Our submission for the review of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s International Gender Equality Strategy
By: Elise Stephenson
Posted on 22 September 2023
Key findings
For this submission we considered the key international gender priorities and the most effective approaches for achieving gender equality globally and came up with nine recommendations for the Department:
- Commit to longitudinal projects
- Take a localised approach to aid
- Focus on education
- Be targeted
- Adopt an ongoing learning approach
- Develop ongoing training
- Commit to gender parity abroad
- Fix systems, not women
- Take an intersectional approach
Contact
Elise Stephenson
Deputy Director
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