPS agenda not being taken seriously? What can we learn about the status and efficiency of the UN resolutions and international law protocols in t...

How has Francia Marquez’s presidential campaign highlighted race and feminist issues in this country? How racism and anti-racism stances affects social, media and political landscapes? What is state racism? An interview with Annette Pérez, founder of Afronteradas. You can listen the Spanish language interview with Annette on my Youtube channel here. Listen to the episode, follow us on Instagram an...

How men perceive power between themselves; within and among states? What are the consequences of the use of patriarchal violence on human populations and state and imperial constructions? How have citizens normalized that violence is the way we can exercise and maintain individual/state power? How different types of masculinities and governance models "see" power?  A gender lens review o...