WGST 1808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gender Analysis

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1808
• Professor: Aalya Ahmad

Document Summary

War and conflict generally and of the civilian immunity principle specifically to argue that gender is crucial to the story of how and why civilians are intentionally targeted by belligerents. Civilian victimization is directly linked to the gendered logic of the immunity principle. Civilian victimization is a logical extension of wars justified by protecting women and children, and that civilian" in civilian victimization" is a proxy for women. The literature about civilian victimization, acknowledging both its insights and its blindness to gender analysis. Use feminist work on gender, war and militarism to present the case that civilian victimization in war is a product of gendered elements of the justificatory logics of war. The gendered nature of civilian victimization (specifically targeting women in wars) Seeing civilian victimization as a gendered phenomenon has important implications for theorizing war. Girl soldiers and human rights: lessons from angola, Issue of child soldiers has become an issue of global concern.