Gender Language in Multilateral Diplomacy: Analyzing Recent Pushback in Vienna

This report, commissioned through Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy, 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, analyses 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.

The report was researched and written by Louis Reitmann, Research Fellow at the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, with support from Research Intern Alexander Hoppenbrouwers.

 

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Assessing the Gendered Impacts of COVID-19

In the first quarter of 2021, Gender Champions in Nuclear Policy (GCNP) set out to assess how the COVID-19 pandemic had effected the nuclear policy community. Drawing on a growing body of economic and social science literature, a survey was conducted specifically seeking to determine whether the pandemic’s impacts had exacerbated existing gender inequity in the community.

 

GCNP COVID-19 Survey Briefing