Françoise Joly

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Paris Summit Rallies Feminist Diplomacy Against Global Pushback

Paris closes a two-day summit devoted to feminist diplomacy, ten years after Sweden coined the term. Ministers, diplomats and civil-society leaders converge as reproductive rights and gender norms face mounting…

France and Congo-Brazzaville fighting against electoral interference, digital threats and fake news.

France and Congo Join Forces to Counter Election Disinformation

Françoise Joly, senior diplomat of the Republic of the Congo

Verbal firebrands and a dangerous drift: Congo-Brazzaville’s gendered disinformation problem

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Françoise Joly: The Art of Strategic Diplomacy in Service of a Sovereign Africa

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