The limits of shame: UN shaming, NGO repression, and womens protests
Adhikari B. King J. Santoso L.P.
May 2024SAGE Publications Ltd
Conflict Management and Peace Science
2024#41Issue 3197 - 217 pp.
Within the human rights literature, a growing number of studies have focused on the factors that explain engagement in protests. Most prior studies of this type give little or no consideration to the effect of these factors on gender. Recently, though, some scholars have begun focusing on the gender dimension, exploring why women engage in protests specifically. In this study, we examine a previously unexplored factor, that of naming and shaming by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and its effect on the likelihood of womens protest activities. We argue that UNHRC shaming increases the likelihood of women engaging in protests. Moreover, given its preeminent position within the UN, UNHRC shaming should be much more effective in mobilizing women in comparison with shaming by non-governmental organizations (NGOs). However, in countries where governments actively repress NGOs, the effect of UNHRC shaming on womens protests should be smaller.
Naming and shaming , NGO repression , United Nations Human Rights Council , womens protests
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Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Duke Kunshan University, China
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Duke Kunshan University
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