Women and weapons: Redressing the gender gap: A Ukrainian response
By Polina Sinovets | September 1, 2014
A group of women hold placards relating to the Cuban missile crisis and to peace at the Women Strike for Peace.
In nuclear war, women would suffer at least as much as men. But women tend to be underrepresented in fields—such as high-level politics, diplomacy, military affairs, and science and technology—that bear on nuclear policy. Authors from four countries—Salma Malik of Pakistan (2014), Polina Sinovets of Ukraine, Reshmi Kazi of India (2014), and Jenny Nielsen of Denmark (2014)—discuss how women might gain greater influence on nuclear weapons policy and how their empowerment might affect disarmament and nonproliferation efforts.
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Polina Sinovets
Polina Sinovets is an associate professor in the international relations department at Odessa I.I. Mechnikov National University, Ukraine. From 2004... Read More
