Austria's Foreign Minister: Women's rights in international focus!

Austria's Foreign Minister: Women's rights in international focus!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - On March 7, 2025, Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger confirmed the unconditional need to defend women's rights and equality at a global level. "Women's rights are human rights - and as such we have to defend them anytime and anywhere: international, in Europe and also in Austria," she emphasized. The worldwide step backwards in the rights of women and girls requires determined action, which is why Austria actively campaigns for the protection and strengthening of women's rights in international forums such as the UN and the EU, such as ots.at reported. Your ministry promotes 200 projects, including the support of female journalists in Afghanistan and the involvement of women in the political transition process in Syria.

At the international level, Beate Meinl-Reisinger is the fourth Foreign Minister of Austria and thus represents a growing phenomenon: After all, three out of seven neighboring countries also have female foreign ministers, while their share is still relatively low worldwide. In Europe, she meets her counterparts at meetings of the EU Foreign Minister, which underlines the importance of female leadership in diplomacy, reported The press . Although some countries such as Canada, Australia and several African states already have several chief diplomats, Meinl-Reisinger's role in Austrian and international politics remains remarkable, especially in an environment in which women are still underrepresented in management positions.

With a clear call to the global gender equality and the demand for a stronger inclusion of women in peace processes, the Foreign Minister makes it clear that the challenges of our time can only be managed with strong women at the top. Austria's commitment to equality and promoting women is in the foreground and is an essential answer to the many herd of crisis that affect women and girls in particular.