Gender and Constitution Building - Women for Women International

Critical Half
GENDER AND CONSTITUTION-BUILDING: FROM PAPER TO PRACTICE
Vol. 3 No. 1 Summer 2005
Reflections from the Board of Editors SHEILA MEINTJES .............................................. 5
In this issue of Critical Half ZAINAB SALBI .................................................................. 6
By the People and For the People: Constitution-Building,
Gender and Democratization JOLYNN SHOEMAKER ...................................................... 8
Implementing Gender Equality Provisions: Lessons from
the Central American Peace Accords ILJA A. LUCIAK .................................................. 14
Not Just Representation: Ensuring Women’s Influence in
Post-Conflict Bougainville REBECCA LINDER .............................................................. 20
The New Afghan Constitution: How Women Succeeded in Ensuring
Certain Rights and What Challenges Remain HORIA MOSADIQ ...................................... 28
“Engendering” Rights in Uganda: Women’s
Struggle for Equality CARA DILTS ............................................................................. 34
The Truth Does Not Discriminate: How Post-Apartheid South
Africa Constitutionalized Gender Equality RASHIDA MANJOO ...................................... 40
IN THE FIELD: In the Sea of Nation-Building: Anchoring
Women’s Rights in the Iraqi Constitution MANAL OMAR ............................................................................... 46