52. Diplomacy's Gender Gap

<p>What numbers say about what &amp; who's valued in the international system? How diplomacy was constructed since the 1920's as a male institution with heteronormative and homosocial narratives, behaviors and environments? Why do we measure social progress through quantification and representation? Where are the statistics of the non-Western world?&nbsp;</p> <p>An invitation to rethink the binary trap - underrepresentation of women and overrepresentation of men in this field.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Listen to related episodes:</strong></p> <ul> <li>23. Hegemonic Masculinity and Femininity in World Politics</li> <li>32. Voice Amplified: An Interview with Mendy Marsh and Chiderah Monde</li> <li>38. Androcentric vs. Gynocentric View Of The World</li> <li>48. Postcolonial Theory 101 - What It Reveals of Mainstream IR</li> <li>50. Postcolonial Feminism 101 - Which Women's Experiences Do We Know More About?</li> </ul> <p>Join us in this exploration, follow us on Instagram @womanhood_ir and subscribe to our newsletter for updates on our upcoming Fest!</p> <p><a href="http://eepurl.com/dKdKB-/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Save the date for our 1st Fest: 03.20.2021! Subscribe to our newsletter for updates here.</a></p> <p><strong>Recommended articles, videos and networks to check:&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/03/more-women-in-leadership-shouldnt-matter-but-it-really-does/?">Having women in leadership roles is more important than ever, here's why</a></li> <li><a href="http://shecurity.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SHEcurity-Index-final.pdf">The SHESecurity Index (2020)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.womenleadersindex.com/">Women Leaders Index (2019-2020)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.globalgovernmentforum.com/research-reveals-gender-inequality-diplomatic-corps/">Research reveals gender inequality among diplomatic corps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14616742.2018.1483206">The gender turn in diplomacy: a