We, representatives of governments committed to the incorporation of a gender perspective in international relations, through the adoption of respective Feminist Foreign Policies (FFP) and, in other cases, by the strengthening of gender equality in their foreign policies, gathered in Mexico City on July 1 st , 2nd , and 3rd , 2024, on the occasion of the III Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies:
Reaffirm the responsibility of our nations with gender equality, non-discrimination, and respect for diversity as fundamental principles of human rights and as necessary conditions for the fulfillment of the objectives of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and essential requirements to achieve egalitarian, equitable, prosperous, peaceful and sustainable societies;
Also reaffirm our commitment with international instruments on human rights and gender equality, with the mainstreaming of a gender perspective into all development efforts, as well as to comply with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially SDG 5, on achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women, young women, and girls, in all their diversity, from a gender-transformative approach;
We celebrate the implementation of Feminist Foreign Policies and other initiatives in our countries to provide foreign policies with a gender focus, recognizing them as tools to respond to current and future challenges from a human rights perspective and for the strengthening of democracy, with innovative solutions that put equal rights at the center of the international agenda aiming for a better tomorrow for all people;
We commit to:
1. Advance gender-responsive reforms, to reshape financial and economic systems to prioritize sustainability, climate justice, and peace and achieve economies that focus on the well-being of all people, in particular, those in situations of vulnerabilities;
2. Design gender-responsive fiscal and budgetary policies that address the rights of all women, young women and girls, and include them in decision-making;
3. Reaffirm the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, mediation efforts and peacebuilding, and stressing the importance of their full, equal and meaningful participation in all efforts for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security, as well as the need to increase their role in decision-making with regard to conflict prevention and resolution;
4. Advance in the elimination of the gender digital divide, guaranteeing for women, youth, and girls, equality of opportunities, conditions, and treatment in access, use, and appropriation of technology, as well as the promotion of women’s skills and leadership and the incorporation of the gender perspective in science, technology and digital cooperation and intersectional approaches that allow dismantling discriminatory biases and generating inclusive, responsible, safe and transparent digital systems;
5. Incorporate the voices of youth in decision-making, particularly young women and girls, including their meaningful participation in the design, implementation, and evaluation of foreign and development policies with a gender perspective and with an intersectional, intergenerational, intercultural, and human rights approach;
6. Promote, through foreign policy, conditions that allow women, young women, and girls to participate fully, freely, and effectively in public life, as well as to establish policies to eradicate gender stereotypes, patriarchal patterns, and all forms of discrimination and sexual and gender-based violence in public – including all sectors of foreign policies– and private life, online and offline, highlighting the importance of promoting comprehensive global policies and approaches based on human rights in favor of decent work, the care economy, access to education and gender equality;
7. Incorporate intercultural, and intergenerational perspectives in the design, implementation, and evaluation of feminist foreign policies, as well as other commitments related to the promotion, protection, and guarantee of the rights of women, young women and girls, and their fully, freely, and effective participation in public life;
8. Promote South-South and triangular cooperation, as well as multilateral actions that favor eradicating the structural barriers of gender inequality, all forms of discrimination and gender-based violence;
9. Establish and strengthen mechanisms for participation, support and collaboration with civil society, especially women’s and feminists’ organizations, women's human rights defenders and movements and grassroots organizations, for the design, implementation and evaluation of gender perspectives in foreign policies and Feminist Foreign Policies, promoting the significant participation of youth and their integration in the decision-making processes;
10. Continue joint cooperation and collaboration within the framework of the United Nations System and other regional and international forums and diverse initiatives in these contexts, to enhance our efforts towards substantive gender equality, putting rights and participation of women, young women, and girls at the center, within the framework of the Summit of the Future and mainly in the implementation of the Pact for the Future.