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The innocent civilian is a gendered concept. Women are too uncritically cast as innocent and vulnerable, and adult men as legitimate military objectives, by belligerents, scholars and policymakers. This phenomenon has been under-explored in literature on civilian immunity and under-recognized by the humanitarian community, including gender-mainstreaming organizations. It poses both ethical and practical difficulties for the emerging civilian protection regime. I begin by situating this argument within some theoretical literature on the importance of language in world politics. The civilian immunity principle, I argue, is a cornerstone of debate on the conduct of military operations. The following section identifies the gendered character of both the ?civilian home-front? and ?innocent enemy civilian?; and argues that this gender discourse presents too simplistic a picture of contemporary armed violence. I conclude by discussing the militarization of civilian protection through the doctrine of humanitarian intervention, and suggest that policies based on such rhetoric neither mitigate warfare nor promote gender equality. Civilian protection agencies, particularly those engaged in ?gender-mainstreaming? should challenge rather than reproduce this gendered language. That they are currently doing the opposite is both a puzzle and a concern. |
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| Carpenter, R.. "'Innocent Women and Children': Gender and Civilian Protection in International Society" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2008-10-10 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65688_index.html> |
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| Carpenter, R. C. , 2002-08-28 "'Innocent Women and Children': Gender and Civilian Protection in International Society" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2008-10-10 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65688_index.html |
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Abstract: The innocent civilian is a gendered concept. Women are too uncritically cast as innocent and vulnerable, and adult men as legitimate military objectives, by belligerents, scholars and policymakers. This phenomenon has been under-explored in literature on civilian immunity and under-recognized by the humanitarian community, including gender-mainstreaming organizations. It poses both ethical and practical difficulties for the emerging civilian protection regime. I begin by situating this argument within some theoretical literature on the importance of language in world politics. The civilian immunity principle, I argue, is a cornerstone of debate on the conduct of military operations. The following section identifies the gendered character of both the ?civilian home-front? and ?innocent enemy civilian?; and argues that this gender discourse presents too simplistic a picture of contemporary armed violence. I conclude by discussing the militarization of civilian protection through the doctrine of humanitarian intervention, and suggest that policies based on such rhetoric neither mitigate warfare nor promote gender equality. Civilian protection agencies, particularly those engaged in ?gender-mainstreaming? should challenge rather than reproduce this gendered language. That they are currently doing the opposite is both a puzzle and a concern. |
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| ``Innocent Women and Children'': Gender and Civilian Protection in International Society R. Charli Carpenter University of Oregon Department of Political Science rocarpen@darkwing.uoregon.edu Prepared for delivery at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association August 29 September 1 2002. Copyright by the American Political Science Association Introduction In early 1999 at the behest of the Secretary General the United Nations Security Council convened to evaluate whether `humanitarian activities' fell under its mandate to `promote peace and |
| between the humanitarian goal of protecting all civilians and the specialized language that now characterizes particular groups in terms of degrees of `innocence.' While more systematic research is warranted these examples suggest that `un gendering' the civilian/combatant distinction in international social discourse may be central to improving compliance with norms of noncombatant immunity. That the civilian protection community is instead reproducing this discourse is both a puzzle and a concern. 106 Heather Hamilton "Refugee Women UNHCR and the Great |
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