Kristina Lunz is the co-founder and co-Executive Director of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy.

• 1. How I found my compass 2. Empathy     Empathy is not a cure-all     Openness instead of judgement and condemnation    Humanity  Growth    Peacebuilding  3. Resistance  Sisterhood     Deconstructing is important, but constructing is even better    Non-ideological action   Activist’s dilemma  Cynicism as ostensible resistance and intellectual laziness  4. The tools for empathy and resistance Hope KnowledgeNetworks   5. My compass in tempestuous times Empathy is not a zero-sum game     Constructive impatience  Difficult women     The significance of utopias   Power and the law   The noise out there  6. Women of empathy and resistance Ailbhe Smyth: the legalization of abortion in Ireland  Beatrice Fihn: the path to nuclear disarmament    Düzen Tekkal: groundbreaking recognition of a genocide Stellah Bosire Gloria Steinem  7. Why empathy and resistance are so important now AcknowledgementsNotes

"In a time of growing cynicism and shrinking democratic space, Kristina Lunz reminds us that empathy and resistance are not contradictions – they are our most powerful tools for change. This book is a timely, courageous call to action."Margot Wallström, former Foreign Minister of Sweden and pioneer of feminist foreign policy"Kristina Lunz draws on a strong background of learning, and the courage to set up and drive important initiatives for women. Like her I have found that women frequently possess the most effective skills for preventing and resolving conflict. Their insights, their courage and their proposals deserve far more financial and practical support worldwide, if future conflicts are to be resolved without disaster."Dr Scilla Elworthy, founder of Peace Direct and the Oxford Research Group and three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee"This is a refreshing message at a time of division and tension... the way out of the ugly politics of the 2020s lies in this balance of empathy and resistance, and there is real wisdom in Lunz's exploration of these themes."The Earthbound Report"By foregrounding the voices of women from diverse cultural and social backgrounds, the book presents a vision of solidarity and responsibility that resonates strongly with social work values in an increasingly polarized modern world."Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work

Kristina Lunz is the co-founder and co-Executive Director of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy.

• 1. How I found my compass 2. Empathy     Empathy is not a cure-all     Openness instead of judgement and condemnation    Humanity  Growth    Peacebuilding  3. Resistance  Sisterhood     Deconstructing is important, but constructing is even better    Non-ideological action   Activist’s dilemma  Cynicism as ostensible resistance and intellectual laziness  4. The tools for empathy and resistance Hope KnowledgeNetworks   5. My compass in tempestuous times Empathy is not a zero-sum game     Constructive impatience  Difficult women     The significance of utopias   Power and the law   The noise out there  6. Women of empathy and resistance Ailbhe Smyth: the legalization of abortion in Ireland  Beatrice Fihn: the path to nuclear disarmament    Düzen Tekkal: groundbreaking recognition of a genocide Stellah Bosire Gloria Steinem  7. Why empathy and resistance are so important now AcknowledgementsNotes

"In a time of growing cynicism and shrinking democratic space, Kristina Lunz reminds us that empathy and resistance are not contradictions – they are our most powerful tools for change. This book is a timely, courageous call to action."Margot Wallström, former Foreign Minister of Sweden and pioneer of feminist foreign policy"Kristina Lunz draws on a strong background of learning, and the courage to set up and drive important initiatives for women. Like her I have found that women frequently possess the most effective skills for preventing and resolving conflict. Their insights, their courage and their proposals deserve far more financial and practical support worldwide, if future conflicts are to be resolved without disaster."Dr Scilla Elworthy, founder of Peace Direct and the Oxford Research Group and three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee"This is a refreshing message at a time of division and tension... the way out of the ugly politics of the 2020s lies in this balance of empathy and resistance, and there is real wisdom in Lunz's exploration of these themes."The Earthbound Report"By foregrounding the voices of women from diverse cultural and social backgrounds, the book presents a vision of solidarity and responsibility that resonates strongly with social work values in an increasingly polarized modern world."Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work

Kristina Lunz is the co-founder and co-Executive Director of the Centre for Feminist Foreign Policy.

• 1. How I found my compass 2. Empathy     Empathy is not a cure-all     Openness instead of judgement and condemnation    Humanity  Growth    Peacebuilding  3. Resistance  Sisterhood     Deconstructing is important, but constructing is even better    Non-ideological action   Activist’s dilemma  Cynicism as ostensible resistance and intellectual laziness  4. The tools for empathy and resistance Hope KnowledgeNetworks   5. My compass in tempestuous times Empathy is not a zero-sum game     Constructive impatience  Difficult women     The significance of utopias   Power and the law   The noise out there  6. Women of empathy and resistance Ailbhe Smyth: the legalization of abortion in Ireland  Beatrice Fihn: the path to nuclear disarmament    Düzen Tekkal: groundbreaking recognition of a genocide Stellah Bosire Gloria Steinem  7. Why empathy and resistance are so important now AcknowledgementsNotes

"In a time of growing cynicism and shrinking democratic space, Kristina Lunz reminds us that empathy and resistance are not contradictions – they are our most powerful tools for change. This book is a timely, courageous call to action."Margot Wallström, former Foreign Minister of Sweden and pioneer of feminist foreign policy"Kristina Lunz draws on a strong background of learning, and the courage to set up and drive important initiatives for women. Like her I have found that women frequently possess the most effective skills for preventing and resolving conflict. Their insights, their courage and their proposals deserve far more financial and practical support worldwide, if future conflicts are to be resolved without disaster."Dr Scilla Elworthy, founder of Peace Direct and the Oxford Research Group and three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee"This is a refreshing message at a time of division and tension... the way out of the ugly politics of the 2020s lies in this balance of empathy and resistance, and there is real wisdom in Lunz's exploration of these themes."The Earthbound Report"By foregrounding the voices of women from diverse cultural and social backgrounds, the book presents a vision of solidarity and responsibility that resonates strongly with social work values in an increasingly polarized modern world."Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work