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COVID-19 & feminist foreign policy: Canada’s comparative advantage

COVID-19 & feminist foreign policy: Canada’s comparative advantage

ABSTRACT

The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented attention to the relationship between gender inequality and global health security. Within this context, Canada is well placed, due to its foreign and domestic policy commitments to advancing gender equity, to take a leadership role in addressing the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on women and priority populations. We propose three ways Canada might exercise this comparative advantage, to both be a leader in the global COVID-19 response and to advance a feminist foreign policy: prioritize the care economy within international assistance, champion a feminist global health agenda, and sensitize the security sector to rights-based approaches to health emergencies.

RÉSUMÉ

Dans ce contexte, le Canada est bien placé en raison de ses engagements en matière de politique étrangère et intérieure visant à promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes pour jouer un rôle de premier plan dans la lutte contre l’impact disproportionné sur les femmes et les populations prioritaires. Nous proposons trois façons pour le Canada d’exercer cet avantage comparatif, à la fois pour être un chef de file dans la riposte mondiale au COVID-19, et pour faire avancer une politique étrangère féministe : donner la priorité à l’économie des soins dans l’assistance internationale, défendre un programme féministe de santé mondiale et sensibiliser le secteur de la sécurité à des approches des urgences sanitaires fondées sur les droits.

Julia Smith, Asha Herten-Crabb & Clare Wenham (2021) COVID-19 & feminist foreign policy: Canada’s comparative advantage, Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, DOI: 10.1080/11926422.2021.1969971

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COVID-19 & feminist foreign policy: Canada’s comparative advantage

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We meet online on the third Wednesday of every month to discuss key issues, activities, opportunities, and ideas for collaboration. We have a long and growing list of resources on gender and COVID-19.

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