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On March 31, 2021, the <\/span>Center for the Study of Europe<\/a>\u00a0(CSE),\u00a0<\/span> an affiliated center of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, hosted a virtual lecture on the importance\u00a0of feminism and inclusion\u00a0of women in foreign policy considerations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This discussion featured Veronika Wand-Danielsson, Head of the Americas Directorate at Sweden\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and former Ambassador of Sweden to NATO and to France. Julie Suk, Florence Rogatz Visiting Professor of Law and a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School and Professor of Sociology, Political Science, and Liberal Studies at CUNY, provided comments. Ambassador Vesko Gar\u010devi\u0107<\/a>, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Pardee School, moderated the event.<\/span><\/p>\n In her remarks, Wand-Danielsson described her own country\u2019s leading role in advancing the rights of women, especially during the last 50 years, with breakthrough reforms that have strengthened the position of women in Swedish society and encouraged their participation in the labor market. Sweden\u2019s parental leave policy, for example, has been reformed several times in order to encourage equal parenthood and overcome discrimination in hiring. She also shared her view that government has a responsibility to integrate gender perspectives – the different needs of men and women, for example – in all policy areas, including foreign policy.<\/p>\n A recording of the event can be viewed below.<\/p>\n