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Whose Right it is Anyway?
Equality, culture and conflicts of rights in South Africa
by Kristina Bentley
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The contemporary debate between liberalism and multiculturalism is often cast in the mould of a conflict between the rights of individuals and the cultural claims of groups. In modern liberal democracies, the state has to negotiate between these two frequently incompatible claims, and formulate policy and legislation in such a way that is both sensitive to the claims of groups, while still protecting the rights of vulnerable persons, in particular women and children, within those groups.
Perils
and Promises; Living Feminist Politics in Uganda
by Winnie Byanyima MP (Uganda)
Winnie Byanyima addresses the social expectations that define the behaviours
that are appropriate for women and men and how this affects power and equality
between men and women. She looks at the challenges to feminist political activism
within the National Resistance Movement (NRM) during
the '80's and '90's and she looks at the gains women have made politically with
reference to the Ugandan context and the constraints which have affected the
exercise of power.
Gains and Challenges: Linking Theory and Practice
by Amina Mama