Interview – J. Ann Tickner
Professor J. Ann Tickner discusses the vibrancy of contemporary feminist IR, the divide between positivism and postpositivism and the need for IR from the margins.
Interview – Nadje Al-Ali
Professor Al-Ali answers questions on the difficulties faced by Iraqi female academics, the role of women’s movements in the MENA region, and the academic-activist link.
The Women of Daesh: Thinking about a Decade of Research on Women, Gender, and Terrorism
So long as gender stereotypes rule our understandings of women’s participation in terrorism, those understandings will necessarily be partial.
Drawing out Rosa Luxemburg’s Gender Identity
Luxemburg’s message only becomes more relevant as another inherent crisis of capitalism looms and the onward march of globalisation and militarism produces more victims.
Review – Emotions, Politics and War
This volume explores the nexus between emotions, world politics, and war and argues that IR debates should tackle the political dimensions of emotions.
Are Women Agents? Reading ‘Gender’ in Africa’s Rights Frameworks
Feminism is relevant, when engaged, to help see the erasure of other gender identities in the human rights supported pan-African discourse on gender equality/justice.
White Women War Reporters: Interrogating the ‘Third Gender’ Category
White women war reporters are being classified as a third gender, enabling them to break into the war reporting career, but this only perpetuates patriarchal ideas.
United by Strength or Oppression? A Critique of the Western Model of Feminism
The white, Western model of feminism complies and converges with the development-industrial complex such that the concerns of women in the Global South are distorted.
It’s Time for China’s Lesbians to Speak for Themselves
Lesbians have to believe that their marginal identity is powerful and strong, and that this can bring about a serious challenge and change to the patriarchal system.
The New Generation of Chinese Feminists
China’s feminists have launched performances, demonstrations, and a national speaking tour, have organised workshops on different topics, recruited, trained new members.
