Mexico’s Feminist Foreign Policy, Diplomatic Relations with the U.S. and More
About the Program
On January of this year, Mexico became the first global south country—and only the third country worldwide—to launch an explicitly feminist foreign policy. Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, formalized the commitment made during the General Assembly of the United Nations. Mexico’s feminist foreign policy is based on a set of principles that seek to promote government actions to reduce and eliminate structural differences, gender gaps and inequalities, in order to build a more just and prosperous society. This means that all services and programs of the consular network will work based on a gender perspective. In addition to developments in the U.S.-Mexico relationship, we will also discuss ways the Consulate has adapted through quarantine and the pandemic.
About the Speaker
Alicia Kerber Palma took the position as Mexico’s Consul General in Houston in June 2019.
Kerber Palma has been in the United States since 2012 heading the Consulate of Mexico in Kansas City, Missouri, where she promoted the creation of the first Window for the Integral Attention of Women, and later as Consul General in Philadelphia.
She was part of the founding working team of the National Commission on Human Rights and also held other positions in the Secretariat of Tourism, Secretariat of Public Education and the Institute of Security and Social Services for State Workers.
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