Sweden Ditched "Feminist Foreign Policy." Time for "Fair Foreign Policy"?

HotStreak73 · 2022-11-25T03:53:05+00:00

I'm sure some feminist is gonna use this as an example of patriarchy somehow

shit-zen-giggles · 2022-11-24T21:08:15+00:00

From the article:

In 2014, Sweden launched "feminist foreign policy" to much fanfare. Intended to examine gendered problems and responses, and strengthen foreign policy decisions by centering women's and girls' perspectives, realities and challenges, the approach appeared promising. Other countries followed suit: Canada, Luxembourg, France, Mexico, Spain, Libya, Germany and as recently as September 2022, Colombia.

On Oct. 18, 2022, Sweden abruptly abandoned this approach, with the new government calling the "feminist" label counterproductive.

Today, there is still no consensus on how to define feminist foreign policy. There are no cross-country comparisons of impact. Differing interpretations have resulted in frictions between governments and civil society. Aside from conceptual difficulties and uncertain impact on foreign policy, we posit that feminist foreign policy has four deep flaws that greatly limit its potential.

In a 2020 survey about Canada's Feminist International Assistance Policy, more than 50 percent of respondents believed feminism, gender equality and/or programs on women's empowerment did not benefit women and instead undermined men and boys.

This BBC article about the topic has the following quote:

But the Swedish Gender Equality Minister Paulina Brandberg, from the Liberal party which has previously supported a "feminist foreign policy", said that "so long" as she remains in post she will "make sure the government's policies are feminist".

The liberal party is part of the current right wing government that supposedly (?) 'ditched' the feminist foreign policy.

Questions I'd like to discuss:

Do you think this will be more of a 'rebranding' aka ditching the label or is there going to be a genuine shift to be more inclusive and fair with respect to contents?
Do you think that the 'intersectional' approach the writers of the article propose has merit or is it going to be just a facade?

International_Crew89 · 2022-11-25T02:29:00+00:00

What a vague and nebulous term.

Mahameghabahana · 2022-11-25T09:54:20+00:00

Don't expect too much for right wing governments. They would only perpetuate traditionalists ideals, gynocentrism, misogyny or misandry. Sure there maybe some good one but majority of them are like that.

Sweden Ditched "Feminist Foreign Policy." Time for "Fair Foreign Policy"?

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Questions I'd like to discuss:

Government (103)

Confidence and supply (73)

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"But What About the Dictator? They Don't Have One"

Oh My God Yes America and Europe Have Been Fascist in Their History

Title	Sweden Ditched "Feminist Foreign Policy." Time for "Fair Foreign Policy"?
Author	shit-zen-giggles
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Date	November 24, 2022 9:00 PM UTC (3 years ago)
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