Section 3 - Educating and Partnering for CEDAW

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Week Main Text Major Themes/Issues Activity Notes 10 Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe *Writing “Africa” in English *Igbo customs and mores *The colonial encounter in Nigeria *Cultural differences and universal human rights *VAW and CEDAW esp. articles 6, 13, 14; G.R. 12 and 19 11-12 Beloved, Toni Morrison *Writing the supernatural *African-American community *Racism *Slavery period in the US freedom from enslavement and CEDAW art. 6 *Laws and practices regarding economic and social benefits (CEDAW art,13) Supplementary: movie, Beloved, on your own 13-14 One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez *Magical Realism *Latin America: marvelous reality *The Banana Republics and the consequences of colonialism and neo-colonialism *Sexism and machismo (CEDAW art.6) Supplementary: film viewing: documentary on Garcia Marquez and magical realism at Arcellana Reading Room 15-16 Twice Blessed, Ninotchka Rosca *The novel as political commentary/expose *The Martial Law Period *Politics, personal ambition and greed *Politics and governance, including CEDAW art.7 17 Presentation of personal reading list Final exam: Finals week Source: Odine de Guzman, ed. “Teaching CEDAW, a Compendium of Teachers’ Guidelines on Integrating a Human RIghts Framework in the College Curriculum and Sample Course Syllabi with CEDAW Application,” UPCWS, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, 2008, pp. 124-127. 130
Chapter 3 Putting the “pop” in CEDAW If the U.S. has the “F” word as hot topic, we have the “C” word as something that is currently gathering steam. To kick up our media mileage to the momentum of vibrant feminist culture and discussion they have over there, may seem tangentially implausible – it’s as if to say that we still have a long way to go. But all things considered, we have one thing that this bustling First World power doesn’t have – and that’s CEDAW itself. Can you believe the U.S. has not yet ratified the Women’s Convention It’s a challenge to make CEDAW interesting, truth be told. We’ve had it for over 25 years, and not everyone – mind you, that includes even the most educated women – are aware that it even exists. The best way to describe CEDAW to them is this: an international bill of rights for women. But once you get to the part where you break down the acronym, it becomes the stuff of jargon – clunky, wordy or, worse yet, alienating – even to the ones who stand to benefit from knowing: the youth. Sure, awareness campaigns brought to you by the letters WFS (a.k.a. the Women’s Feature Service) have actively been making the rounds. WFS is part of an international news agency initiated by UNESCO and the UN Population Fund in 1978 to put women’s perspective in mainstream media. In fact, WFS Philippines has been at it all this time with their own share of proto-CEDAW work, namely Body & Soul and MediaLinks. The Body & Soul project encouraged public debates on women, religion and reproductive health (RH) to show how all those aspects were somehow intertwined and therefore crucial to the improvement of women’s health. These multimedia discussions in 2000-2002 came in a series of forums both virtual and real and discussions continued on air – radio and TV. It was a ground-breaking initiative that brought taboo topics of lesbianism, condoms, abortion etc. out in open discussion. The RH debate still rages today. Project MediaLinks, 2002-2005 on the other hand, took its cue from Body & Soul by expanding tri-media discussions from RH to other concerns involving women’s rights. Only this time around, the NGOs were very much involved. That’s because WFS made the effort to bridge the gap between NGOs and media in the provinces, since media coverage on women’s concerns alone were few and far between. Such a partnership encouraged NGOs to continually develop their 131
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