Finland strongly supports the initiative to produce voluntary guidelines for gender equality and women’s and girl’s empowerment in the context of food security and nutrition.
- We very much appreciate that Gender Transformative Approaches have been included as a core principle in the Voluntary Guidelines. We cannot achieve gender equality and women’s and girls' empowerment without addressing the root causes of gender inequality, such as harmful social norms and gender stereotypes. Engagement of men and boys is crucial to achieve transformative changes.
- We welcome the reference to the concept of intersectionality and see it important that it is reflected throughout the document, including in the themes in the section three. We would also like to see women and girls with disabilities more strongly reflected in the guidelines.
Ms. Katja Tiilikainen