Under the Veil of Intervention: Gender Discourses in the War in Afghanistan

Authors

  • Ana Clara Telles Cavalcante de Souza Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/%25x

Abstract

In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the American society saw the emergence of a set of gender discourses that framed the War in Afghanistan as a military intervention to “free” the Afghan women. Drawing on a critical reading on the Women, Peace and Security agenda, we argue that gender justifications of the War in Afghanistan were made possible by the way the international community has been treating the issue of gender and security when it comes to military interventions and peacekeeping missions, invisibilizing how hegemonic ideals of masculinity(ies) inform the very logics of military interventions. In this sense, the process of gendering the “war on terror” was made possible by the advancement of particular and restricted understandings on women and gender equality within a broader international agenda on gender mainstreaming - which had as ultimate consequence the depolitization of the debate on gender and international security.

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Author Biography

Ana Clara Telles Cavalcante de Souza, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

Doutoranda do Instituto de Relações Internacionais da PUC-Rio. Bolsista de doutorado do Conselho de Desenvolvimento Científico de Tecnológico (CNPq).

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Published

2017-10-23

How to Cite

Souza, A. C. T. C. de. (2017). Under the Veil of Intervention: Gender Discourses in the War in Afghanistan. Revista Estudos Feministas, 25(3), 1297–1312. https://doi.org/10.1590/%x

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 3 (2017)

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