What’s Feminist about Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy?

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  • Elyse Varney University of Ottawa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18192/politika.8294

Keywords:

Feminist foreign policy, Gender Equality, Intersectionality, Liberal Feminism, Neoliberalism

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2024-03-05

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Vol. 1 No. 3 (2024): Politika, the undergraduate journal of international affairs and politics

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