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Transforming Feminist Values into Policies: A Critical Analysis of Germany’s Feminist Foreign Policy Process

Holos, Milena LU (2023) MRSM15 20231
Human Rights Studies
Abstract
The increase of feminist foreign policy (FFP) declarations globally has provoked a vigilant
scrutiny of these policies, especially their alignment with transformative, postcolonial, and
intersectional feminisms.
Contributing to existing scholarship on FFPs, this thesis explores the establishment of FFP
in Germany from consultation process to final guidelines. Using a multidimensional
Critical Discourse Analysis, it aims to investigate concealed political motivations and
explores how feminist values were translated into the process and the final strategy. There
is not only little research on the German case due to its novelty but also a void in studying
specifically the feminist character of corresponding processes. Due to Germany’s... (More)
The increase of feminist foreign policy (FFP) declarations globally has provoked a vigilant
scrutiny of these policies, especially their alignment with transformative, postcolonial, and
intersectional feminisms.
Contributing to existing scholarship on FFPs, this thesis explores the establishment of FFP
in Germany from consultation process to final guidelines. Using a multidimensional
Critical Discourse Analysis, it aims to investigate concealed political motivations and
explores how feminist values were translated into the process and the final strategy. There
is not only little research on the German case due to its novelty but also a void in studying
specifically the feminist character of corresponding processes. Due to Germany’s colonial
legacy and other distinct positionalities, the declaration comes with obligations.
This research is guided by postcolonial and intersectional feminist theories. The data
consists of semi-structured interviews and the FFP guideline document. The results confirm
that particularly during the creation of human rights policies – such as FFPs - civil society
expertise as well as marginalized people’s lived experiences are crucial in realizing
transformative outcomes. (Less)
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author
Holos, Milena LU
supervisor
organization
course
MRSM15 20231
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Feminist Foreign Policy, Critical Discourse Analysis, feminism, postcolonial theory, intersectional theory, civil society, human rights policies
language
English
id
9140129
date added to LUP
2024-12-04 07:48:28
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2024-12-04 07:48:28
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  abstract     = {{The increase of feminist foreign policy (FFP) declarations globally has provoked a vigilant
scrutiny of these policies, especially their alignment with transformative, postcolonial, and
intersectional feminisms.
Contributing to existing scholarship on FFPs, this thesis explores the establishment of FFP
in Germany from consultation process to final guidelines. Using a multidimensional
Critical Discourse Analysis, it aims to investigate concealed political motivations and
explores how feminist values were translated into the process and the final strategy. There
is not only little research on the German case due to its novelty but also a void in studying
specifically the feminist character of corresponding processes. Due to Germany’s colonial
legacy and other distinct positionalities, the declaration comes with obligations.
This research is guided by postcolonial and intersectional feminist theories. The data
consists of semi-structured interviews and the FFP guideline document. The results confirm
that particularly during the creation of human rights policies – such as FFPs - civil society
expertise as well as marginalized people’s lived experiences are crucial in realizing
transformative outcomes.}},
  author       = {{Holos, Milena}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Transforming Feminist Values into Policies: A Critical Analysis of Germany’s Feminist Foreign Policy Process}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}