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Fellows Research Topic:
This table features a comprehensive list of all the fellows participating in the Feminist Foreign Policy Fellowship (FFPF) and their respective research topics. Each fellow brings unique perspectives and expertise, addressing critical issues at the intersection of gender and global policy.
| Name | Designation | Organisation | Research Topic |
| Afsheen Fatima | Senior Lecturer | Iqra University | Youth Perspectives on the Role of Women in Foreign Policy in Pakistan |
| Win Pike Myo | Trainer, Researcher and Advocate for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality | Phan Tee Eain (Creative Home) | Feminist Perspectives on Humanitarian Aid in Myanmar’s Conflict Areas |
| Tayyaba Atiq | Program Coordinator | Center for Strategy and Cultural Diplomacy | The Gender Gap in Global Governance: Exploring Feminist Foreign Policy Amidst the UN’s Leadership Void |
| Maya Kandel | Ambassador to Nepal (Activist and Researcher) | International Youth Change Maker | Feminist Foreign Policy Approaches to Empowering Women in Nepal’s Climate Diplomacy |
| Muna Khayal Khattak | Lecturer | BZU Multan | Feminist Foreign policy in Pakistan Prospects and Challenges |
| Nahian Raihana Prapti | Programme Associate (Communication and Dialogue Division) | Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) | Sandwich Generation Women in Bangladesh: Caregiving Stressors and Feminist Foreign Policy |
| Nalini Rathnarajah | Excutive director | Women’s Development Innovators | Women, Debt, and Climate Justice: Feminist Foreign Policy Strategies for Sri Lanka’s Future |
| Mohammad Shafiq Sultan | Ph.D. Research Scholar | University of Delhi, New Delhi, India | Feminist Diplomacy in Conflict Zones: A Comparative Analysis of Canada’s and Sweden’s Foreign Policies in Afghanistan |
| Simran Napit | Section Officer | Supreme Court of Nepal | Women in Diplomatic Leadership: Overcoming Gender Barriers and Building Bridges in the Global South and Beyond |
| Samukezi | Senior Lecturer – Gender Politics | University of Limpopo | Transforming Diplomacy: exploring the possible implementation and impact of Feminist Foreign Policy in South Africa |
| Sanda Thant | Research Associate, Gender and Development Studies, AIT, Thailand | Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand | A FEMINIST FOREIGN POLICY FOR MYANMAR: EXPLORING GAPS & POSSIBILITIES |
| BKIR Kumarihamy | Reseach Associate | Pathfinder Foundation | Breaking Barriers: The Evolution of Women’s Political Leadership in South Asia: Focus on Patriarchal Structures and Emerging Trends |
| Sai Jyothirmai Racherla | Deputy Executive Director | ARROW | Demystifying Feminist Foreign Policy : Framework for Action in the Global South |
| Sajid Ali | Director of international relations | Human rights council of Pakistan | Building Bridges: Advancing Trade, Cultural, and Gender-Inclusive Diplomacy between Pakistan and India |
| Parvez Babul | Journalist and women rights activist | Former employee of Helen Keller international | Passage to Adopt Feminist Foreign Policy |
| Aditi Mishra | Student | St. Xavier’s College, Kathmandu | Indigenous Women, Environment and International Relations; Redefining the Feminist Foreign policy |
| Claire Ed C. Bacong | Student | Thammasat Institute of Area Studies and University of the Philppines Tacloban College | Decolonizing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda: A Comparative Analysis of Indonesian and Philippine National Action Plans |
| Abhishu Karki | Executive Member | Political Literacy for Women – Nepal | Women Peacekeepers and Their Perception in Host Countries: A South Asian Perspective on Gender, Security, and Peacebuilding |
| Pinku Jha | Assistant Professor | Vivekananda Global University | An Analysis of Feminist Foreign Policy through the Prism of Indic and Traditions |
| Hritika Patil | Student | Symbiosis School of International Studies, Symbiosis International University, Pune, Maharashtra, India. | Evaluating UNSCR 1325 in Contemporary Period: A Feminist Analysis of Gender, Security, and National Action Plans |
| Gayatri Joshi | 2nd Masters Student | Symbiosis School of International Studies | GENDER DISPARITY IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR : INDIA AND WEST ASIA |
