SIDE EVENT: Galvanizing the Pact for the Future for a feminist implementation of the Agenda 2030
On the margins of the UNGA79 High-Level Week, the Ministers of the Feminist Foreign Policy Plus Group (FFP+) met, for the third time in this context, with the purpose of strengthening and renewing their political commitments to feminist foreign policies.
They emphasized the need to foster the full, equal and meaningful participation and leadership of women in decision-making processes, and to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, including in the digital environment.
The FFP+ aimed to invite Ministers from other Member States committed to the advancement of gender equality, so that they could share their experience. Civil society organizations, including the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative, are key in shaping feminist foreign policies. They had their own segment during the side-event.
Ms. Sofía Borges, Senior Vice President and Head of the New York Office of the UN Foundation
Ms. Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women
Ms. Nicole Ameline, Member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Mr. José Manuel Albares Bueno, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain
Ms. Alicia Bárcena, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
Mr. Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France
Mr. Olivier Nduhungirehe, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Rwanda
Ms. Annalena Baerbock, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany
Mr. Alberto van Klaveren, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile
Ms. Battsetseg Batmunkh, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia
Ms. Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada
Mr. Mauro Viera, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil
Mr. Marcel De Vink, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands
Ms. Kandya Gisella Obezo Casseres, Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs of Colombia
Dr. Melita Gabrič, State Secretary for Political and Multilateral Affairs and Development Cooperation of Slovenia
Ms. Penny Wong, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia
Ms. Lyric Thompson, Founder and CEO of the Feminist Foreign Policy Collaborative*
Ms. Susana Malcorra, President and Co-Founder of GWL Voices for Change and Inclusion
Ms. Hamida Aman, Afghan entrepreneur and journalist and Founder of Radio Begum
Dr. Alvaro Bermejo, Director-General of the International Planned Parenthood Federation
Read the political declaration of the Feminist Foreign Policy Plus Group (FFP+) at UNGA 79.
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