CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Flanigan, Alia Belle |
|---|---|
| Title | Women In Leadership: (In)visible Challenges and Countermeasures |
| Summary | In international relations discourse, there are primarily male leaders, experts, theorists, and authors. In the world of diplomacy, women are underrepresented in high-level positions, whether that is leader of a nation-state, international organization, or non-government organization. In every process of leadership status, women endure challenges, specifically gendered discrimination. Academic literature locates struggles women have while obtaining a leadership position, but their fight during their occupation is often hidden. This research investigates whether women’s experiences provide evidence on the hardship and challenges, and if faced with gendered and societal norms in leadership roles, how they overcome gender discrimination while in a leadership position. By conducting interviews with 16 female leaders in international organizations, domestic governments and non-government organizations, through a discourse analysis, women’s actions are uncovered. In this research, there is evidence that women around the world in different credible organizations experience common gendered discrimination. These struggles include gendered societal and cultural norms and biases, mansplaining and being overlooked, as well as micro-aggressions limiting women’s capacity as a leader. To counter these challenges, women perform small, micro-level, actions that help not only themselves but other women in their office further pushing the gender equality agenda. |
| Supervisor | Merlingen, Michael |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/flanigan_alia-belle.pdf |
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