Mobilizing Transnational Gender Politics in Post-Genocide Rwanda

Citation:

Mageza-Barthel, Rirhandu. 2015. Mobilizing Transnational Gender Politics in Post-Genocide Rwanda. Gender in a Global/Local World. London & New York: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Mobilizing-Transnational-Gender-Politics-in-Post-Genocide-Rwanda/Mageza-Barthel/p/book/9781472426499.

Author: Rirhandu Mageza-Barthel

Abstract:

Mageza-Barthel provides a context sensitive analysis of how Rwanda's women's movement used the United Nations (UN) gender norms in its efforts to insert gender-specific demands in the post-genocide period. The overall goal of these women - and their supporters - has been to further gender equality and equity in Rwanda. This study details which political processes could be engendered. It further illustrates why certain gender norms were adopted and adapted, whereas others were not. The study addresses issues of global governance in gender politics through such international frameworks as CEDAW, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, as well as Resolution 1325. These instruments have been brought forth by a transnational women’s movement to benefit women and women’s rights across the globe. It shows how these gender norms were introduced, adapted and contested locally at a crucial time of the transformation process underway. Concerned with the interplay of domestic and international politics, it also alludes to the unique circumstances in Rwanda that have led to unprecedented levels of women’s political representation. Which tools have been the most significant in women’s mobilisation and how these relate to precedents set within international relations is of interest to a wide community of scholars and policy-makers alike.
 
(Routledge)

Keywords: politics & international relations, international politics, African & Third World politics, political philosophy, gender politics, international relations, global governance, political behavior and participation, racial & ethnic politics, law, human rights law & civil liberties

Topics: Feminisms, Gender, Women, Gendered Power Relations, Gender Equality/Inequality, Gender Equity, International Law, Political Participation, Post-Conflict, Post-Conflict Reconstruction Regions: Africa, Central Africa, East Africa Countries: Rwanda

Year: 2015

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