The role of women in world politics: Breaking through the agenda 

With each new day, the importance and degree of women’s involvement not only in the agenda between countries in the international arena is growing, but also the unique personal contribution of women leaders to the development of the gender agenda is increasing. 

The development of women’s agenda in the context of world politics is a unique phenomenon first raised in the 1960s when women academicians started organizing within disciplines such as political science. Further Stages: 

•In 1969 American Political Science Association created a separate research area that focused on this area; 

• In the 1970s and 1980s, the field expanded, and in 1976, the International Political Science Association established a Research Group on Gender Roles and Politics. In 1976; 

• In 1986, the European Consortium for Policy Studies created the Permanent Group on Women and Politics. Consortium for Policy Studies; 

• In the 1980s and 1990s saw the blossoming of academic study of gender and the emergence of gender studies chairs. 

Today, in Germany, where one of the campuses is located, the BSBI is undergoing significant changes due to the changing role of women on the global agenda at the end of December 2022, the German Federal Government published “Shaping Feminist Foreign Policy” – Federal Foreign Office Guidelines. According to this document, the German government will make significant efforts to advance the agenda of women in global politics through policies of inclusion and attraction for young girls. In addition, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs is actively involving women in the work of the ministry. 

Germany invites the countries of the world community to participate in this direction as actively and openly as possible. Germany is one of the leading countries in this field, the German parliamentary elections in 2021 were record-breaking in terms of gender agenda, besides, Annalena Baerbock is the Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany and another German citizen – Ursula von der Leyen is the President of the European Commission. 

Feminism in world politics today is a significant step towards achieving equality for women, improving their lives and finding ways to end the subordination that exists in all societies to some extent. subordination that exists in all societies. subordination that exists in all societies to some extent. An example of such progress. 

Written by Artem Lomakin, Global MBA 

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