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21 Hague J. Dipl. 279 (2026)
Gender in Science Diplomacy beyond Global North and South: From Pasts toward Empowered International Politics

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                THE HAGUE   JOURNAL   OF DIPLOMACY   21 (2026) 279-283


BRILL i NIJHOFF                                                          brill.com/hjd



    Gender in Science Diplomacy beyond Global North

    and   South

    From  Pasts toward Empowered International Politics


            Aya Homei   | ORCID: 0000-0002-2814-3789
            Reader in Japanese Studies, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures,
            University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
            aya.homei@manchester.ac.uk


            Janina Onuki  | ORCID: 0000-0001-9033-1863
            Full Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Sao Paulo,
            Sao Paulo, Brazil
            janonuki@usp.br


            Received 6 March 2026 | Accepted 27 March 2026|
            Published online 14 April 2026



    1       Introduction1


    'Achieving gender  equality and empowering   women   and  girls' is Goal 5 of the
    United Nations  Sustainable  Development   Goals  (SDG s), but it faces growing



    1 The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the editors of the HagueJournal
      ofDiplomacy for their continuous engagement, guidance and support throughout the devel-
      opment  of this work We also thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive feed-
      back, which significantly contributed to improving the quality and clarity of this article. We
      gratefully acknowledge the Commission on Science, Technology and Diplomacy (STAND), a
      commission within the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Tech-
      nology's Division of History of Science and Technology (IUHPST/DHST), itself part of the
      International Science Council (Isc). As part of this project, project members participated
      in the STAND 3rd Conference, 'Circulation and Exchange in Science and Diplomacy', in July
      2023, as both organizers and participants. These exchanges provided valuable intellectual
      input and opportunities for collaboration. This research forms part of the project 'Gender,
      Identities, and Science Diplomacy of Global North and South', funded through the SPRINT
      Joint Research Scheme between the University of Manchester and the Sao Paulo Research
      Foundation (FAPESP). We acknowledge financial support from FAPESP and the University of
      Manchester under the SPRINT Grant #2023/00620-0.


Published with license by Koninklijke Brill BV  DOI:10.1163/1871191X-bja1o251
©  AYA HOMEI AND JANINA ONUKI, 2026 | ISSN: 1871-1901 (print) 1871-191X (online)