Diplomatic Circles

Female ambassadors say mentoring key to seeing more top women diplomats

U.K., France, and Germany's first female ambassadors to Canada say one way to have more women in diplomacy is for countries like Canada to set the agenda.

Carleton University hosted its women in diplomacy panel discussing feminist foreign policy on Oct. 25 at the French Embassy where panelists included, from left, Fiona Robinson, professor of political science at Carleton University, German Ambassador Sabine Sparwasser, U.K. High Commissioner Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque, and French Ambassador Kareen Rispal. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

November 1, 2017

The U.K. high commissioner to Canada said she intends to break new ground in foreign policy by consciously choosing to not take a job unless she is the first woman to do so. “I’m the first woman to have done this job, which is extraordinary when you think it’s really not difficult to be a wom...

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