Feminist foreign policy.
Sweden’s new foreign minister has abandoned the country’s trailblazing “feminist foreign policy,” claiming that the label has become more important than the content.
Tobias Billstrom, on the other hand, stated that “we will always stand for gender equality.”
The previous left-wing government implemented the policy in 2014, making it the first in the world to prioritise gender equality in its dealings with other countries.
The self-proclaimed “feminist government” had ruffled feathers all over the world.
Mr Billstrom made the radical policy change shortly after Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristerrson announced his new cabinet appointments.
“Gender equality is a core value for Sweden and this government,” he said, “but we will not pursue a feminist foreign policy.”
“Because labels on things tend to cover up the content,” he explained.
The former government policy’s online web page was no longer accessible.
Margot Wallstrom, a former foreign minister, launched the policy, emphasising the importance of the three “R’s”: “rights, representation, and resources.”
Rights to political participation in civil society, economic emancipation, and sexual and reproductive rights were just a few of the foreign policy highlights.
However, Swedish Gender Equality Minister Paulina Brandberg, a member of the Liberal Party, which has previously supported a “feminist foreign policy,” has stated that she will “ensure the government’s policies are feminist” for “as long as she is in office.”
The radical foreign policy has caused diplomatic squabbles all over the world.
