How Anti-Feminist and Anti-Gender Ideologies Contribute to Violent Extremism - And What We Can Do About It

Anti-feminist and anti-gender ideologies - and their basis in hostility and hatred towards women and LGBTQI* people are a crucial, yet overlooked element when analysing radicalisation and violent extremism. Anti-gender and anti-feminist ideologies strongly appeal to groups organised around exclusionary principles because they provide language and a framework for the defence of hierarchical structures in society. Yet, actors, policies, and networks concerned with WPS and the prevention of misogyny are rarely linked to the prevention and countering of violent extremism. In this policy brief, CFFP and Violence Prevention Network outline some key gaps in the integration of the P/CVE and WPS agendas and potential pathways on how to link these communities of practice for more effective response programming.

Funding (in)equality? A comparative look at the funding landscape for pro-and anti-gender initiatives and campaigns in the European Union (EU)

Anti-gender campaigns and actors are much better funded than human rights and equality advocates. At the same time, key state services and civil society organisations are being actively defunded or structurally excluded from funding opportunities – EU funding, in particular, is practically inaccessible to grassroots feminist and LGBTQI* organising. In a global context of shrinking space for civil society, the result is an extremely uneven terrain for actors campaigning for and against the rights of politically marginalised populations. This briefing provides an overview of the funding landscapes for pro- and anti-gender organising and provides recommendations on how EU policymakers and other donors can better support human rights and intersectional equality activism and campaigning.

The Right to Safe and Legal Abortions in Germany: Germany Violates International Human Rights Obligations

Abortion is still illegal in Germany. It will not be criminally punished under certain circumstances, but it remains a criminal offence. While §218 of the Criminal Code prohibits abortion in Germany, international human rights organisations are clearly calling for decriminalisation. Germany’s newly elected government has the historic opportunity to end these human rights violations once and for all.

How the Next German Government Can Support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

On January 22, 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force. The legally-binding, multilateral treaty prohibits the development, production, possession, stockpiling, testing, and use of nuclear weapons under international law, thus closing an important legal gap (Immenkamp, 2021). Currently, there are 86 signatories and 55 state parties. Unsurprisingly, none of the nine nuclear-armed states (USA, United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea) and none of the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) have signed the TPNW. Germany has neither ratified nor signed the TPNW. In this briefing we sketch out short- and medium steps, which the government can take to support the TPNW and nuclear disarmament already during the next legislation.

A Feminist Global Health Policy

This briefing outlines the interconnection of health policy, peace, and development and provides an overview of existing inequalities in global health, the lasting effects of colonialism and imperialism, and the persisting influence of gender stereotypes on health outcomes. It aims to broaden the discussion of health within the Feminist Foreign Policy sphere beyond the focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights and also outlines concrete policy recommendations for states and governments.

Wake up, Almanya!
- Germany’s political will to ignore institutional racism

As German elections swiftly approach, we understand that the political normalisation and continuing democratic legitimisation of racism are pressing issues. This briefing defines racism as a threat to Germany's democratic principles, and offers political recommendations for intersectional feminism, including anti-racism strategies. For CFFP, tackling institutional racism is a pressing issue because feminist policies must be anti-racist to meet the demands of our time.

Why the International Arms Trade is a Feminist Issue - and What Germany Can Do About It

By explicitly referencing the Arms Trade Treaty, the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda re-confirms its link with the arms (export) control and disarmament agenda. However, Germany’s increasing commitment to strengthen the WPS agenda is not complemented by changes in arms control and disarmament policies. This briefing explores this tension and offers recommendations for what can be done.

Feminist Foreign Policy So White?!

For us at CFFP, the fundament of feminism is intersectionality. We are committed to constantly working on dismantling the oppressive structures that prevent racial justice, and being attentive to the power dynamics within our own structures and with external partners that reproduce the marginalisation of minority groups. This policy briefing provides a short introduction to how whiteness infiltrates foreign policy and Feminist Foreign Policy - and what we can do to push back on this.

The ‘Women, Peace, and Security’ Agenda: Implementation Matters

17 German NGOs published this policy brief ahead of the Third National Action Plans on the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security.

No Climate Justice Without Gender Justice

The climate crisis is not only an issue of science and technology but also of fairness and justice. Those who contribute the least to the climate crisis are often the ones most impacted by it. It is impossible to fully understand its causes and impacts without taking gender into consideration.

Chance Sicherheitsratssitz: Was Fehlt Zu Einer Feministischen Friedens Und Sicherheitspolitic Deutschlands?/Germany on the Security Council: Recommendations for a Feminist Foreign and Security Policy

Together Centre for International Peace Operations (ZIF) and CFFP Germany have developed 10 recommendations for a feminist and human security-based foreign policy for Germany’s upcoming term on the United Nations Security Council beginning in January 2019. These recommendations are the result of a workshop with 25 experts from a wide range of NGOs, ministries, and other organisations which are eager that Germany continues Sweden’s feminist legacy on the UNSC.

The briefing is in German.