September 4, 2023 · Assoc. Prof. Caroline Emeka-Ogbonna

Gender Equality, Poverty Reduction, and National Security: A Critical Lens

Poverty reduction policies must be read critically through gender equality and national security — not as separate silos.

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Gender Equality, Poverty Reduction, and National Security: A Critical Lens

Intersecting Agendas

In the Journal of Defence Studies (2020), I examine poverty reduction policies through critical perspectives on gender equality and national security. Policy that ignores gendered realities risks reproducing insecurity rather than reducing it.

Why Critical Perspectives Matter

Critical approaches to gender and security studies ask whose knowledge counts, who benefits from policy design, and how educational and communicative practices can support more just outcomes — themes that also shape entertainment education and civil-military discourse research.

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Assoc. Prof. Caroline Emeka-Ogbonna

Professor of Critical Thinking & Educative Entertainment · Department of Languages · Nigerian Defence Academy

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