Contesting feminist power Europe: is Feminist Foreign Policy possible for the EU?

Towards a Feminist Global Health Policy: Power, intersectionality, and transformation

“…The most prominent concern is the risk of feminist approaches being co-opted by mainstream politics and neoliberal structures, leading to a dilution and depoliticisation of feminism. Critics argue that feminism is being used in a tokenistic way by policymakers to benefit their agenda and image, thereby disregarding the original intention of dismantling power structures [34,35,[68][69][70]. By integrating feminist approaches into existing structures, power imbalances are perpetuated, not challenged [35,[68][69][70][71].…”

“…Critics argue that feminism is being used in a tokenistic way by policymakers to benefit their agenda and image, thereby disregarding the original intention of dismantling power structures [34,35,[68][69][70]. By integrating feminist approaches into existing structures, power imbalances are perpetuated, not challenged [35,[68][69][70][71]. Feminist approaches adopted by governments often fail to adequately acknowledge multiple oppressions and neglect intersectionality as well as the plurality of feminisms [34,[68][69][70]72].…”

“…Despite an increasing body of knowledge on feminist approaches to foreign and development policies [33][34][35], the global health policy sphere often fails to adequately acknowledge these perspectives. For instance, the enhanced ability of intersectional feminist health research to identify barriers in access to healthcare for women to healthcare that are often overlooked in traditional research and formulate appropriate measures to overcome them has been proven [36].…”