Feminist approach to foreign policy - interview findings: final report

Introduction

In the 2021-22 Programme for Government, the Scottish Government reiterated our commitment to ensuring that our policies and actions abroad are consistent with our focus on fairness and inclusion at home, ensuring that our international work reflects a feminist approach to policymaking. We have since been working on what such an approach could look like for Scotland.

As part of this development, the Scottish Government is committed to learning from and listening to others, and has therefore been engaging with stakeholders – and will continue this engagement going forward. This report summarises key findings from an initial phase of engagement which involved conducting interviews with individuals who have knowledge of and experience in the field of feminist foreign policy.

Based on the outcomes of this engagement as well as a literature review of feminist foreign policies around the world, the Scottish Government also developed a background note setting the scene for its next stage of stakeholder engagement.

The next chapter will explain the research methodology, followed by a summary of key findings from the interviews.