▶️ Gender budgeting should be applied to the Foreign Office's entire project budget (by the end of the legislative term)
▶️ missions are to receive up to 1m 💶 for queer cultural events, NGO projects & local initiatives (a conference on LGBTIQ* rights is planned for 2024)

(6/13)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1630915843356803073

▶️ climate diplomacy + external energy policy should become gender&diversity sensitive
▶️ the protection of women in conflict zones & their participation in peace processes should be a priority of the 🇩🇪 candidacy for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council 2027/28
(7/13)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1630915846007554051

What about the EU? Some points mentioned in the paper:
☑️ form networks at the European level
☑️ use a regular dialogue in the run up to the Foreign Affairs Council to help formulate feminist perspectives on issues regarding the Common Foreign and Security Policy

(8/13)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1630915847991484416

☑️ encourage the European Commission to strengthen its efforts towards systematic gender budgeting
☑️ initiate talks among 🇪🇺 foreign ministers regarding a foreign and security policy feminist in orientation

(9/13)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1630915850088660992

... and how would an EU Feminist Foreign Policy look like? We @GreensEFA have written a paper about it!
It asks i.a. for
➡️ higher levels of representation and participation of women and other marginalized groups at negotiation tables, especially in high-level positions

(10/13)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1630915852026490880

➡️ a rights-based approach that prioritises protecting and expanding human rights of women and other marginalized groups
➡️ allocation of considerable resources towards achieving gender equality

(11/13)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1630915855486705666

➡️ opposition to the increasing backlash against gender equality and shrinking spaces for civil society, including attacks on women and feminist organisations.
🧐 Here you can read the paper:
https://bit.ly/FFP-Paper

(12/13)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1630915857621696513

‼️ By the way: Did you know that the @BMZ_Bund today also published its guidelines on a "Feminist development policy"? You can read them here (in German):

https://bit.ly/Feministische_Entwicklungspolitik

@SvenjaSchulze68

(13/13)

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/HNeumannMEP/status/1630915859655933953