Aktivister siger, at kvinderne har mest at vinde – eller tabe – ved en ny og mere moderne grundlov i det plagede Himalaya-land, der har modtaget megen udviklingsbistand fra Danmark
KATHMANDU, 8 August 2011 (IRIN): Women’s rights groups in Nepal say they are being left out of negotiations at a critical time, weeks before the country’s Constituent Assembly (CA) is meant to agree on a new constitution.
“We need a constitution in time and we need a women-friendly constitution,” Bijaya Karishma, a programme officer for Sankalpa, a women’s alliance campaigning for peace, justice and democracy, told IRIN. “We have the right to see a draft and are concerned that we have not.”
Women’s rights advocates say they have the most to gain or lose with this constitution: they expect it will grant women rights to pass on citizenship to their children and to independently own property. They also hope it will mandate 50 percent female representation at all levels of government.
They will probably be kept in the dark well past 31 August – the third deadline since 2008 for the constitution’s completion – as certain political sticking points, like the reintegration of Maoist fighters into the army, remain unresolved.
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