During his speech at a panel on feminist diplomacy, José Manuel Albares highlighted that this policy is a logical reflection of Spain’s feminist domestic policy, “founded on a very broad social consensus and on the work of the feminist movements in our country”.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs recalled that, in consular matters, the Government protects the rights of Spanish men and women abroad and oversees their wellbeing. “Spain stands among the leading countries in the fight against gender-based violence”, he stressed, before going on to explain that the services to protect women who are victims of this violence have been strengthened through the adoption of the Action Protocol that applies to all Spanish embassies.
José Manuel Albares also referred to the situation of women in different countries around the world regarding reporting the deterioration of their situation, which constitutes one of the indicators of an increasingly more dangerous and violent autocratic system. “A State that does not respect the rights of its own men and women is a State that will find it very hard to maintain its most basic international commitments”, he closed by saying.
Multicrisis
The panel on feminist diplomacy in which the Spanish minister took part was framed within the 5th edition of the Paris Peace Forum, an event sponsored by the French Government which, since 2018, has gathered leaders from the worlds of politics, economics and civil society to improve global governance, with a particular North-South focus.
This year, the Peace Forum is developed under the title “Riding out the multicrisis” and addresses such questions as managing the consequences of this “multicrisis” for citizens; cooperation despite conflicts and in wartime; rethinking globalisation in a polarised world; catalysing climate and environmental solutions; guaranteeing a safe and ethical digital world; or fostering fairer and more inclusive societies.
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