Jun 5, 2023
Neil Koenig, former BBC series producer, now ideaXme board advisor and interviewer, talks with Kristina Lunz, Co-founder Centre For Feminist Foreign Policy.
The battle of women for equality has been underway for centuries. But campaigners believe the rewards of success would be great; as Emily Venturi, a speaker at the 1878 International Congress of Women's Rights in Paris put it, “the world would be transformed”. Today, the push continues. One area where advocates believe progress is being made is in the field of foreign policy. Kristina Lunz is an entrepreneur, author and activist. She is also co-founder of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy. I caught up with her at this year’s Symposium, an annual event organised by the students of the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. In this interview with me for ideaXme, Kristina Lunz talks about the long history of the struggle for women’s rights, how a feminist approach could transform the practice of foreign policy, and the reasons why she believes that a world where women had more say in how it was run would be a better place.
KRISTINA LUNZ - BIOGRAPHY Kristina Lunz is co-founder and co-director of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy, an award-winning human rights activist and former advisor to the German Foreign Office. She was named one of the 30 under 30 (in Europe and DACH) by Forbes, is Handelsblatt/BCG "Thought Leader 2020", Focus Magazine "100 Women of the Year 2020", and was awarded "Young Elite - Top 40 under 40" by Capital Magazine, Additionally, she is an Atlantik Brücke Young Leader, Ashoka Fellow as well as a BMW Foundation Responsible Leader. Her book "The Future of Foreign Policy is Feminist" was published by Econ/Ullstein Verlag in February 2022. She holds a Bachelor's degree in psychology, as well as a Master's degree in global governance and ethics from University College London and another Master's degree from the University of Oxford in Global Governance and Diplomacy. After graduation, she worked for the United Nations in Myanmar and for an NGO in Colombia, among others. Kristina Lunz has (co-)initiated several activist campaigns such as "No means No" and a campaign against sexism in the Bild newspaper.
Centre For Feminist Foreign Policy: A research, advocacy, and consulting organisation dedicated to promoting Feminist Foreign Policy across the globe. https://centreforfeministforeignpolicy.org
IMAGE CREDITS Portraits of Kristina Lunz: courtesy of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy Kristina Lunz: https://twitter.com/Kristina_Lunz https://de.linkedin.com/in/kristina-lunz
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