🔎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 Turkish MFA, 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 Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Paris, France | Italia and WIIS France that explains it all ⤵️

#FFPParis2023 #PEFParis2023

On today’s #FactFriday , the spotlight is on 🇬🇪 #Georgia :
Although the country has a female president, Salome Zourabichvili, 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? Menteri Luar Negeri Republik Indonesia 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

Portraits of Syrian women after the earthquake - collected & curated by ARI.
Meet Syrian activist Haneen Ahmad, she is dedicating her time and expertise on peace building in Syria.

#IWD2023 #WomensDay #8MarchWomensDay #WomensDay
#Syria _earthquake #Syria

According to our 2022 SHEcurity 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.

Lauren Chadwick euronews reports on it on #IWD2023 :

bit.ly/euronews_women

كانت الدكتورة بسمة قضماني من القائدات النسويات اللاتي كن يحتذى بهن، جعلت كل يوم في مبادرة الإصلاح العربي، يوم المرأة.

#يوم_المرأة_2023 #بسمة_قضماني

🟣 On #InternationalWomensDay , we focus on #FeministForeignPolicy , an approach that puts human #security at its core and aims at dismantling oppressive & discriminatory power structures➡️ eu.boell.org/en/feminist-fo… 🧵👇🏾 Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Global Unit for Feminism and Gender Democracy #StandWithUkraine #IWD2023 #IWD23

🔎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, GermanForeignOffice 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)

🔗 bit.ly/FFP_Guidelines

Livestream: shapingfeministforeignpolicy.org/Livestream

#FFP #SHEcurity SHEcurity #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 Helen Kezie-Nwoha, Memory Kachambwa-FEMNET, Rosebell Kagumire-AfricanFeminism (AF) + prof toni haastrup in a discussion on minimum standards for #FFPAfrica

⏰5pm EAT
🔗bit.ly/41oa0qS

🔎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 #WPS in2023

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

Our #FactFriday this time takes a look at the #UK 🇬🇧:

About 1⃣/3⃣ of MPs are female, but less than 1⃣/5⃣ of members in the Foreign Affairs and Defence committees ...
Representation stays equally low regarding board members of arms manufacturers: 1⃣9⃣,7⃣ % are women.

#SHEcurity