Scotland's feminist approach to foreign policy: background note

Sets the scene ahead of the Scottish Government’s planned stakeholder engagement to define and shape its feminist approach to foreign policy.


Annex I: Questions for Stakeholder Engagement

1. What should the core principles of a feminist approach to Scotland's international activity be?

2. Where should the Scottish Government focus its efforts to ensure our actions have most impact?

3. What does it mean in practice to look at international work through a feminist lens?

4. Which policies or programmes that Scotland is already delivering domestically or internationally should we build on?

5. Should Scotland take a feminist approach to international development? If so, what would this look like?

6. How can Scotland ensure that human rights are at the core of its approach and that we play our part in building international capacity to advance human rights?

7. What is the one action you want the Scottish Government to take as part of its approach?

8. How can our approach be monitored and evaluated effectively? How do we know that our policies are having the desired impact?

9. What should the future role of stakeholders be as Scotland's feminist approach to foreign policy is being implemented?

Contact

Email: Laura.Maclaughlin@gov.scot

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