عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
IR
274T
انگلیسی
IR
Reproductive discourses: International organizations and questions of representation
[Thesis]
;supervisor: Boyle, Elizabeth Heger
University of Minnesota: United States -- Minnesota
: 2008
244 pages
Ph.D.
, University of Minnesota: United States -- Minnesota
This research examines how international organizations working in the area of reproductive issues understand and advocate for global norms regarding reproductive rights while being more or less inclusive of diverse women and diverse reproductive practices. Although reproductive rights are codified as human rights in international law and thus should have universal application, the language used to describe them in international documents is ambiguous. This allows NGOs room to be creative in promoting and applying these norms. In this dissertation, I examine the extent to which international organizations dealing with reproductive rights are inclusive of diverse and/or local practices or adopt Western hegemonic interpretations of reproductive rights and constructions of gender. I draw upon various literatures, including neoinstitutionalism and feminist theories of globalization, in addition to work on gender, organizations, human rights, and the history of reproductive rights, to frame questions concerning how organizations interpret reproductive rights, from where they derive their legitimacy, how they do their work, and the structural factors of the organizations that affect their inclusivity. I use a multi-method qualitative approach in my work. This includes participant observation at selected international events, such as the Commission on the Status of Women meetings at the United Nations, interviews with organizational representatives, and analysis of organizations' websites. I have three main findings that affect how organizations interpret reproductive rights. First, not all organizations that work on reproductive issues are self-defined "feminist" organizations. Second, organizations have multiple sources of legitimacy and these affect how they do their work and their inclusivity of diverse views. Third, no organization can be inclusive of all women and thus must make trade-offs between universality and inclusivity. Lastly, the range of organizations serve a variety of useful functions; while some work pragmatically on immediate problems; others work to change how the world views human and reproductive rights by including more voices. Both types are necessary in the reproductive rights movement.
Womens studies
Sociology
Organizational behavior
International
Globalization
Neo-institutionalism
Reproductive rights
Human rights
Organizations
Commission on the Status of Women
International organizations
Smith, Trina Sue
Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, supervisor
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