Breaking Barriers? Women’s Representation and Leadership at the United Nations

Haack, Kirsten

doi:10.1163/19426720-02001004

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“…This puts women leaders into practically impossible positions. The article's individual-level approach to examining practices within the UN as a gendered institution also complements descriptive statistical studies mapping the slow numerical rise of women in UN leadership positions (Haack 2014a(Haack , 2014bPietila 1996).…”

Section: Feminist Institutionalism Has Developed Into An Influential mentioning

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Women or Leaders? Practices of Narrating the United Nations as a Gendered Institution

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2019

International Studies Review

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The United Nations has been an important forum for promoting women's rights, but women are still underrepresented at the most senior levels of its leadership. This points to persistent obstacles in reaching gender parity at the UN, despite the organization's overt commitment to this objective. Situated in feminist institutionalist insights, I argue that the institutionalization of gender inequality through practices in the UN as a gendered institution can account for continued barriers to women leadership. This makes contributions to feminist institutionalist literature in international relations by taking it to the individual microlevel. Gendered practices sustain, inform, and manifest themselves in four interconnected processes that reinforce gendered divisions of subordination: positional divides, symbols and imagery, everyday interactions, and individual identity (based on Acker 1990, 146–47; Scott 1986). These processes and their practices become accessible through the narrative analysis of semi-structured interviews conducted with senior women leaders at the UN. By recognizing their narratives as valid forms of insight into the study of the UN, this approach recognizes women leaders’ agency as opposed to portraying them as numbers only.

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Section: Feminist Institutionalism Has Developed Into An Influential mentioning

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Women or Leaders? Practices of Narrating the United Nations as a Gendered Institution

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2019

International Studies Review

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“…), which suggests a type of political motivation less based on status and power. Conversely, the international arena opens new avenues to pursue women's advocacy for civil rights, peace, health care, education, children and the position of women in society – the substantive areas in which women politicians tend to be more specialised (Schwindt‐Bayer ), as illustrated, for example, by the growing number of women permanent representatives at the United Nations (Haack : 43). Simultaneously, transnational nongovernmental organisations and advocacy groups that champion values that resonate with women's concerns have flourished and their impact in global governance is increasingly more evident (Tinker ; Winslow ).…”

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Post‐ministerial occupation in advanced industrial democracies: Ambition, individual resources and institutional opportunity structures

Claveria

Verge

2015

European J Political Res

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The post-office occupation of former cabinet members remains basically unexplored in both single-case and comparative studies. Is being a minister just a career tout court, or does serving in executive office facilitate movement to other positions? This article sheds new light on this question by advancing the theoretical development and empirical understanding of the various types of post-ministerial occupation. The analysis takes into account ex-ministers' ambition, political capital resources and the institutional opportunity structures that might well affect both ambition and individual resources. Additionally, given that access to executive office is profoundly gendered, the article addresses the central question of whether postministerial occupations similarly present differential patterns for women and men. The empirical results of a cross-national comparison of 23 advanced industrial democracies show that, for most departing ministers, serving in executive office is indeed a stepping stone to other positions. Post-office trajectories are not only shaped by ex-ministers' political capital resources such as seniority, party office, policy expertise and type of portfolio held while in cabinet, but also by different institutional factors that present country-specific combinations. Specifically, systemic variables shape the relevance of political capital resources and affect how ambition is constructed and towards which goals. Strong gendered post-office patterns are not found, although some intriguing gender differences are observed.

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“…In studies of gender aspects related to doing business, the focus is on the characteristics of the male and female approaches to the management of an enterprise [Chirikova 1998;Eagly, Karau 2002;Chirikova, Krichevskaya 2000;Brady et al 2011;Haack 2014], while the issues of the level and quality of the education of employers are seldom addressed. Among the few works in which education is considered in the context of employment status is the recent study by R. Levine and J. Rubinstein [Levine, Rubinstein 2017].…”

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2017

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The mission of the journal is to provide a medium for professional discussion on a wide range of educational issues. The journal publishes original research and perceptive essays from Russian and foreign experts on education, development and policy. "Educational Studies Moscow" strives for a multidisciplinary approach, covering traditional pedagogy as well as the sociology, economics and philosophy of education. Conceptually, the journal consists of several parts: • Theoretical materials and empirical research aimed at developing new approaches to understanding the functioning and development of education in modern society • Papers on current projects, practical developments and policy debates in the field of education, written for professionals and the wider public • Statistical data and case studies published as "information for reflection" with minimal accompanying text • Information about and analysis of the latest pedagogical projects • Reviews of articles published in international journals Target audience: Leading Russian universities, government bodies responsible for education, councils from federal and regional legislatures, institutions engaged in education research, public organizations and foundations with an interest in education.

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Breaking Barriers? Women’s Representation and Leadership at the United Nations

Cited by 19 publications

References 13 publications

Women or Leaders? Practices of Narrating the United Nations as a Gendered Institution

Women or Leaders? Practices of Narrating the United Nations as a Gendered Institution

Post‐ministerial occupation in advanced industrial democracies: Ambition, individual resources and institutional opportunity structures

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