The new foreign minister said the label had become more important than its content.
The new Swedish foreign minister scrapped the "feminist foreign policy" soon after the new government's appointments were announced.Sweden's new foreign minister has ditched its pioneering "feminist foreign policy", saying the label has become more important than its content.The previous left-wing government launched the policy in 2014, becoming the first in the world to put gender equality at the heart of its dealings with other nations.
Rights to political participation in civil society, economic emancipation and sexual and reproductive rights were just some of the flagship points of the foreign policy. Swedish membership also encouraged women's rights advocates from Somalia and Nigeria to speak at the council.
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