Feminist foreign policy

Equality between women and men is a fundamental aim

of Swedish foreign policy. Ensuring that women and girls
can enjoy their fundamental human rights is both an
obligation within the framework of our international
commitments, and a prerequisite for reaching Swedens
broader foreign policy goals on peace, and security and
sustainable development.

Responsible ministers
Margot Wallstrm
Isabella Lvin
Ann Linde
Responsible ministries
Ministry for Foreign Aairs

Feminist foreign policy

Statement of Foreign Policy 2016

The situation in the world calls for a feminist foreign policy that aims to
strengthen women's rights, representation and access to resources. In
2015, Sweden helped ensure that the EU appointed a Principal Advisor
on Gender, and that a network of women mediators was formed. We
will continue our work to involve women in peace processes, in
accordance with our action plan. By involving women in the Syrian
peace talks, we can help ensure a more sustainable society.
Statement of Government Policy in the Parliamentary Debate on
Foreign Aairs 2016

Swedish Foreign Service action plan for feminist

foreign policy 20152018
This action plan sets the direction of feminist foreign policy action to be
taken by the Foreign Service, guided by six long-term objectives. These
are broad objectives to match broad challenges, cover the entire global
agenda and bring the whole gamut of foreign policy tools into play.
Swedish Foreign Service action plan for feminist foreign policy 2015
2018 including focus areas for 2016

Public lecture with Margot Wallstrm onfeminist

foreign policy
In 2014, as newly-appointed Minister for Foreign Aairs, Margot
Wallstrm launched Swedens feminist foreign policy. At a public lecture
in Brussels on 14 March, she spoke about the content and
implementation of this policy. Ms Wallstrm stressed the reasons why
women need to be at the negotiating table in peace talks, and the
responsibility the European Union has to make a dierence, in
particular with regard to external relations.
Article: Public lecture with Margot Wallstrom on the Feminist Foreign
Policy

Womens participation helps ensure that peace is

more sustainable
Fifteen years ago, 31 October 2000, the United Nations Security Council
adopted resolution 1325 on women, peace and security. But far too
often, women are still excluded, which poses a threat to peace and
security and sustainable development in several parts of the world.
Sweden is therefore working actively to promote the agenda for women,
peace and security.
Report: Swedens National Action Plan for the implementation of the
United Nations Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and
Security 2016-2020
Article: Minister for Foreign Aairs Margot Wallstrm hosts high-level
meeting on womens role in peace processes

Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for

women and girls in a crisis-prone world

Isabella Lvin, Minister for International Development Cooperation,

opened a seminar in Stockholm on 3 December about SRHR in
humanitarian situations. Ms Lvin emphasised that conict and natural
disasters aect women, men, girls and boys in dierent ways.
Article: Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for women
and girls in a crisis-prone world

What a feminist foreign policy can do

"I am here to talk about why Sweden is the rst country to declare that
we will pursue a feminist foreign policy" Minister for Foreign Aairs
Margot Wallstrm explained in a lecture at Helsinki University, 3 March
2015. "Swedens feminist foreign policy aims at ensuring womens rights
and participation in central decision-making processes, including in
peacebuilding eorts and peace negotiations. Gender equality is not
just the right thing to do. It is the necessary thing to do if we want to
achieve our wider security and foreign policy objectives."
Speech by the Minister for Foreign Aairs at Helsinki University

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A Feminist Government
Sweden has the rst feminist government in the world. This means that
gender equality is central to the Governments priorities in decisionmaking and resource allocation. A feminist government ensures that a
gender equality perspective is brought into policy-making on a broad
front, both nationally and internationally. Women and men must have
the same power to shape society and their own lives. This is a human
right and a matter of democracy and justice. Gender equality is also part
of the solution to societys challenges and a matter of course in a
modern welfare state for justice and economic development. The
Governments most important tool for implementing feminist policy is
gender mainstreaming, of which gender-responsive budgeting is an
important component.
A Feminist Government

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