week 13 gender and security

Question 1

WPS

Answer 1

Women Peace Security

Question 2

qui bonos

Answer 2

for whos benefit

Question 3

liberal feminists core

Answer 3

focus on questions of women’s representation within the public sphere
tries to reform the system in a incremental approach - it is known for its reformism

Question 4

radical feminists

Answer 4

patriarchy is through the private through domestic violence control over women’s reproductive freedoms etc
much more revolutionary approach
we see the idea that women are as just as ca

Question 5

feminist critical theory

Answer 5

• examines prevailing assumptions about both women and men
  
  • argues that prevailing norms associated with masculinity must be examined
  • insist that gender depends on the real material lived conditions of women and men
    intersectionality

Question 6

feminist postmodernists

Answer 6

we cannot generalize women’s right because by doing that we deny what it means to be a feminist
the refuse to define what a woman is as per definition

Question 7

DDR

Answer 7

disarmament, demobilization and reintegration

Question 8

the effects of armed conflict on women

Answer 8

sexual trafficking
physical harm by opponents by protectors
loss of economic livelihoods
food insecurity as a result of destruction cause by war loss of shelter when there cities are destroyed in war

Question 9

what roles do women play in armed conflict?

Answer 9

object to be protected
supporting fighting force
combatants

Question 10

which factors facilitated the adoption of the WPS agenda?

Answer 10

end of the cold war = end of UNSC paralysis
strengthen of human rights norms
adoption of the human security agenda by the UN
expansion of UNSC thematic resolutions
thematic open debates soliciting input from civil society