Should the US Aggressively Promote Women’s Rights in Developing Nations?

The two articles that will be highlighted in this week’s blog are taken from the book Controversies in Globalization and features an article by Isobel Coleman called “Council on Foreign Relations” and Marcia Greenberg, “Independent Gender Mainstreaming Consultant.” Coleman takes the position of the proponent of the normative questions, while Greenberg offers a counter-argument. Coleman argues that women’s rights are inherently connected with human rights and are therefore included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which is a US foreign policy. On the other hand, Greenberg says that it should be a priority for the US and all nations to promote women’s rights and human rights in general, however she says that this is no easy task. Greenberg references past efforts and says that they have been unsuccessful when too aggressive. In this chapter, Coleman represents the perspective on globalization of the Political Realist because she believes that anything and everything should be done to make official, political, changes to help women gain their rights. Greenberg, although she wants to help these countries is more conservative in her efforts and would represent more of the Political Idealist because she believes that everything is contingent upon everything else and she is rather skeptical about how this goal should be achieved.

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