Gender security between human development and human security. Recent issues in the political international agenda

For quite a long time now, both the scientific literature and more popular works, have tended to discuss security issues without adequate attention to the ways in which specific kinds of threats may affect certain individual psychologies or certain groups differently from others. Rarely did one consider that in the case of the status of women, it is possible to speak of a true “security crisis” in various areas or sectors of the issue. Numerous sources, both inter- and non-governmental, denounce that fact. Taking on consistency in socialization processes through daily practices, the cultures of security may be considered an integral part of States’ internal structures. Evoking the idea of a learned behaviour, the very concept of “security culture”, implies the way in which such ideas are selected over time, transmitted, re-proposed and modified in policy-making proc Themes touching on women’s in/security have appeared in institutional and political agendas for only a few years; they are not included in the traditional framework of intervention aiming to regulate the different aspects of the woman’s condition, thus reflecting the vision of the beneficiary of this policy area as a “neutral” individual. Issues classified today, in the political debate, under the heading “gender security” have crucial political relevance for the development of public policies directed at the recognition, respect and effectiveness of human rights. Indeed, they substantially enrich and innovate orientation and decision-making processes in the area of security.