When women have a place at the table, peace talks are less likely to fail, and the resulting agreement lasts longer. But women are not only instrumental for the success of peace negotiations – they also play a crucial role in the prevention of conflicts, peacekeeping, and reconstruction.
2020 marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which stresses the importance of women’s equal and full participation in peace and security.
But where does the EU stand when it comes to gender equality in its Foreign and Security Policy? Where and how can it improve? Together with my colleague Ernest Urtasun, I commissioned a study with the Centre for Feminist Foreign policy on exactly this topic. The result: there is a lot of room for improvement, and:
The time is now
There has never been a more opportune time to implement an EU Feminist Foreign Policy.
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