| Shreya Pandey | Assistant Professor | St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi University, Ranchi | Making sense of the Feminist Component in the International Security Framework |
| Jubin Gogoi | 3rd Sem Master Student | Sikkim University | Hegemonic Masculinity: Feminist Foreign Policy Implementations Issues in India |
| Jumani Pathak | Research Scholar | Central University of Kerala | Gendered Approaches to Security: Feminist Foreign Policy and Women’s Participation in Conflict and Migration Policy for Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh |
| Muskaan Khanna | Doctoral Researcher | Department of African Studies, University of Delhi | Exploring the Nexus Between Feminist Foreign Policy and Digitalisation of Diplomacy |
| Peerzada Muneer Ul Islam | Doctorate holder | Jamia Millia Islamia | Feminist Foreign Policy: Intersections of Religion, Gender, and Public Policy |
| Dr Amita Marwha | Assistant Professor | Isabella Thoburn College | Feminist Foreign Policy and Its Transformative Potential in Global Migration and Refugee Governance. |
| Dr Apoorva Dixit | Assistant professor | G. D Goenka University | The Role of Women’s Organizations in Shaping Feminist Foreign Policy: A Comparative Study |
| Nimita Pandey | Assistant Professor | Dept. of Social Data Science & Policy, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Delhi NCR Campus | Gender Mainstreaming in Science Diplomacy: A Global South Perspective |
| Mayuri Raghuvanshi | Ph.D. Scholar/Advocate on Record | G.D. Goenka University/Supreme Court of India | Development of Feminist Jurisprudence in India: An Analysis of Laws Relating to Protection of Women Against Sexual Harassment |
| Dr Teena | Assistant Professor | G. D Goenka University | The Impact of Feminist Foreign Policy on Women’s Rights in India and Other Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis |
| Nandita Kapoor | Masters Student at University of Delhi | University of Delhi | Gendered Impact of Security: The case study of Securitization in Conflict Zone of Syria |
| Moumita Singha | Masters Student [3rd Semester] | Central University of Sikkim | The Significance of Feminist Foreign Policy for India |
| Namgay Choden | Student | Jigme Singye Wangchuck School of Law. | Empowering Diplomacy: How Feminist Foreign Policy is Changing the Global Game. |
| Vinod Kumar Pandey | Program Manager India-Leadership Next | Kamonohashi Project (Japan) based at India | From Victimhood to Leadership: Analyzing the Impact of Feminist Foreign Policies on Trafficked Survivors |
| Mansi Malhortra | Doctoral researcher, Ph D. | GGV, Central government University Chhattisgarh | Feminist Integration in International Relations: An Explanatory Research Analysis |
| Akanksha Majumdar | Student | Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru Bannerghatta Road Campus | Challenging Neoliberal Orthodoxy: Feminist Foreign Policy as a Catalyst for Gender – Equitable Economic Growth in Developing Nations |
| Ahaanaa Singh | Student | Student Symbiosis School For Liberal Arts | Rethinking Feminist Foreign Policy: India’s Path to Decolonization |
| Ammu S Anil | Junior Research Fellow | Jamia Millia Islamia | Feminist Water Diplomacy: Addressing Gender Inequities in South Asian Water Governance |
| Avni Sablok | Research Associate | Indian Council of World Affairs, Sapru House | Redefining Power: Analyzing the Impact of Feminist Foreign Policy on Global Diplomacy and Social Justice |
| Bhanupriya Jaiswal | Research Scholar | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | Digital Diplomacy and the Power of Diaspora: Indian Women in Global Governance and Foreign Policy |
| Bharat Singh | PhD candidate | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | Feminizing Conflict Resolution: A Study of Indian Female Peacekeepers in Africa |
| Muskaan Awasthi | Final Year BA Triple Major Student | CHRIST (Deemed to be University) | India’s Global Diplomacy and Combating Cyber Violence Against Women in the Global South: A Feminist Foreign Policy Approach |
| Dr Savita Yadav | Assistant Professor | G D Goenka University | Enhancing Employee Engagement for Gender Equity and Organizational Change: The Intersection of Transformational Leadership and Feminist Foreign Policy |
| Bushra Ali Khan | Managing Editor | The Migration News | Gendered Geopolitics: A Feminist Peace-building Framework for Inclusive Refugee Response and Relocation in South Asia |
