How can Germany's feminist policies benefit Africa?

“If women are not safe, then no one is safe,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock wrote in her guidelines for feminist foreign policy. According to her own account, she heard the line from a Ukrainian mother just before Russia invaded. She has quoted it several times since then, including in a village in northern Nigeria that was devastated by the Boko Haram militia.

Baerbock’s travels usually include visits that allow her to witness firsthand the living conditions of local women….