Feminist approach to foreign policy - stakeholder engagement workshops: evidence report

Annex B – Workshop Guidance

Questions used in consultative online workshops:

Participants were sent a summary background paper summarising the context of the issues as they pertain to Scotland and were asked key questions to reflect upon before joining the discussion. For all workshops the structure of the questions was similar. For example, the text for the first workshop was:

The key question we will ask you to focus on in your small group discussions during the workshop is:

“What could Scotland do with its proposed feminist approach to international development that would make a difference to you and your work?”

It might help to structure your discussion to consider:

• What is it you think the Scottish Government, given its particular status, would be best to address, and what specific actions could they take to do this (please consider potential priorities, funding mechanisms, implementation methods or any other approaches you think relevant)?
• Are there policies or programmes that Scotland is already delivering domestically or internationally that could be built upon? What could be done to promote change?
• How would these changes contribute to the feminist goal of tackling gendered inequalities and insecurities at their root?

For climate justice participants were asked:

• What could the Scottish Government do in its proposed feminist approach to foreign policy that would make a difference to you and your work on climate justice?”

And for the discussion on trade. Participants were asked:

• Thinking about your particular background and expertise, what do you think the Scottish Government could do to implement a feminist approach as part of its work on trade?