A more nuanced discussion of women’s experiences during mass violence from all angles and perspectives, victim, perpetrator, rescuer, and combatants is vital to understanding mass violence.
The case of Myanmar highlights how autocrats are leveraging social media as a political tool to not only react to but also proactively deter women’s online activism.
Sexual violence in conflict is a continuation or escalation of gendered violence towards women and men in peacetime – much of which takes place inside the home.
The claims of states in the Global North to be promoting LGBTQ+ rights around the world can serve to mask those same states’ violations of the rights of LGBTQ+ people from the Global South.
Megan MacKenzie speaks about Military Sexual Violence, military exceptionalism, media coverage, the ethics of data collection, and why soldiers swap illicit pictures.
Inderpal Grewal talks about transnational feminism, intersectionality, resistance and her interest in how empires create cultures that support the imperial project.
Cynthia Enloe talks about Feminist International Relations, ‘womenandchildren’ rhetoric, militarisation, masculinity, and her new book: ‘Twelve Feminist Lessons of War’.
Only by addressing the patriarchal norms and social constructions of masculinity and femininity in a given conflict context can we hope to achieve gender equality and build sustainable peace.
Gendered consideration has led to valid critiques, and to new agendas, that have influenced the ways militaries operate.
Laura Sjoberg discusses the ways gender hierarchies and queer theory can help us understand international security and IR more broadly.
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