The determination of when one is accountable and to whom is based on social context and changing norms, and one may have a duty to be accountable to individuals as well as to family or groups. Pw these dogmas of advanced faith in the woman question are namely, that women ought to have all the rights of intellectual capacity with all the privileges of physical weakness, otherwise expressed, all the rights of men, and none of the. Sexual and genderbased violence and the responsibility to protect. The responsibility to protect in international law. The following quotes are excerpted from the writings of e. Feminist epistemology and philosophy of science stanford. Using a postcolonialfeminist approach, this article argues that the way in which gender is framed in peace interventions is symptomatic of the hegemonic way in which the discourses about the representation and protection of women within the liberal intervention model are constructed and institutionalized. Patriarchy is a concept that is less used today in feminist social science than it was in the late1970s and 1980s. In praise of description leiden journal of international. The project was concerned with locating vulnerability as a political and ethical concept as well as thinking about what vulnerability might mean as a methodological practice.
A collection of feminist reflections on the eu at 60 an online collection of feminist reflections and commentary on the eu at 60. Citation charlesworth, h 2010, feminist reflections on the responsibility to protect, global responsibility to protect, vol. Download citation feminist reflections on the responsibility to protect this paper offers a feminist analysis of the responsibility to protect principle. Whose responsibility, whose rights, whose decisions. Global responsibility to protect 2 volumes 2, issue 3.
The responsibility to protect in a world of already existing. Accountability functions to enable and limit power, to enable and limit responsibility, and to foster intimacy and solidarity 26. It outlines some themes in feminist scholarship in international law and then uses these to explore the idea of a. On the one hand we have the issue of working with men as clients. My dissertation examines how women who have undergone treatment for breast cancer perceive the identity of cancer survivor and how cultural notions of survivorship affect their adjustment to breast cancer kaiser, 2006. National human rights institutions and the responsibility to protect. It argues that there are clear signs of an emerging international human protection regime in the evolving practice of the security council and suggests that this regime is based on an accommodation between different moral. Charlesworth, h 2010 feminist reflections on the responsibility to. Humanitarian intervention, the responsibility to protect. Feminist theories of international relations have thrived over the past decade as evidenced by the many and varied feminist contributions to the international relations field. Read feminist reflections on the responsibility to protect, global responsibility to protect on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment, patricia hill collins writes, every culture has a worldview that it uses to order and evaluate its own experiences 10. Feminist jurisprudence is a philosophy of law based on the political, economic, and social equality of sexes. Some reflections from comparing policy trends and womens feminist advocacy in different eu countries prof.
Reflections from burma and palestine by ginger norwood buddhist chaplaincy program upaya zen center march 20 this paper is dedicated to feminist activists and womens rights defenders working for inner peace and collective liberation in. Thinking through everyday lives with feminist sociological lenses. Accountability protects public health and safety, facilitates law enforcement, and enhances national security, but it is much more than a bureaucratic concern for corporations, public administrators, and the criminal justice system. The paper argues that, despite some resonance with feminist concerns, the doctrine has been developed in a limited context, effectively privileging male elites and masculine modes of reasoning. Protecting respondent confidentiality in qualitative research. Chinkin, christine and hilary charlesworth, building women into peace. This paper offers a feminist analysis of the responsibility to protect principle. Unesco eolss sample chapters introduction to sustainable development feminist perspectives on sustainability sherilyn macgregor encyclopedia of life support systems eolss second, it should be clear that feminists have an a priori stake in embracing and developing a gendersensitive definition of sustainability. Amy blackstone is a cofounder and guest author at feminist reflections and a sociology professor at the university of maine where she studies childlessness and the childfree choice. Feminist reflections on the responsibility to protect 9 hilary charlesworth responsibility to protect. Safeguarding others privacy is widely understood to be a responsibility of government, business, and individuals. Acker was involved in an incredibly important theoretical debate that helped shape the feminist sociology we practice today.
Introduction the erosion of the standard employment relationship, the malebreadwinner and female housewife gender contract, the vertically integrated firm, and trade unions economic and. Operationalizing the responsibility to protect the policekeeping approach. International coalition for the responsibility to protect 20 united nations general assembly holds fifth informal, interactive dialogue on the responsibility to protect focusing on the theme of state responsibility and prevention. It identifies how dominant conceptions and practices of knowledge attribution, acquisition, and justification disadvantage women and other subordinated. Consequently, feminist literature came out against r2p, stressing that it. Thus, feminist reflections on equality for women consider not only the questions of equal opportunity and preferential treatment for women in the market but whether equality requires paid maternity leave or even socalled testtube babies. Charlesworth h 2010 feminist reflections on the responsibility to protect. This report contains reflections, experiences, and strategies from frontline feminist human rights defenders in countries as diverse as poland, uganda, honduras, turkey, and spain. The responsibility to protect and international law. In raising such issues, contemporary feminists are giving a new focus to political philosophy. Feminism and gender studies in international relations. In examining how feminist methodologies and principles inform my research, i address issues of researcher. Download citation feminist reflections on the responsibility to protect this paper offers a feminist analysis of the. Her work can be found in academic outlets, in media such as ms.
