A Plea for Engendering Human Security

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9976497
AutoresAnuradha M Chenoy (Anuradha M. Chenoy is Professor at the Centre for Russian, Central Asian and East European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi., autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen42
Número2
Páginas167-179
Fecha de publicación2005-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-8817 • E-ISSN: 0973-0702
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/002088170404200204
OpenAlexW2060235143
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas5

The human security concept centred around rights is a radical departure from the traditional state-centric approach to security issues. However this paradigm needs to be engendered because experience has shown that the concept of “people” still leaves out women, especially those at the margins. Threats from militarism, patriarchy, chauvinism, sectarianism, poverty and denial of rights affect women differently than they do men and since structures and institutions of power remain patriarchal, there is need for a gender balance as well as a feminization of security. Many countries in principle accept people's rights and yet discriminate against women in practice. It is time that steps like evolving gendered security indicators in order to assess the threats to human security are brought on the security agenda

Chauvinism · Critical security studies · Denial · Human rights · Human security · International security · Militarism · Network security policy · Patriarchy · Political science · Politics · Sectarianism · Security studies · Sociology · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · Law