Feminist Foreign Policy: Solutions for a better tomorrow

The world faces interconnected challenges that test the capacity for multilateral response and require a systemic change in global governance. In this context, feminist foreign policies (FFP) are tools to address them, at the national, regional and international levels, providing innovative solutions focused on the needs and rights of all people, especially for those individuals and populations affected by multiple inequalities, intersectional discriminations and different forms of oppression and violence, in order to achieve positive outcomes for society as a whole.

The document presents the context, challenges and contributions of the FFPs in the current context, as well as the commitments of the States to advance with foreign policies that contribute to achieving gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls and the guarantee of other rights necessary for the development of a full life. It also develops the approaches from the FFPs to elements that have been considered in the Pact for the Future: sustainable development and financing; peace and security; technology and innovation; youth; global governance; and the perspectives of the FFPs from the global south, all from a lens that makes inequalities visible and establishes that a better world will only be possible if we build, without excuses or delays, fully egalitarian societies. It also reflects the main contributions from Latin America and the Caribbean for the advancement of feminist foreign policies and development cooperation with a gender perspective, as well as proposals from civil society and women's and feminist organizations to strengthen their design and implementation. Finally, it includes the document of the Declaration of the Presidency of the III Conference, which was supported by 20 countries (Belgium, Bolivia, Colombia, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, France, Germany, Honduras, Ireland, Lithuania, Mexico, Mongolia, Norway, New Zealand, Romania, Slovenia, Uruguay, Luxembourg and Spain).