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Agenda: Elevating the role of feminist foreign policy for women’s inclusion in international

affairs

Solutions

General solutions regarding feminist foreign policy

- Create an international framework, called the GLOBAL POLICY FOR GENDER


EQUALITY (GPGE), which exactly defines what feminist foreign policy actually is,
after a consensus by all member states and gives general directives regarding the
implementation of such policies, which nations can apply in the context of their own
situation. This is so that the entire framework is streamlined and more efficient. Nations
such as Canada and Sweden, which are in a good position regarding gender equality will
also be a part of this framework, and aid countries in implementing their own feminist
foreign policies.

- Accountability and progress checking mechanisms be set-up. No sense to just let these
policies exist, with no checking regarding the results. There should be independent bodies
in each nation, with affiliation to UN Women, which conduct surveys, monitor data,
publish it, and also provide feedback to governments regarding how effective these
policies are, and how they can be improved.

- Create more adaptable and flexible feminist foreign policies, considering the cultural
context of each nation. Every nation can’t be as liberal as western democracies such as
Sweden and Norway. Many countries in the middle east have different cultural norms,
and the delegate of the philippines believes that they have a right to follow their cultural
legacy, while moving with this modern world. By making their policies less extreme, and
acceptable to the general population, we must ensure that the idea of a “feminist foreign
policy” is something that is not just limited to the western world.

- All countries who have ratified the CEDAW, or the human declaration of human rights
have a legal foundation to implement a feminist foreign policy.

- Have incentives for countries who adopt a feminist foreign policies. Given that these
countries align with the goals of the United Nations, and advocate for gender equality,
they should be given certain incentives. They can be provided by additional aid by the
UN, loans at cheaper rates from international organizations such as the world bank, and
receive cooperation from other countries more easily.
- Policies should be diverse - They should include people from structurally backward
classes, LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized communities

- A feminist foreign policy might be opposed by rival political parties: By investing in


female civil society, and directly helping the marginalized through this policy, the
political party can gain valuable voter banks

- A fund called the gender equality fund must be created, from which lesser developed
countries can draw funds to implement feminist foreign policies.

Solutions Specific to Women’s inclusion in International Affairs:

- Increased funding to feminist civil society groups. This can help increase the lobbying
power of women. When these pressure groups become more powerful, women would be
automatically more involved in the policy-making process. Furthermore, political parties
would be encouraged to have more female candidates to appeal to these feminist civil
society groups.

- Make feminist foreign policy intersectional:


● Extend FFP to all domains, such as diplomacy, international relations, trade, aid and
migration as well.
● When FFP is also extended to trade and aid, with exclusive focus on women in the aid
that the nation provides, then other countries would be incentivized to also have more
female diplomats, who may have more knowledge regarding the circumstances of women
in the country.

- Spend on skill development of women in the fields of international relations, diplomacy


and negotiation. Creating effective feminist foreign policies required women at the
forefront. Therefore, it is vital to train them effectively, so that they can make the foreign
policy programs of their respective countries more robust.

- Create an entire wing which evaluates how acceptable the treaties the nation signs, the
conventions it joins to the welfare of women, and other marginalized communities. This
wing must have at least a 40% reservation for female diplomats.

- Have a Gender-Based Analysis as a part of every aid program, or collaboration program


the nation has. For example the CFLI program Canada had in the Philippines also had
this as a part of this. This would incentivize other countries to include women in their
policy-making projects as well.

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