Graduation Year
2023
Date of Submission
12-2022
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
International Relations
Second Department
Middle East Studies
Reader 1
Jennifer Taw
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Abstract
This paper argues that UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security exemplifies how the international security system is constructed in a way that not only preserves militarism and hegemonic masculinity, but further perpetuates gendered power disparities and exacerbates human insecurity. In this pursuit, this paper develops a theoretical framework of radical feminism to illustrate how the international arena embodies militarized hegemonic masculinity and how this power paradigm fundamentally inhibits international security organizations from successfully addressing gender issues. Additionally, this paper utilizes a case study of UNSCR 1325 and WPS implementation in Afghanistan to reveal how when international security organizations attempt to address gender issues, they do so in a way that not only fails to ameliorate the problems but allows political actors to co-opt the WPS agenda for individual gain. The case study of Afghanistan discusses how the country’s current humanitarian disaster in the aftermath of the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 largely reflects how within the current militarized, hegemonic masculine international system, actors continue to place state security above human security and rights.
Recommended Citation
Bannister, Sawyer, "UNSCR 1325 DID NOT HELP WOMEN, PEACE, OR SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN: THE ROLE OF MILITARISM AND HEGEMONIC MASCULINITY IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY" (2023). CMC Senior Theses. 3119.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/3119
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