{"id":119436,"date":"2018-10-01T12:01:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T11:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=119436"},"modified":"2018-09-29T11:08:34","modified_gmt":"2018-09-29T10:08:34","slug":"ottawa-creating-new-ambassador-for-women-peace-and-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2018\/10\/ottawa-creating-new-ambassador-for-women-peace-and-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Creating New Ambassador for Women, Peace and Security"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks at a news conference during a meeting of Women Foreign Ministers in Montreal, Saturday, September 22, 2018.
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22 Sep 2018 – <\/em>Canada will create a new ambassador position dedicated to women, peace and security, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said today.<\/p>\n

Freeland made the announcement at a meeting of female foreign affairs ministers in Montreal that she co-hosted with Federica Mogherini, the high representative for the European Union.<\/p>\n

Freeland did not offer many details but said the new ambassador would help champion feminist-based aid programs and advocate for more female participation in peacekeeping and conflict resolution.<\/p>\n

“International and domestic civil society committed to feminism has been telling us that Canada needs to be even more ambitious, and one way to do that is to have a high-level champion for these issues,” she said during her closing remarks.<\/p>\n

Freeland also confirmed Canada would spend about $25 million to fund a number of initiatives aimed at combating gender-based violence and promoting women’s participation in peace processes, and would co-chair a global network on women, peace and security with Uruguay in 2020.<\/p>\n

The two-day summit brought together at least half of the 30 women who hold foreign affairs portfolios globally, as well as Japan’s foreign minister, who is male, and civil society actors.<\/p>\n

Mogherini said the meetings touched on many issues including conflict prevention, combating gender-based violence, and sustainable development goals.<\/p>\n

The summit is believed to be the first official summit of female foreign affairs ministers, but she said it wouldn’t be the last.<\/p>\n

Mogherini said the group will keep in touch and is planning to meet again next year, just before or after the annual session of the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n

“Without establishing formal networks or organizations, we will simply work as closely as possible together to advance a foreign policy agenda that makes sure the world uses the full potential of its entire population,” she said.<\/p>\n

Mogherini says the group collectively decided to eschew issuing a joint communique or statement at the end of the meeting in order to keep the discussions “as open-ended and real as possible.”<\/p>\n

And while the meetings will continue, Mogherini said future iterations may not be as formal, or run under the exact same format.<\/p>\n

She also highlighted the presence of Japan’s foreign minister, Taro Kono, pointing out that male ministers were also invited to take part.<\/p>\n

“We do not want to create a separate box,” she said.<\/p>\n

“We want to make sure that women in foreign policy, first of all are visible, secondly connect to each other, and thirdly work with others in a way that makes things advance for women in the world, because we believe it’s also a way to have men advance in the world.”<\/p>\n

Following their closing remarks, Freeland and Mogherini were expected to lay flowers at a memorial for the 14 female victims of the 1989 Polytechnique shooting.<\/p>\n

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