Women’s Power to Stop War: Lessons for the International Studies Association
Creative energy and renewed multilateralism is needed to challenge the ideological imperialism that dominates our thinking, research and action around peace and security.
Making Feminist Sense of ‘The Americans’
Reading ‘The Americans’ through an Enloe inspired lens offers an example of the potential to explore the feminist critique of the public/private divide.
India’s Daughter and the Limits of Transnational Feminist Solidarity
India’s Daughter matters because it launched intense public dialogues around long-repressed societal problems of sexual violence and misogyny, in India and elsewhere.
What You Say is What You Get: The Gender Problem in IR
Replacing “man-made” with “anthropogenic” will not solve the gender problem in IR, but it will increase the visibility of our quotidian contributions to patriarchy.
Four Waves of Lebanese Feminism
The women’s rights movement is connected to the Lebanese social space and reflects its shifts, while receiving and selecting theories, models and practices from the West.
Interview – Kimberly Hutchings
Prof. Hutchings talks about the usefulness of debates in international theory, violence, and ethics, and the importance of challenging gender discrimination in academia.
Review – Is International Affairs Too ‘Hard’ For Women?
Tyler et al raise important issues, but Institutional strategies to address why so few women still make it to the top of international affairs in Australia are needed.
Review – Intelligent Compassion
Confortini’s analysis of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom benefits feminist IR theory by making it more accessible and clearly applicable.
Why the Continuing Siege on Reproductive Rights?
Understanding attacks on reproductive rights requires examining historical, psychological, legal, religious, & political perspectives to find answers.
Interview – Laura Sjoberg
Professor Sjoberg discusses gender and war, queer theory, women and gender in the International Relations discipline, her new blog, and offers advice for young scholars.
