A growing number of Western states are positioning feminism as the path to a more peaceful and prosperous world. In this article, we examine Canada's feminist foreign policy agenda as an instance of governance feminism, whereby the normative commitment to gender equality is pursued by governing women's agency. We conduct a qualitative discursive analysis of eleven key policy documents spanning development, peace, and security and trade, unpacking how expanding roles for women are framed as the solution to both gender inequality and a range of global issues. Although feminist foreign policy could improve the lives of some, it largely adopts the universalizing conceits of liberal feminism, rendering it blind to diversity and inequality among women and gender-diverse persons within and beyond Canada. By focusing on guiding individual action, Canada's feminist policies distract from broader global politico-economic structures that “agents of change” confront while also sustaining global hierarchies and militarism.

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女权主义外交政策作为治理案例女权主义：新自由主义、军国主义和作为“变革推动者”的女性


越来越多的西方国家将女权主义定位为通往更和平、更繁荣世界的道路。在本文中，我们将加拿大的女权主义外交政策议程作为治理女权主义的一个例子进行研究，即治理妇女的能动性追求对性别平等的规范承诺。我们对涵盖发展、和平、安全和贸易的 11 份关键政策文件进行了定性话语分析，揭示了如何扩大女性角色作为解决性别不平等和一系列全球问题的解决方案。尽管女权主义外交政策可以改善一些人的生活，但它在很大程度上采用了自由女权主义的普遍化理念，使其对加拿大内外女性和性别多元化人士的多样性和不平等视而不见。通过专注于指导个人行动，加拿大的女权主义政策分散了对“变革推动者”所面临的更广泛的全球政治经济结构的注意力，同时也维持了全球等级制度和军国主义。