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Borders - whether settled or contested, violent or calm, closed or open - may have a direct, and often acute, human impact. Those affected may be people living nearby, those attempting to cross them and even those who succeed in doing so. At the border, vulnerable refugee and migrant communities, especially women, are exposed to state-centred boundary practices, paving the way for both their alienation and exploitation. The militarization of borders subjugates the very position of women in these marginalized areas and often subjects them to further victimization, which is facilitated by patriarchal socio-cultural practice. Structural violence is endemic to these regions and gender interlocks...
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L’érosion du droit à l’avortement aux États-Unis, qui a culminé avec le renversement de l’arrêt Roe c. Wade en 2022, s’est mise en place dès sa légalisation en 1973. Bien que cet arrêt ait établi un droit universel, il est resté entravé par des obstacles géographiques, économiques et législatifs qui ont exacerbé les inégalités entre les États et les disparités entre les femmes. Les répercussions de ce recul juridique s’étendent bien au-delà des frontières nationales, affectant notamment les régions frontalières avec le Mexique et le Canada, tout en symbolisant la régression des droits reproductifs aux États-Unis. Ce contexte met en lumière la complexité des dynamiques politiques et sociales qui entourent l’avortement dans un monde post-Roe.
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This book addresses the recent evolution of borderlines around the world as an attempt to control transnational movements with a view to securitization of borders rooted in the need to control mobility and preserve national identities. This book moves beyond physical borders and studies new manifestations of borders such as technological and symbolic walls. It brings together scholars from various academic fields such as geography, political science, and border studies to examine the various movements, functions and articulations of international borders. It explores two main issues: how international borders have become enforced lines of demarcation and division, reinforcing national identi...
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