The limits of shame: UN shaming, NGO repression, and women's protests

Bimal Adhikari, Jeffrey King and Lie Philip Santoso
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Bimal Adhikari: 214082Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Jeffrey King: 47767American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Lie Philip Santoso: 517759Duke Kunshan University, China

Conflict Management and Peace Science, 2024, vol. 41, issue 3, 197-217

Abstract: 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 women's 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 women's protests should be smaller.

Keywords: Naming and shaming; NGO repression; United Nations Human Rights Council; women's protests (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/07388942231153804

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