Engendering Human Security Feminist Perspectives

by Truong, Thanh-Dam; Wieringa, Saskia; Chhachhi, Amrita

• ISBN13: 9781842777794
• ISBN10: 1842777793
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-15
• Publisher: ZED BOOKS

Summary

This book presents a variety of feminist perspectives on human security under globalisation. Looking at gender as a multifaceted power domain, and human security as a policy framework, it explores the configuration of the state, power/knowledge systems and the implications for people living with deprivation and social exclusion. It offers new forms of analysis to expose the gendered character of global transformation and the explicit and implicit threats to human security in different places. The contributors explore the gendered implications of transnational processes such as conflict, international migration, human trafficking, the changing boundaries of work and care, environmental degradation, neo-conservatism and body politics. They challenge conventional approaches to politics and economics and suggest alternative ways of framing strategies and policies.

Author Biography

Thanh-Dam Truong is Associate Professor in Women, Gender and Development Studies at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands. Saskia Wieringa is director of the International Information Center and Archives for the Women's Movement in Amsterdam and also an affiliated senior researcher at the University of Amsterdam. Amrita Chhachhi is Lecturer in the Women, Gender and Development Studies at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction: Gender Questions in the Human Security Framework	p. ix
Human Security, Gender and the Body	p. 1
Gendering Transitional Justice: Experiences of Women in Sri Lanka and Timor Leste in Seeking Affirmation and Rights	p. 3
Reproductive Rights and Gender Justice in the Neo-conservative Shadow	p. 36
Gender Power Dynamics in Jamaica's Ghetto Trap: Southside	p. 56
The New Regulation of Prostitution in the Netherlands	p. 80
Human Security, Work and Care	p. 99
Combating Trafficking in Women and Children: A Gender and Human Rights Framework	p. 101
The Politics and Culture of Care: Some Issues in the Netherlands	p. 124
The Globalisation of Domestic Care Services	p. 147
From State Duty to Women's Virtue: Care under Liberalisation in Vietnam	p. 169
Human Security: Prospects for Feminist Engagements	p. 189
Globalisation, Social Movements and Feminism: Coming Together at the World Social Forum	p. 191
Measuring Women's Empowerment: Developing a Global Tool	p. 211
Eroding Citizenship: Gender, Labour and Liberalisation in India	p. 234
The Plasticity of Gender in Social Policy Formation	p. 277
Engendering Science and Interdisciplinary Environmental Research for Environmental Security: The Case of the Nariva Swamp	p. 297
Contributors	p. 327
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