→ Academic and training institutions can sustain progress by embedding feminist theory and applied analysis into public policy education, foreign service training, and leadership development. They can also collaborate with governments and civil society in generating data and evidence to measure long-term policy impact. Together, these actors form an interconnected and mutually reinforcing ecosystem for feminist policymaking, in which regional collaboration, local innovation, and global learning synergistically strengthen one another. Key entry points for advancing this agenda cover six international policy domains: foreign policy and diplomacy, peace and security, climate change and disaster response, trade and economic justice, development cooperation and humanitarian aid, and migration and labour mobility. Each domain highlights specific levers for reform and partnership through which feminist principles can be institutionalised and scaled within Asia-Pacific governance and beyond. Recommendation 1: Foreign Policy and Diplomacy → 1a. Institutionalise feminist accountability within foreign ministries. Governments can embed gender equality targets and transparent monitoring systems across aid, trade, and diplomatic portfolios, modelled on Australia’s 80 per cent gender performance target, which requires this share of development investments to be directed towards gender equality. Even in non-donor countries, establishing gender focal units with authority over budgets, recruitment, and reporting, and linking senior officials’ appraisals to progress on equality benchmarks, would make feminist accountability a structural feature of diplomacy. Development partners can continue to provide technical and financial support for gender-responsive budgeting, training, and the development of shared indicators aligned with global frameworks. → 1b. Build regional capacity and leadership pipelines for women diplomats. Multilateral organisations such as UNESCAP, ASEAN, and the Pacific Islands Forum can convene structured mentoring, training, and exchange programmes to increase women’s representation in senior diplomatic posts. Governments can contribute by allocating scholarships and secondment opportunities for early-career diplomats, while feminist networks and development partners can support recurring regional dialogues, such as Mongolia’s Female Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, transforming it into a permanent platform for feminist cooperation and agenda setting that goes beyond just promoting FFPs. → 1c. Strengthen inclusive policy design and transparency through multi-stakeholder collaboration. Ministries of foreign affairs can institutionalise formal consultation mechanisms with feminist civil society networks to integrate intersectional perspectives into foreign policy design. Governments, multilateral institutions, and research organisations can jointly develop a regional Gender in Foreign Policy Dashboard to track representation, resource allocation, and rights commitments across the region. Publishing these metrics would reinforce accountability, promote regional learning, and embed feminist values into the operational culture of diplomacy. → 1d. Use quiet diplomacy for sensitive reforms, measured by policy signals showing prioritisation of issues, rather than claims of publicly visible outcomes. In politically sensitive contexts, governments and partners should support locally led organisations to shape negotiations and policy language, while keeping donor visibility low. Progress should be tracked through prioritisation indicators, such as the presence of gender clauses or safeguard language in MOUs, instances of counterpart ministries requesting gender technical inputs in closed-door processes, budgetary set-asides or tagged lines for gender within non-aid agreements, and the share of funds channelled to local women’s and LGBTIQ+ groups to lead advocacy. This mirrors Australia’s practice of privileging substance over branding and outcomes over labels. Recommendation 2: Peace and Security → 2a. Strengthen gender integration in peacekeeping, mediation, and national security institutions. Governments can embed gender-responsive training in military, police, and peacekeeping academies, drawing on the experiences of Indonesia and the Philippines in implementing the WPS agenda. Multilateral organisations, such as UN Women and UNESCAP, can support curriculum development. Meanwhile, development partners and regional multilateral agencies can fund capacity building, monitoring, and ensure gender parity in deployment and leadership. → 2b. Institutionalise resourcing and accountability for WPS commitments. National governments should move from project-based funding to dedicated WPS budget lines across ministries of defence, foreign affairs, and interior. CSOs can monitor allocation and outcomes through public expenditure tracking, and donors can harmonise funding mechanisms to support locally led women’s peacebuilding initiatives. 48 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V.