Streamlining the Global Path to Gender Equality: The Role of Feminist Foreign Policy
Publication Date: July 30, 2023
Total Pages: 9
Organization: UN Women
Languages: English
Country/Region: Global
Topic Area: Gender Mainstreaming, Gender equality and women’s empowerment, Peace and security, Leadership and political participation
Year: 2023
Resource Type: Briefs
Abstract
As of June 2023, application of a feminist lens to their foreign policies is committed by Sweden (2014*), Canada (2017), France (2019), Mexico (2020), Spain (2021), Luxembourg (2021), Germany (2021), the Netherlands (2022), Scotland (2022), Colombia (2022), Slovenia (2023), and Chile. Libya is considered the first African country to announce the feminist foreign policy (FFP). These were preceded by ratification of the 1979 United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the four UN conferences on women.
In 2000, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and in 2010, UN Women was formed. In the following years, the UN has adopted a total of 10 resolutions on WPS.
This brief examines the various FFPs and identifies shared aspects and gaps across seven key themes: WPS; political participation; economic empowerment; diplomacy; official development assistance (ODA); human rights in humanitarian context; and violence against women and girls (VAWG).
