Change the position in its policy Sweden The new Foreign Minister, Tobias Bellstrom, announced that his country was abandoning “feminist Foreign Policy “.
It was one The initiative of the former center-left governmentwhich since 2014 has placed gender issues at the heart of Sweden’s foreign relations.
Bellstrom said, however, that Sweden will always defend gender equality. As he himself explained, change occurs because “Labels on things tend to obscure the content».
The page related to feminist politics has even disappeared from the government’s website, BBC reports.
Former Foreign Minister Margot Wallström said Sweden emphasized rights (such as reproductive leave and women’s economic empowerment), representation and resources. Comments made in 2015 by then-minister Wallstrom about Saudi Arabia and women’s rights in the country provoked a backlash in Riyadh. Sweden recalled its ambassador and canceled the arms sale. Under the same policy, while Sweden was a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in 2017, it worked to pass a resolution stating that gender-based violence could justify imposing sanctions.
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