Feminism: The Role Of Women In Public Diplomacy

Feminism is the equality of the sexes in the political, economic and social context. We have radical and liberal feminists as the major categories. Women were seen as inferior but now they are putting their boxing gloves on and are creating and making impacts on politics, social and political development.

Women in Public Diplomacy

Diplomacy is the method of influencing a foreign governments decision that doesn’t involve using force or war. According to Britannica diplomacy is the established method of influencing the decisions and behavior of foreign governments and peoples through dialogue, negotiation, and other measures short of war or violence (Freeman, 2018). When diplomacy fails war prevails. For the longest time, the room in which diplomacy

A boy and a girl raised in the same environment, allowed to do the same things without barriers/restrictions imposed by society will most likely be free from the social construct, they can both end up being mechanics or pilots. We paint our female children’s rooms pink and the boy’s rooms blue, we give the “baby girls” Barbie dolls to play with whereas the “baby boys” are given toy cars and even toy guns. That in its self is a social construct; the surrounding later on inspire the actions of the children, the girls will be domesticated and the men will be forced to be leaders. The girls grow up aspiring to marriage whereas the boy is free to choose his path; the girl is “allowed” by society to pursue a career but she cannot be too successful or else she will scare away men. Society seta the standards for both male and female individuals for example a man is not supposed to be seen as “soft” or else people will start to wonder where the mother went wrong in raising him, the man is seen as an alpha male and the woman seen as submissive by society. Feminist theory acknowledged the influence of social construct on individuals hence started seeking equal opportunity; the man can be soft if the wants and the woman can be as successful as she wants/needs without the fear of scaring away “the

Women are important to population planning by involving them in family planning programs because at the end of the day, they are the ones birthing the babies. Involving women in family planning strategies can help counter the problem of overpopulation; to reduce population growth (Anunobi, 2002).

Women are crucial to building a country’s economy because two heads are better than one. Gender bias or gender discrimination is therefore a fundamental cause of poverty, because in its various forms it prevents hundreds of millions of women from obtaining the education, training, health services, childcare, and legal status needed to escape from poverty, the boy child has more opportunities and access to resources compared to the girl child (Anunobi, 2002). Governments and international organizations need to be pushed to recognize the effects of