The Gendered Dimensions of Zimbabwe’s Foreign Policy
摘要
For the umpteenth time, the study and practice of international relations in general and foreign policy, remarkably, has remained confined in masculinity lenses with total disregard, contempt, and pretence that women have no role in foreign policy formulation, analysis, and practice. The situation has remained dire in Africa, where statecraft has primarily remained a preserve for men since the post-colony. In other words, women have not found space in the contribution of international relations and foreign policy analysis discourse to the extent that the total sidelining of women mars the execution of foreign affairs against the paradoxical realities. Although women have made significant gains in accessing vital resources helpful for social mobility in Zimbabwe and the world, they are still socially disadvantaged as men continue to hold positions of relative privilege.