ABSTRACT

With gender equality becoming a key feature of the global food security agenda, international organizations have produced a rich body of knowledge on gender. This paper argues that such gender expertise generates political effects through identity constructions, problem definitions and rationalities. We critically analyse 59 documents relating to gender and food security in the South written in international organizations between 2000 and 2018. Our analysis reveals two gendered constructions articulated in these documents – the productive female farmer and the caring woman food securer. We demonstrate that problem definitions, solutions, and rationalities associated with these identity constructions are contradictory. Their juxtaposition reveals that gender expertise in international food security discourse is not only governed by neoliberal orthodoxy but also surfaces ambivalences and alternatives.

摘要

随着性别平等成为全球粮食安全议程的一个关键特征，国际组织已经产生了丰富的性别知识体系。本文认为，这种性别专业知识通过身份建构、问题定义和理性产生政治影响。我们批判性地分析了 2000 年至 2018 年间由国际组织撰写的与南方性别和粮食安全相关的 59 份文件。我们的分析揭示了这些文件中阐明的两种性别结构——多产的女性农民和有爱心的女性粮食安全保障者。我们证明了与这些身份结构相关的问题定义、解决方案和合理性是相互矛盾的。