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Practice what you preach- A Critical Discourse Analysis on Gender Implementation Issues of the UN

Rubertsson, Sofia LU (2014) STVK02 20141
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This Bachelor thesis critically studies how women’s identities are constructed in resolutions put together by the United Nations. The thesis focuses on three Resolutions on Democratic Republic of the Congo, (RES/2053(2012))(RES/2098(2013) and (RES/2147(2014) in order to highlight how women are being portrayed in new mandates given to intervention forces. By applying Critical Discourse Analysis, Poststructural Discourse Analysis and Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis gender stereotypes are found in both resolutions on Women, Peace and Security as well as in the resolutions on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This stereotyping of women is coherent to the view of women as victims in need of protection, not in power over their own... (More)
This Bachelor thesis critically studies how women’s identities are constructed in resolutions put together by the United Nations. The thesis focuses on three Resolutions on Democratic Republic of the Congo, (RES/2053(2012))(RES/2098(2013) and (RES/2147(2014) in order to highlight how women are being portrayed in new mandates given to intervention forces. By applying Critical Discourse Analysis, Poststructural Discourse Analysis and Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis gender stereotypes are found in both resolutions on Women, Peace and Security as well as in the resolutions on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This stereotyping of women is coherent to the view of women as victims in need of protection, not in power over their own security critically found in Feminist Security Studies and Postcolonial Feminism. This protection/protector discourse found within the UN is part of the hegemonic masculinity that is silenced and seen as the norm. It is important to highlight how stereotyping languages create and recreate social practices, in this case how the stereotyping of women in resolutions could affect how mandates are given to the Force Intervention Brigade. The consequences of this Intervention Brigade and the identity of the UN however remains to be determined. (Less)
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author
Rubertsson, Sofia LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
United Nations, Force Intervention Brigade, Feminist Security Studies, Gender Stereotypes, Democratic Republic of the Congo
language
English
id
4586908
date added to LUP
2014-09-17 13:30:40
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2014-09-17 13:30:40
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  abstract     = {{This Bachelor thesis critically studies how women’s identities are constructed in resolutions put together by the United Nations. The thesis focuses on three Resolutions on Democratic Republic of the Congo, (RES/2053(2012))(RES/2098(2013) and (RES/2147(2014) in order to highlight how women are being portrayed in new mandates given to intervention forces. By applying Critical Discourse Analysis, Poststructural Discourse Analysis and Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis gender stereotypes are found in both resolutions on Women, Peace and Security as well as in the resolutions on the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This stereotyping of women is coherent to the view of women as victims in need of protection, not in power over their own security critically found in Feminist Security Studies and Postcolonial Feminism. This protection/protector discourse found within the UN is part of the hegemonic masculinity that is silenced and seen as the norm. It is important to highlight how stereotyping languages create and recreate social practices, in this case how the stereotyping of women in resolutions could affect how mandates are given to the Force Intervention Brigade. The consequences of this Intervention Brigade and the identity of the UN however remains to be determined.}},
  author       = {{Rubertsson, Sofia}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Practice what you preach- A Critical Discourse Analysis on Gender Implementation Issues of the UN}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}