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Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs & Trade

12 August 2026

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The chair opens the Foreign Affairs and Aid Subcommittee hearing, establishes formalities, and invites the WPS Coalition to outline its mandate, core recommendations, and examples of women’s and feminist organisations as early warning actors within a broader human security and WPS framework.

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Opening of hearing and WPS Coalition mandate

20:52

Opening of hearing and procedural formalities

20:52

WPS Coalition opening statement and five recommendations

22:27

Q — Chair: civil society as early warning systems

26:02

Global anti‑rights backlash and integrated human security

30:51

Inter‑agency WPS coordination and diaspora engagement

34:36

Chair: state of WPS coordination across agencies

34:36

Q — Mr Vasta: diaspora role and formal engagement

38:04

Locating WPS mechanisms within Australian bureaucracy

41:16

Funding models, core support and human security evidence

43:29

Q — Mr Neumann: funding practice and ‘meetings’ focus

43:29

Human security concepts and gaps in evaluation

48:19

Gender equality fund, human security framing and diversity

51:04

Q — Senator Collins: gender equality fund vs human security

51:04

Naming, diversity and regional human security design

55:43

International good practice and keeping women central

56:48

Q — Ms Jarrett: who does WPS evaluation well?

56:48

Q — Ms Spender: keeping women explicit and learning from history

01:00:01

Backlash, regional convening and hearing close

01:04:50

Backlash against women’s rights and regional convening

01:04:50

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs & Trade

12 August 2026

Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs & Trade Thu, 13 Aug 2026 Australian Parliament

20:51 - 21:41

Speaker 2

All right. Good morning. I declare open this public hearing of the Foreign Affairs and Aid Subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade for the inquiry into the role of Australia's international development program in preventing conflict. I would like to begin this morning by acknowledging the traditional owners on the land on which we meet today, and I'd like to pay my respects to elders past and present, and also acknowledge the cultures of any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples present with us here today. This hearing will be broadcast on the Parliament's website and transcripts of the proceedings will be published on the committee's webpage.

I now invite the representative from the Australian Civil Society Coalition on Women, Peace and Security to give evidence today. For the benefit of the Hansard record, would you please state your name and the capacity in which you appear before the committee?

21:41 - 21:52

Speaker 3

Sure. My name is Ludmilla Kwitko, and I'm the co-chair of the Australian Civil Society Coalition for Women, Peace and Security, which I'll abbreviate to the WPS Coalition.

21:52 - 21:58

Speaker 2

Very good. Well, thank you for attendance today and thank you for accommodating with rescheduling for another appearance.

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