Cynthia Enloe is a leading feminist theorist in the field of International Relations that interests me profoundly. She has published countless works about gender and politics including: The Curious Feminist, Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives and Loaded Questions: Women in the Military. Her gendered perspective into the field offers an interesting analysis on the impact that the global market has on women as well as into the hardships that women in developing countries face. Moreover, by introducing a feminist perspective into traditional IR topics, she offers an interesting lense into how state policy affects women and minorities in particular. Enloe also routinely emphasizes in all her work the need for students and scholars to more inquisitive and not move away from the element of surprise that envirogate all topics in the field from political mobilization to peasant uprisings and even women in the military.
Her continued work to place women in the political scene fits into my concern for the advancement of women’s rights on a global scale. It is good to include a feminist perspective into the field to effectively evaluate how the implementation of social and state policies as well as financial instutions like the IMF and World Bank continue to exclude and marginalize women around the world. There must continued effort to ensure that women one day achieve the much deserved equality that they have sought for through the decades.
Her continued work to place women in the political scene fits into my concern for the advancement of women’s rights on a global scale. It is good to include a feminist perspective into the field to effectively evaluate how the implementation of social and state policies as well as financial instutions like the IMF and World Bank continue to exclude and marginalize women around the world. There must continued effort to ensure that women one day achieve the much deserved equality that they have sought for through the decades.
