Women in International Relations: Global Perspectives

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Since the 1980's, a small cohort of international relations (IR) scholars have systematically critiqued the discipline's resistance to feminist analysis. Across the developed world, there were calls for more women to be appointed to senior policy positions while many postcolonial nations were situating policies for women in development within their socio-cultural contexts, which highlighted the racial underpinnings of IR while raising some questions about women's rights as equal citizen-subjects. Though the number of women in IR has increased since, men still comprise an overwhelming majority worldwide, including as ambassadors and negotiators. A focus on women's representation has also widened into a discussion about inclusion of LGBTQIA+ and other historically marginalized groups as well as broader gender concerns such as gender violence in war, perpetrated against principles of human rights and humanitarian law, exacerbating "peacetime" gender violence widely considered a barrier to development. In 2000, the United Nations Security Council adopted the Women, Peace and Security agenda, integrating gender perspectives into peacebuilding and security initiatives while also engendering postcolonial and queer critiques of global gender policy frameworks. In recent times, many large, developing economies in the Global South have pushed for more democratization and staked a claim to the IR high table in a multipolar world, in juxtaposition to the international relations of small states in Europe and elsewhere, opening up yet more pitfalls and possibilities for women's representation and inclusive development. This panel will discuss gendered challenges pertaining to IR, development, peacebuilding and policy, and the contributions of women scholar-teachers in shaping more inclusive and responsive approaches in theory and practice.

CHAIR: Yana Rodgers (Rutgers University, USA; Consultant, United Nations and World Bank). PANELISTS: Debotri Dhar (Jindal School of International Affairs), Revecca Pedi (Department of International & European Studies, University of Macedonia), and Kara Hooser (Committee on International Relations).

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