Feminist Peace and Conflict Theory PDF

Feminist Peace and Conflict Theory ================================== **overview:** - - - - - - - **Peace and Conflict as a gendered concept** women and men are subjected to different experiences during periods of conflict: men: - - - - women: - - - **Bsp. G...

Feminist Peace and Conflict Theory ================================== **overview:** - - - - - - - **Peace and Conflict as a gendered concept** women and men are subjected to different experiences during periods of conflict: men: - - - - women: - - - **Bsp. Gaza** - - - - What does that tell us? - - - implication of peace and conflict being genderd? - - - **Jane Addams:** 1.300 women protests World War 1 - aim: inequality between people and nations, questioned a way of thinking that was masculine and military (military protected inequalities) **Why do wars happen**: highly gendered and intersectional question - linked with the protection of inequalities **War as a masculine concept:** bc it requires a certain type of violent masculinity, also requires women who support this, further militarised security is bringing in women as actors and fighters (- is this really a win?) - not really feminism in underpinned by a desire for equality and non-violance **Feminist Peace and Conflict Theory** War = manifestation of both hierarchical and patriarchal social structures - - - **Core Principles and Aims** - - - - **Historical Overview:** - - - - - **Key Theorists:** Betty Readon (1929-2023) - - - - Cynthia Enloe: - - **Challenges and Criticism of FPCT** - - - **Practical Implications of FPCT:** gender sensitive approach: - - - **Key questions:** - - - - - - - - **Case studies:** Liberia: - - - Rwanda: - - - - - **What does the case studies tell us?** - - - - - **Kimberly Rivera:** - - - - **Russian Invasion of Ukraine:** When Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine, women immediately stepped into playing integral roles in both the military and civil response to the war - - - [What identities have Ukrainian women constructed for themselves] in the context of the 2022 Russian invasion and how have they negotiated these identities [within settings of displacement and violence]? **Method:** Interview of 5 Women - lead the discussion/have their own voice - to not go in with the researchers own expectation of women roles, only guiding questions intersectional approach: different experiences impacted by different identities features (ethnicity, financial status...)