Celebration and Duty Both celebration and duty are mechanisms, which diminish or eliminate responsibility. The way in which this is true, is that annual dates become the focus of a kind of certification. Marriage is not so much a matter of intent and commitment, as it is a matter of certification of achievement of a kind and a degree of relationship. Anniversaries become celebrations of this certification of relationship. Birthdays become a kind of celebration of what the … [Read more...]
South Sudan: UN official urges key role for women in drafting new constitution
May 8, 2013 by
Women in Juba, South Sudan. Photo: UNMISS May 2013 – Women must play a greater role in South Sudan’s political life, from drawing up the country’s constitution to translating it into law, a United Nations official has urged, as the African nation prepares to draft its first legal framework. In a statement marking the opening of a UN-backed women’s national conference on constitutional development held in the South Sudanese capital of Juba, Raisedon Zenenga, the Deputy Special … [Read more...]
Egypt’s draft constitution to ensure equality and women’s rights
December 15, 2012 by
Head of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and pratice Kamala Chandrakirna. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré December 2012 – A group of United Nations human rights experts today voiced deep concern about Egypt’s draft constitution, and called on its Government to ensure equality, non-discrimination and protection and promotion of women’s rights in the final text. “Key opportunities have so far been missed,” stressed independent expert Kamala Chandrakirana, who … [Read more...]
