Peace needs Women. More and fast!
A campaign by @HNeumannMEP @wiis_global @Munsecconf @AllBrightGer @SVoice2030 @feministfp @OutRightIntl @ArabReform_ARI & more
Dear friends & supporters,
Three years after our launch, it's time to open a new chapter: We want to make sure the work of #SHEcurity can be continued. That's why we have submitted a proposal to @EU_Commission and @eu_eeas to finance & set up a collaborative #WPS Dashboard. (1/3)
This should be a space bringing together representatives of traditional foreign, security & defence policy with those working on gender issues in the field.
#SHEcurity has achieved a lot, but our fight for more women & diversity in foreign & security policy continues.
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🔎This #FactFriday focuses on 🇹🇷 #Türkiye:
In 2021, only 1⃣7⃣,3⃣% – not even a fifth of MPs – were women. In 2019, the Defence Committee had exactly 0⃣% women members!
🚨However, many senior female diplomats work for the @MFATurkiye, a total of 3⃣5⃣,6⃣% in 2019.
#SHEcurity
#FactFriday: Today - #BurkinaFaso 🇧🇫!
The numbers are very low 😢... only 6⃣,3⃣% of MPs in parliament are women, the lowest percentage in 20 years. Representation in the Foreign Affairs Committee & the Defence Committee is slightly better with 1⃣2⃣,5⃣ % and 5⃣,9⃣ %.
#SHEcurity
For far too long, our 🇪🇺 Foreign Policy was quite patriarchal - and it didn't work out too well! That's why we need a #FeministForeignPolicy:
I did a 📺 video for a conference organised by @boell_fr_it and @WIISFrance that explains it all ⤵️
#FFPParis2023#PEFParis2023
On today’s #FactFriday, the spotlight is on 🇬🇪#Georgia:
Although the country has a female president, @Zourabichvili_S, only 1⃣9⃣,3⃣% of MPs in parliament are women. Representation in the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Defence Committee is similarly low, at 3⃣1⃣,3⃣% & 1⃣1⃣,8⃣%.
It’s #FactFriday! Let’s have a look at 🇮🇩 #Indonesia:
The country’s progress remains slow – only 2⃣1⃣% of MPs are women.ℹ️There is no data for the Foreign Affairs & Defence Committees.
And the good news? @Menlu_RI has been Foreign Minister for a total of 8 years🎉!
#SHEcurity
Today’s #FactFriday takes a look at #Senegal🇸🇳:
Women’s representation in Parliament increased to 4⃣3⃣% in 2021, but there's no data when it comes to the Foreign Affairs & Defence Committees.
@AissataOfficiel is the country's first female foreign minister 🥳!
#SHEcurity
According to our 2022 @SHE_curity report, women remain largely underrepresented globally in the #military and #police, with an average of 1⃣5⃣4⃣ years needed to reach gender parity in global militaries.
@laubchad@euronews reports on it on #IWD2023:
https://t.co/NkQSbxMQ7y
🔎This #FactFriday looks at women in Peace & Security in 🇲🇰#NorthMacedonia.
In the last decade, there’s been progress with 4⃣1⃣,7⃣% female MPs in parliament (Defence Committee: 1⃣6⃣,7⃣%).
The Foreign Affairs Committee deserves a special mention: It has 6⃣4⃣,3⃣% woman members.
🥳 Today, @GermanyDiplo presents its new guidelines for its Feminist Foreign Policy – so what is it all about and what does it mean for 🇪🇺 ?
A thread 🧵 (1/13)
🔗 https://t.co/hMC6WbXWzS
Livestream: https://t.co/T64JADmKga
#FFP#SHEcurity@SHE_curity#FeministForeignPolicy
���🇸#Serbia is our focus on #FactFriday:
The country has made good progress towards the WPS agenda, but much remains to be done.
Women hold 3⃣9⃣,2⃣% of seats in Parliament – in the Foreign Affairs + Defence Committees the numbers drop to 3⃣5⃣,3⃣% & 2⃣3⃣,5⃣ respectively.
#SHEcurity
💭How are the current gaps in feminist foreign policy affecting gender justice in Africa?
📢 On 7th March, join @keziehelen, @kachambwa-@FemnetProg, @RosebellK-@AfriFeminists + @ToniHaastrup in a discussion on minimum standards for #FFPAfrica
⏰5pm EAT
🔗https://t.co/HLfusVgorn
🔎Today’s #FactFriday focuses on🇬🇹#Guatemala:
Only 1⃣9⃣,4⃣% of MPs in parliament are women. Especially in the Defence Committee, women are severely underrepresented with only 7⃣%‼️
Things look a bit better in the Foreign Affairs Committee with 2⃣5⃣%.
#SHEcurity#WPS#WPSin2023
Our #FactFriday today takes a look at 🇵🇾 #Paraguay:
Only 1⃣6⃣,3⃣ % of members of parliament are women, whereas 2⃣5⃣ % of the Foreign Affairs committee members and 2⃣4⃣,5⃣ % of the ambassadors are female.
🚨 BUT: There are zero female members in the Defence committee!
#SHEcurity