| Pratibha Sharma | Research Scholar | Banasthali Vidhyapith | Rape as a Tactical Weapon: Understanding Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones |
| Praveen Raj | Geopolitical Risk Analyst | World Risk Governance (WoRisGo) | Media Narratives and Gender Equity: Reshaping India’s Foreign Policy Discourse Through a Feminist Lens |
| Raj Nandani | Student | Independent scholar | Bleeding with and without Wars: A Comparative Study of the Treatment of Menstrual Blood and War Wounds in International Policies |
| Shambhavi Thite | Senior Doctoral Fellow | Jawaharlal Nehru University | Feminist Approaches to Conflict Resolution: The Role of Gender in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Tajikistan |
| Shobana Karthikeyan | Assistant Professor | Madras Christian College | TOWARDS A GENDER-CONSCIOUS FOREIGN TRADE POLICY IN INDIA |
| Aditya Mishra | Research Scholar | School of International Studies, JNU. | Redefining Gender Dynamics in Outer Space Diplomacy |
| Ekta Singh | Second year student M.A. in Gender Studies. | Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. | From Invisibility to Visibility : Women as agents of War and Peace |
| Debjani Choudhury | PGT – Economics | B.S.F. Senior Secondary Residential School | CLIMATE CHANGE, MITIGATION AND ADAPTIVE POLICIES: A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE |
| Aditya Raj Kanaujia | PG Student | Sikkim University | Critical Work on Gender Equality in International Diplomacy: The Case of Feminist Foreign Policy Frameworks |
| Aditi | Management Trainee | Grant Thornton Bharat LLP | Re-politicizing Gender-Security Equation: Implementation and Impact of UNSCR 1325 on International Peace and Security |
| Janki Andharia | Senior Professor | Tata Institute of Social Sciences | Humanitarian Action And Disaster Response (HADR): Is It Gender Sensitive? |
| Maalavika A | Associate Research | Centre for Public Policy Research, Kochi | Gender as a Geopolitical Tool: Examining the US Foreign Policy Rhetoric in the Afghanistan Invasion Through Gendered Discourse |
| Dhanshri Pradip Parob | Community Associate | Zolo | Deconstructing Power: A Post-Structural Feminist Analysis of the Women, Peace,and Security (WPS) Agenda in the United Nations |
| Blessy Mathew | Ph.D Research Scholar | University of Hyderabad | Gendered Dimensions of Statelessness: A Feminist Foreign Policy Approach to Protecting Stateless Women in South Asia |
| Dimple kumar | Social Media Manager | National student union of india (NSUI) | Comparative Analysis of Grassroots Feminist Movements in India and Japan: A Study of Cultural Influences, Policy Impact, and Digital Advocacy |
| Sanya | Assistant Professor | Mahatma Gandhi University | Adapting Feminist Foreign Policy: Lessons from Sweden and Canada for a Gender-Equitable Diplomatic Future in India |
| Dr Priti Ramani Nayyar | Assistant Professor | School of Law, GD Goenka University | Women in the Workforce: Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies for Equality |
| Torunika Roy | PhD Scholar | Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India | Women’s Leadership and Gender Equality: A Pathway to Peace on the Korean Peninsula |
| Shruti | Ph D Student | Jawaharlal Nehru University | Bridging Gender and Community in Climate Policy: A Feminist Approach to India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change |
| Sneha Thomas | Assistant Professor | Symbiosis International (Deemed) University | Weaponizing the Environment: Interrogating Gender, Nature, and Power in Contemporary Conflicts |
| Ananya Acharya | Academic Associate | Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad | Bridging Gender and Community in Climate Policy: A Feminist Approach to India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change |
| Achala | Senior Policy Advisor | Women Africa | Gender and Global Diplomacy: Assessing the Implications of Nigeria’s Absence of a Feminist Foreign Policy, Benefits, and Pathways to Adoption |
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Ambassador Anil Trigunayat, (IFS, Retd.) Former Indian Ambassador to Jordan, Libya, and Malta; Distinguished Fellow and Head of the West Asia Experts Group at the Vivekananda International Foundation; Visiting Distinguished Fellows IMPRI.