Feminist politics and human nature pdf free download. Hilary charlesworth feminist reflections on the responsibility to protect global responsibility to protect 23 2010 p. As an interest group, african feminism set off in the early twentieth century with women like adelaide caselyhayford, the sierra leonian womens rights activist who contributed widely to both panafrican and feminist goals, charlotte maxeke who in 1918 founded the bantu womens league in south africa and huda sharaawi who in 1923 established the egyptian. Ann tickner 19 3 distracted reflections on the production, narration. Feminism seeks rights without responsibilities a voice. Gender and responsibility to protect in bih and israelpalestine. Global responsibility to protect 2 2010 232249 brill. Methodological conversations between feminist and nonfeminist ir 17 2 feminism meets international relations. In this vein, feminist ir theorys basic assumptions are analysed from the perspective of security, and feminist critiques are exemplified through the concept of the responsibility to protect.
Black women, collins goes on to explain, fashioned an independent standpoint about the meaning of black womanhood. The responsibility to protect as humanitarian negotiation. Elizabeth cady stanton, declaration of sentiments, in the concise history of women sufferage. Pdf feminist reflections on the responsibility to protect hilary. The responsibility to protect in a world of already. Concept application and scrutiny, critical quest publishing, new delhi,2004. Charlesworth, h 2010 feminist reflections on the responsibility to protect. For too long men have been the hidden gender in temls of social intervcntion and helping processes. Rosales at the international conference on the responsibility to protect at 10 pdf, 54kb. It outlines some themes in feminist scholarship in international law and then uses these to explore the idea of a responsibility to protect. Feminist epistemology and philosophy of science studies the ways in which gender does and ought to influence our conceptions of knowledge, knowers, and practices of inquiry and justification. Selections from the classic works of stanton, anthony, gage, and harper, ed.
Charlesworth, hilary 2010, feminist reflections on the responsibility to protect, global responsibility to protect, 23. Pope john paul ii on the genius of women washington, d. A gendered critique of transboundary water management, anton earle and susan bazilli. Article information, pdf download for the responsibility to protect in a. Feminist reflections on researching socalled honour. C united states catholic conference, 1997, 22, passage from the angelus reflections, june 25, 1995. Feminist reflections on the responsibility to protect in.
An ethical duty to protect ones own information privacy. Feminist reflections on the responsibility to protect researchgate. It outlines the humanitarian negotiations at stake, connected with the mass atrocity crimes within the rtops remit. Ill be collecting links to any existing blog posts, journal articles etc. International responses to human protection crises. Early warning, gender inequality and the responsibility to protect. Feminist reflections on the responsibility to protect. A feminist sexual politic an ethics of mutual freedom 16. Bax, on the subject of rights and responsibilities for women. Hilary charlesworth, feminist reflections on the responsibility to protect global responsibility to protect, 23, 2010, p.
The international criminal court and juridical determination of the responsibility to protect 193 michael contarino and selena lucent conclusion alex bellamy, sarae. Women, peace and security and the responsibility to protect. Global politics and the principle of responsibility to protect. The responsibility to protect in a world of already existing intervention. The threats these defenders have faced range from new regulations that cut off funding to the use of violence to deter. This article first situates the responsibility to protect rtop in relation to humanitarianism and the politics of humanity through which common humanity is understood, negotiated and defended in response to crises of humanity. Hilary charlesworth, feminist reflections on the responsibility to protect, global responsibility to protect, 23, 2010, p.
At the same time, international relations feminists have had rich theoretical debates among themselves over critical questions about epistemology, ontology, methodology, and ethics. My concern with respondent confidentiality began during my dissertation research kaiser, 2006. The criminal responsibility of child soldiers, pace intl l. Domestic work, social reproduction, and jurisdiction judy fudge i. The discussion surrounding aggravated state responsibility is also explored, with the author concluding that this emerging norm within international law is closely related to the responsibility to protect in its imposition of an international responsibility to act in. The term has a slippery and imprecise feel, but this wasnt always the case.
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