Overview

This report is a visualization of the report Hidden Harms: Human (In)security in Outer Space: Consultation Report, which outlines key themes and ideas from a consultation on intersectional perspectives related to human security and insecurity in outer space. Motivated by prior feminist research on lessons learned from the fields of peace and arms control, the consultation was intended to uncover the many ways in which human well-being is connected to the security of outer space. An intersectional feminist approach aids this effort by examining how gender and other social identities overlap in ways that may compound the benefits, harms, and insecurities that people experience in relation to outer space and space systems.

With funding from the Canadian Department of National Defence MINDS (Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security) program, the consultation aimed to:

• better understand the differentiated human implications of security and insecurity related to outer space;
• articulate diverse experiences of insecurity related to outer space to inform both domestic and global policy responses;
• consider alternative approaches to, and perspectives on, peace, security, and disarmament that might provide new ways of identifying, thinking about, and responding to the collective security environment in outer space;
• expand the scope of dialogue on gendered and intersectional approaches to peace and security in outer space and inspire additional research by others.

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