TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2004//
TI  - Democracy and Human Rights Versus Women’s Security: A Contradiction?
JO  - Security dialogue
A1  - Caprioli, Mary
SP  - 411
EP  - 428
VL  - 35
IS  - 4
N2  - Notions of security are often presumed to be gender neutral, with women and men assumed to share the same political freedoms and human rights. However, assumptions of gender neutrality often mask bias. Do democracy and human rights positively relate to women’s security? If a gender bias is inherent in these norms, then any conclusions drawn from studies using such measures will be strictlylimited, and policy prescriptions designed to ensure security must move beyond policies focusing on promoting democracy and human rights as currently conceptualized. Using a cross-national, longitudinal analysis, this article systematically examines whether democracy and human rights reflect women’s security, and concludes thatneither democracy nor human rights as commonly measured ensure women’s security.<p /> 
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SN  - 0967-0106
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0967010604049520
ID  - ref1
ER  -