Possibilities of New Approaches to Gender, Security and Constitutionalism: A Living Gender Probe into Kenyan National Security Architecture in the Constitution

This paper situates itself within existing feminist constitutionalism analyses by noting that constitutions and constitutional processes are gendered norms may have different consequences for genders. However, it attempts to extend these theories interrogate how, if at all, approaches make credible interventions into the national security architecture given in constitution. To this end, proposes ‘living gender’ as a model of analysis. requires deliberate inclusion gender architectural design institutions, which case, is Kenyan National Security Framework. As with most approaches, living sceptical rights-based clauses on equality non-discrimination do not underlying masculine structures constitutions. In paper, I propose three-pronged approach, including, ontological, locus content concerns. test model, uses Constitution Kenya, 2010 case study.