Gender Equality in Foreign and Security Policy
Author | : Stella Ronner-Grubačić |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
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On 13 October 2022, Ambassador Stella Ronner-Grubačić, Ambassador for Gender and Diversity at the European External Action Service, delivered the ninth annual highlevel EU Diplomacy Lecture on “Gender Equality in EU Foreign and Security Policy: A Question of Leadership” at the College of Europe in Bruges. She argued thatleadership and gender equality are inter-related, especially in the current geopolitical context. The European Union (EU) has a robust policy framework on gender equality in place. Nevertheless, gender equality is being challenged by antagonistic actors aiming to promote polarisation in other countries, including members of the EU,through disinformation campaigns and other means, distorting gender equality as apurely Western notion and inciting hatred against the LGBTIQ community. What is now needed is Gender Responsive Leadership, that is, leaders who are aware of the challenges and their impact and who are able to act on them.