Canada’s feminist foreign policy: 2015-2019. Assessment and lessons for Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.24201/fi.v61i3.2758Keywords:
feminist foreign policy, PEF, trade negotiations, gender, international development, Canadian foreign policyAbstract
After almost a decade of conservative governments in Canada, the Liberal Party returned to power in 2015 under the leadership of Justin Trudeau. His resounding victory enabled him to implement a progressive agenda, one that prioritized cross-cutting gender equality, which led to the development of a feminist foreign policy (pef). The purpose of this paper is to analyze the conceptualization, implementation and results of this Canadian initiative, in order to identify lessons that might be useful to Mexico, one year after the launch of its own pef.
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