The Women, Peace and Security Agenda: Denmark's women to-the-rescue
Author
Høegh, Ann Sofie Milling
Term
4. term
Publication year
2017
Submitted on
2017-10-14
Pages
67
Abstract
This thesis examines Denmark’s 2014–2019 National Action Plan for implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security to clarify the role intersectionality plays in how women are represented in the policy and what those representations reveal about the state’s understanding of the agenda. Using Carol L. Bacchi’s WPR (What’s the Problem Represented to Be) approach and a theoretical framework grounded in intersectionality and postcolonial feminism, it conducts a qualitative policy and textual analysis of the plan’s wording. The analysis indicates that gender equality is frequently treated as a women’s issue with an add-women-and-stir logic, that women are positioned alternately as victims and as agents, and that an us-versus-them framing of women emerges that reflects racialized hierarchies among women. These patterns are accompanied by limited intersectional attention, leaving important silences in policy design. The thesis argues that closer dialogue between intersectional and postcolonial perspectives can strengthen Danish policy by better addressing overlapping forms of discrimination and thereby support a more just implementation of the Women, Peace and Security agenda.
Denne afhandling undersøger Danmarks nationale handlingsplan 2014-2019 for implementeringen af FN’s Sikkerhedsrådsresolution 1325 om Kvinder, Fred og Sikkerhed for at klarlægge, hvilken rolle intersektionalitet spiller for, hvordan kvinder fremstilles i politikken, og hvad disse fremstillinger siger om statens forståelse af dagsordenen. Med udgangspunkt i Carol L. Bacchis WPR-tilgang (What’s the Problem Represented to Be) og et teoretisk rammeværk forankret i intersektionalitet og postkolonial feminisme gennemfører afhandlingen en kvalitativ policy- og tekstanalyse af handlingsplanens formuleringer. Analysen peger på, at ligestilling ofte behandles som et kvindeanliggende med en add-women-and-stir-tilgang, at kvinder veksler mellem at blive positioneret som ofre og som handlende aktører, og at der opstår et os-dem-skillelinje i omtalen af kvinder, som afspejler racialiserede hierarkier mellem kvinder. Disse mønstre ledsages af begrænset intersektionel opmærksomhed og efterlader centrale tavsheder i politikudformningen. Afhandlingen argumenterer for, at en tættere dialog mellem intersektionelle og postkoloniale perspektiver kan styrke den danske politik ved bedre at imødegå samtidige former for diskrimination og dermed fremme en mere retfærdig implementering af Kvinder, Fred og Sikkerhed-dagsordenen.
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