'Women have been written out of the diplomatic history. History of Indian diplomacy presents how only men who took decisions and only men were the leaders who brought us to where we are.'

Khushi Singh Rathore is a Doctoral Candidate in International Politics at the Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research interests are Gender and Diplomacy, Feminist IR, Diplomatic History and International History. Her most recent publication is ‘Excavating Hidden Histories: Indian Women in Early UN History’ in Women and the UN: A New History of Women’s International Human Rights (Routledge 2021).

WISCOMP (Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace) is a pioneering South Asian research and training initiative that foregrounds leadership of women in peace and security and promotes cultures of pluralism and coexistence in the region.

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