Mänsklig säkerhet : Kvinnor i Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, Indien

Sammanfattning: The paper analyzes the concept of human security - freedom from fear, freedom from want and freedom to live in dignity - and it's political potential to respect human dignity. Is the concept (only) an academic philosophical challenge, or it is also directed towards mobilizing a political action that respect human dignity? The term 'security' has a mobilizing effect, which is why I chose to understand human security based on a slightly modified variant of Thierry Balzaq's securitization theory, which raises the question of how cases, in this case human dignity, is securitized. The analysis is made in the context Kerala's women live in. The analysis demonstrates that it is not possible to conclude that human security is a (success­ful) securitization of human dignity, only an attempt to securitize. Although the securitization theory can be improved, and thus show a successful securitization there is a reason to question the benefits of striving for a securitization of human dignity. The aim should rather be a humanizing security. Kerala's women in God's Own Country can have a better life situation and respect of their inherent human dignity.