Ana Velasco

Ana Velasco

Ana Velasco is a research associate at the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies (InIIS) at the University of Bremen. Her doctoral research project examines state formation in settler colonial contexts through the exercise of political violence towards Indigenous communities. Before joining InIIS, Velasco was a visiting researcher at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. As a continuation of her MA dissertation, her project explored the relation between gender/sexuality, and colonization and genocides. She holds a master's degree in Gender, Violence and Conflict from the University of Sussex in the UK and another in International Law from the University of Granada in Spain. She is a graduate of International Relations from the Instituto Tecnológico Autonómo de México (ITAM).

In parallel, Velasco works as a security consultant. Her area of expertise is the Women, Peace and Security agenda in Latin America. She is an international fellow of the American NGO Women In International Security (WIIS) since 2020.In 2022, she co-founded Internacional Feminista, a platform to promote critical, multilingual dialogues about feminism, foreign policy, international security, and diplomacy in Mexico and Latin America.

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Oye Como Va: Feminist Foreign Policy in Latin America

by Ana Velasco | 4 May, 2023 | Bridging the Gap, Gender, International Organization, Security

Feminist foreign policies (FFP) are considered the latest contribution of feminism to global governance. Eleven countries around the world have embraced FFP, aiming to “systematically integrate a gender perspective throughout” foreign policy agendas. In recent years, FFP has spread to Latin America: Mexico introduced an FFP in 2020 and the newly elected Chilean and Colombian governments have expressed their intentions of adopting the framework. This growing interest in FFP across Latin American raises important questions: What exactly is this feminist foreign policy and what is there to gain...

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