Prof Anuradha M Chenoy, Adjunct Professor at the Jindal School of International Affairs, Jindal Global University; Former dean at School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Ms Vahida Nainar, Independent Researcher, Gender & Human Rights Consultant
Dr Keshab Giri, Lecturer in International Relations at The University of St Andrews; Research Fellow at WAPPP, Harvard Kennedy School
Ms Nandita Baruah, The Asia Foundation’s Country Representative in India
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Dr Shafi Md Mostofa, Associate Professor, Dhaka University
Prof Asha Hans, Founder Director, School of Women’s Studies, Utkal University, India
Ms Rita Manchanda, Research Director, South Asia Forum for Human Rights
Dr Swarna Rajagopalan, Political Scientist and Feminist Peace Educator, The Prajnya Trust, Chennai
Dr Deepika Mann, Assistant Professor, GD Goenka University
Dr Manisha Madhava, Professor & Head, Department of Political Science, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai
Professor Mariam Seedat-Khan, Certified Clinical Sociologist, Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology-AACS; Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Dr Arjun Kumar, Director, IMPRI
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- Feminist Foreign Policy in the Asia Pacific Region | An Online International Workshop Program | September 2023 | https://www.impriindia.com/event/feministforeign-policy-in-asia-pacific/
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- Emerging Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy and Global Politics | Immersive Online Certificate Training Programme | July 2022 | https://www.impriindia.com/event/india-foreign-policy/
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https://www.impriindia.com/insights/shaping-feminist-foreign-policy/ - Feminist Foreign Policy & Climate Change
https://www.impriindia.com/insights/feminist-foreign-policy-climate-change/ - Feminist Foreign Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region
https://www.impriindia.com/event-report/feminist-foreign-asia-pacific/ - Three Important Lessons for Feminist Foreign Policy
https://www.impriindia.com/insights/lessons-feminist-foreign-policy/ - The Importance and Role of Feminist Foreign Policy in South Asia
https://www.impriindia.com/insights/feminist-foreign-policy-southasia/ - A Perspective from the Global South on Feminist Foreign Policy
https://www.impriindia.com/event-report/global-south-feminist-foreign-policy/ - The Gender Dimensions of the Climate Change and Feminist Foreign Policy
https://www.impriindia.com/event-report/feminist-policy-climate-change/ - Redefining Sovereignty and Building a Just World: Lessons for Feminist Foreign Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region by Irene Santiago
https://www.impriindia.com/insights/feminist-foreign-policy-speech/ - Feminist Foreign Policy: Praxis for a Peaceful and Gender-Just World Order
https://www.impriindia.com/event-report/feminist-foreign-policy/ - Transformative Feminist Policy: New Perspectives on Foreign Policy
https://www.impriindia.com/insights/transformative-feminist-policy/ - Gender, Peace, and Security
https://www.impriindia.com/event-report/gender-peace-security/
IPRR Journal Articles
- Bridging Women, Peace & Security with Feminist Foreign Policy
https://iprr.impriindia.com/bridging-women-peace-security-with-feminist-foreign-policy/ - Feminist Re-imagination of Social Theories
https://iprr.impriindia.com/vi-i2-feminist-re-imagination-of-social-theories/
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