[Politics] The diplomacy of feminism: Colombian feminist foreign policy

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The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995) projects the universal elimination of gender inequality. Three decades later, this unfinished task remains: World Bank statistics indicate that the expected income gap between men and women, throughout their lives, will be on average USD 172 billion: almost twice the gross domestic product (GDP). ) annual of the world. In response, the United Nations has called on all countries to renew this commitment through diplomatic efforts—specifically, gender parity in diplomatic representation. All of these efforts are called feminist foreign policy.

According to the International Center for Research on Women, among 48 OECD countries analyzed in 2023, Sweden ranks first in the women's foreign policy index: that is, it has applied a feminist approach to all areas of its foreign policy. In Latin America, Argentina, Chile and Peru stand out. Colombia, for its part, has its best score in economic justice (0.82), peace and militarization (0.608), labor protections (0.59) and climate (0.586), as illustrated in graph 2. Consequently, Colombia has an opportunity for its foreign policy to improve the conditions of Colombian women, adolescents and girls in all their diversity. Faced with these challenges, Vice President Francia Márquez has proposed an agenda of commitments for the national government—specifically, for the Petro government. One of its crucial aspects is the fiscal capacity to put the Ministry of Equality into operation, as well as act transversally in all sectors of the government.

In short, feminist foreign policy is still a project in the initial stage and with great challenges ahead. Global women's networks and international feminist alliances have joined; But concrete plans and programs must be brought to the international scene to consolidate the proposed actions. This Colombian foreign policy must actively promote gender equality as a transversal principle and a priority axis of Colombian foreign action.

https://razonpublica.com/la-diplomacia-del-feminismo-politica-exterior-feminista-colombiana/