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Dr. Gabriela Iacobuta

Associate Researcher

Environmental Governance

Ten recommendations for Germany’s feminist development policy

Friesen, Ina / Alma Wisskirchen (2022)
Discussion Paper 17/2022

Based on the experience of feminist foreign and development policy pioneers, this paper offers ten recommendations for Germany’s feminist development policy. It highlights the need for a sound conceptual foundation and the necessary changes in the implementation of future development cooperation.

Three cornerstones for Germany’s Feminist Development Policy

Friesen, Ina / Alma Wisskirchen (2022)
The Current Column, 02. May 2022

To ensure that commitment for feminist development policy (FDP) leads to a truly transformative feminist approach in Germany's development policy, it should be built on three key pillars.

Alma Wisskirchen

Alma Wisskirchen ist a Political Scientist and and former Scientific Officer at the Directors of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)

Gender equity and development: Embracing an intersectional lens

Special "Gender equity and development": The German government recently announced to pursue a feminist development policy – but what does this entail? Gender-related research at IDOS reflects a diversity of disciplines and concepts.

Local feminist perspectives as transformation levers for greater gender equality

Berlin, 19. March 2025

For this synthesis conference, planned as a one-day event, we aimed to offer a mix of formats that facilitate discussions on feminisms in different contexts and critical exchanges on the potentials and limits of feminist approaches to development. We recognised the political sensitivities that are linked to questions of gender equality…

Local feminist perspectives as a lever for gender equality

Online, 31. January 2024

How do socio-cultural norms influence transformative gender policy? The following kick-off workshop addressed different and joint ideas as well as expertise on various research approaches and objectives. On 31 January IDOS kicked-off the project ‚Local feminist perspectives as transformation levers for greater gender equality‘ with…

Local feminist perspectives for transformative change

Online, 18. March 2024

How can local feminist perspectives be used as levers for transformative change? This question guides the project ‘Local feminist perspectives as transformation levers for greater gender equality’. The project explores the potential of local feminist perspectives for transformative change towards greater gender equality and sustainable…

Local feminist perspectives as transformation levers for greater gender equality: synthesis study

Götze, Jacqueline / Stephan Klingebiel / Maryam Khalid (2025)
Discussion Paper 9/2025

Local feminist perspectives have the potential to act as transformation levers for greater gender equality by producing context-specific alternative approaches to development processes that address prevailing gender norms and practices.

Feminist development policy for more inclusive social contracts

Zintl, Tina (2023)
External Publications

Germany’s focus on a feminist development policy provides a new impulse for fairer and more inclusive societies. If the development community looks at rights, resources and representation from a social contract angle, it can design projects for more gender equity in a way that leverages its full transformative potential.

Beware the backlash: Feminist development policy at the crossroads

Götze, Jacqueline / Maryam Khalid / Tina Zintl (2025)
The Current Column, 06. March 2025

Gender issues need to be integrated into different policy fields and shielded from populist discussions

State fragility and development cooperation: putting the empirics to use in policy and planning

Martin-Shields, Charles / Diana Koester (2024)
Policy Brief 8/2024

The concept of state fragility is a useful lens for planning development policy in complex settings. This policy brief shows how to apply the IDOS and OECD fragility concepts of critical policy issues.

Local feminist perspectives as transformation levers

Bonn, 23. October 2024

This workshop was organised as part of the research project ‚Local feminist perspectives as transformation levers‘. As a semi-public event, it brought together colleagues from the project’s partner organisations, the Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre (Ghana), the Goa Institute of Management (India) and Gender in Detail…

Local feminist perspectives as transformative levers: women’s health and climate action in India

Sengupta, Sreerupa / Divya Singhal / Ananya Chakraborty (2025)
Discussion Paper 8/2025

Local feminist perspectives from India offer a transformative lens for addressing systemic inequalities in health and climate action, centering on the need for intersectional, community-led and collaborative approaches.

Approaches for the implementation of a feminist development policy

Roll, Michael (2023)
The Current Column, 06. March 2023

As a substantial part of German development policy, how must bilateral development cooperation (DC) change to do justice to the transformative claim of FDP?

(R)evolution?

Online (Zoom), 17. April 2023

The concept and mainstream approaches of development cooperation have been criticised since the early beginning of their existence. Post-development scholars have been criticising development cooperation since 1990 for both its Western perspective and the lack of reflection on asymmetrical power structures. Critically examined are aspects…

Refugee-led organisations and intersectionality: feminist development policy in the lives of refugees

Motalebi, Nasim / Charles Martin-Shields (2023)
Policy Brief 5/2023

Refugee-led organisations (RLOs) play a key role in feminist development policy in displacement contexts. Taking an intersectional approach, RLOs are important partners in supporting the needs of women, children, LGBTQ, ethnic minorities, and diverse-ability refugees in different contexts.

Local feminist perspectives as transformation levers for sustainable development in Ukraine in the context of ongoing defence

Strelnyk, Olena / Liudmyla Yuzva / Tamara Zlobina (2025)
Discussion Paper 7/2025

Local feminist perspectives from Ukraine underscore the persistence of gender-transformative policies during the defensive war, revealing the impact of feminist action on social change, along with its successes, challenges, and limitations in shaping sustainable feminist policies.

Knowing the ocean: epistemic inequalities in patterns of science collaboration

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina / Stefan Partelow / Kerstin Knopf (2023)
External Publications

The MENA Region in the “Zeitenwende” Era: An Opportunity for Socially Just Transition?

Berlin, 24. January 2023

The event brought together political decision makers and experts from Germany and the region to debate the following questions: How does Germany plan to link the just transition concept with its new cooperation priorities, such as green energy and feminist development policy, in the MENA region? How have the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…