Gender In Global Politics

In this Article we discuss the role of gender in global politics.  Study of international politics has traditionally been gender- blind. In a discipline that focused primarily on states and inter- state relations, sexual politics and gender relations appeared to be of little or no relevance. Since the 1980, However,  Feminist perspectives on World affairs have gained growing prominence. Gender analysis is thus the analysis of masculine and feminine identities, symbols and structures and how they shape global politics.Gender matters in global politics

Varieties of Feminisms

Feminism can broadly be defined as a movement for the social advancement of women. As Such, Feminist theory is based on two central beliefs: that women are disadvantaged because of their sex; and that this disadvantage can and should be overthrown.Feminism theory of IR

First wave of feminism

The early form of feminism form the mid- nineteenth century to the 1960, which was based on the liberal goal of sexual equality in the areas of legal and political rights, particularly suffrage rights.

Second wave of feminism

The form of feminism that emerged in the 1960 and 1970 and was characterized by a more radical concern with women's liberation, including , and perhaps especially, in the private sphere.

Radical feminism

A form of feminism that holds gender divisions to be the most politically significant of social cleavages, and believes that these are rooted in the structures of family or domestic life.Difference between radical feminism and patriarchy

Liberal Feminism

A form of feminism that is grounded in the belief that sexual difference are irrelevant to personal worth and calls for equal rights for women and men in the public realm.what is liberal Feminism?

Difference feminism

A form of feminism that holds that there are ineradicable differences between women and men.whether these are rooted in biology, culture or material experience.what is difference feminism?

Sex and gender in international perspective

Gender is a social costruct. It is not the same as biological sex, against which is often contrasted. gender refers to the social codes that express ideals of masculinity and femininity.just because gender is constructed does not mean it is imaginary. It has the force of a fact because we behave as if it is a fact. So gender also includes the practices and behaviours that express and enforce social codes.gender is a structure of power because gender norms and gendered behaviours are means by which some people receive benefits, while others suffer harms. Gender does not exist in isolation. It intersects with other forms of power in complex ways.Sex and gender

Global gender relations

Gender studies is not the same as feminism, although they are closely related historically and conceptually. Gender is relational. The meanings of masculinity and femininity are not fixed, but established in interaction and contrast with each other. Gender is multiple. It means more than male or female, there are always various possible ways of being masculine or feminine, depending on the gender order in place. Gender changes over time, at least in part due to political struggles over what it does and should mean.

Gendering global Politics

Gendered rules also shape basic elements of international politics, such as border crossing. Gender inequality is a major topic of contemporary political debate, and many international organisations are officially dedicated to taking a gender perspective seriously. The international community to acting on gender inequalities through treaties, world conferences, UN resolutions, and specialist organisations, but debate exists about the degree of progress and which inequalities are the most pressing.global politics of gender

Gendering global economy

Gender structures economic behaviour, and gender ideologies support a sexual division of labour in which women's work tends to be lower paid and more precarious. The gendered character of the economy is about more than waged labour; it also includes hidden kinds of work in the reproductive economy. Despite multiple manifestation of the sexual divisions of labour, there is no single or simple way to characterized the disparity between women and men in the global economy. Some women wield extraordinary economic power, and many men face poverty and oppressive labour conditions.gender and political economy

Conclusion

There is no aspect of global politics in which gender is not present. At the same time, gender is not the determining cause for all global political phenomenon. Instead, gender is a structure of power, a changeable dynamic, and a network of identity that interacts with other forms of power, political dynamics, and identities.