First women-only foreign minister conference held in Canada
Date 22.09.2018
Women foreign ministers from around the world have kicked off a two-day conference in Montreal, Canada, that is aimed at highlighting women's key role in politics and decision-making processes. The meeting is being co-chaired by Canada's top diplomat, Chrystia Freeland, and the foreign affairs representative of the EU, Federica Mogherini, who at the opening both expressed hope that the meeting would set a precedent for growing cooperation between women ministers.
Women are "key to finding solutions to the political, economic and social challenges facing our societies," Freeland said in her opening remarks on Friday, as reported by the Agence France-Presse news agency. "When we are all involved in the decision-making process, our societies become stronger, our economies and our middle class become more prosperous and our countries safer," she added.
The agenda is scheduled to cover topics including international security and peace, promoting and strengthening democracy and the elimination of gender-based violence.
The conference, which ends on Saturday afternoon, is also being attended by female top diplomats from Andorra, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Kenya, Namibia, Norway, Panama, South Africa, Rwanda, Saint Lucia and Sweden. Altogether some 30 women hold positions as ministers for foreign affairs around the world.
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