Although the world of diplomacy often seen as glamorous and progressive, women and men continue to operate within a gender order that privileges masculine norms, while women still struggle to be recognised fully as diplomats and as independent subjects, beyond their social roles as wives or mothers.
Our recently published policy brief reveals a side of diplomacy that is rarely discussed, and is even considered taboo: how symbolic violence — a form of domination in everyday life by the dominant group through written and unwritten rules — is reproduced through formal and informal institutional practices.
We focus particularly on the everyday experiences of women in diplomacy — both female diplomats and the wives of diplomats.
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