Mary Caprioli|Kimberly Douglass
Nation Building and Women: The Effect of Intervention on Women’s Agency
University of Minnesota, Duluth|University of Tennessee at Knoxville
regardless primary motive international military intervention aimed nation building partly intended establish democratic societies scholars demonstrated intervention positive impact democratization democratization generally follows greater support human rights feminist scholars however questioned definitions democracy minimal womens political rights absent brings question impact intervention status women particularly iraq afghanistan womens rights become prominent postinvasion american political rhetoric since intervention seems associated spread democratic principles seek discover whether intervention actually moves societies toward gender equality examine six cases completed military intervention aimed nation building sovereign states post cold war period three casesel salvador mozambique namibiaevidence democratic change whereas remaining three statescambodia haiti somaliaremain undemocratized test extent intervention improved womens equality find dramatic effect either positive negative intervention status women six states