In an interconnected and constantly evolving world, the promotion and fulfilment of gender equality and women’s rights is not only a matter of social justice within nation-states, but also an essential component of international relations and cooperation for the construction of lasting peace, global security and sustainable development. This idea has encouraged reflections on the orientation of traditional foreign action towards a Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP) in some European, Latin American and Caribbean countries, which arises from the growing understanding that gender issues are not marginal in the field of international relations and foreign action.
The EU-LAC Foundation, through its EU-LAC and Caribbean International Women’s Network, as well as the Barcelona Provincial Council, the Spanish Ministry of Equality, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, and the Women’s Institute, are organising a multi-stakeholder Forum to identify common challenges and opportunities in terms of feminist foreign policy. The event also aims to make visible good practices, innovative actions, lessons learned and move towards concrete solutions to deliberate and help implement a contextualized Feminist Foreign Policy based on principles of intersectionality, anti-racism and regional equity in areas that require a greater role in the foreign policy of the EU and LAC countries.
The meeting brings together representatives of the governments of the different countries of both regions, representatives of civil society, international organizations and experts from academia.
The researcher Anna Ayuso moderates the last session, which addresses the role of civil society in Feminist Foreign Policy, with Gina Romero, Manuela Mesa, Alice Apostoly, Adriana Benjumea, Julieta Izcurdia, Sunita Nasir Tareen, Vicenç Margalef Parellada and Laura Oroz.
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