On September 12th, 2024 Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy (GCNP) hosted Louis Reitmann, Research Fellow at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at a lunch discussion featuring his recent paper “Gender Language in Multilateral Diplomacy: Analyzing Recent Pushback in Vienna.”
This paper, commissioned through GCNP, examines the recent pushback by Iran against gender equality language in the multilateral forums in Vienna, Austria. As the first comprehensive analysis of this development, it establishes a record of events in the forums affected, analyzes the drivers of this pushback and its impact on negotiations, studies how other countries are responding, and offers advice on preserving existing language and reducing disruption to multilateral decision making. It also explores how the events in Vienna are embedded in a wider trend of challenges to gender language in multilateral diplomacy in New York, Geneva, and around the world.
The paper was researched and written by Mr. Reitmann, with support from Research Intern Alexander Hoppenbrouwers. Participants in the lunch discussion included local stakeholders in Washington, D.C. and members of the Vienna diplomatic community.
Download the paper here
A recording of Mr. Reitmann’s presentation and the following discussion is also available: