Alice Ridge
Biography
Publications
Alice Ridge is the Senior Research, Policy & Advocacy Advisor at the International Women’s Development Agency. She leads IWDA’s advocacy on feminist foreign policy, funding for women’s rights organisations and international development policy and is a founding member of the Australian Feminist Foreign Policy Coalition. Prior to IWDA, Alice worked for five years with the Australian Council for International Development. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Certificate in Gender Mainstreaming and Analysis from Flinders University.
![Why the F word matters if we’re serious about gender equality in foreign policy](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2023-08/Annalena%20Baerbock%20feminist%20comp.jpg?itok=neov60cs)
Why the F word matters if we’re serious about gender equality in foreign policy
The problem with an implied rather than explicit feminist approach is that it is all too easy to ignore.
![Forgiveness not permission: A feminist foreign policy](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/5838875693_7e04f626e8_o%20%283%29%20passport.jpg?itok=JcTF7yiI)
Forgiveness not permission: A feminist foreign policy
If Australia wants to adopt a values-based approach to the world, the next step is obvious.