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It means that we must not be ashamed to serve under This means that we must woman leaders. It also means that we must welcome treat women active in them, and encourage them to participate in poli- politics with genuine tics.... respect. It means that we must not be ashamed to serve under women To reinforce the highly Accepting Daw Aung leaders. It also means subordinated status of San Suu Kyi as a national that we must welcome women, they are, more- leader is, however, only them, and encourage over, brain-washed from a very feeble step in the them to participate in very early on, by their right direction. One politics ... not merely as elders, and unfortuna- women leader surely clerks, cooks, or pretty tely, by their grannies, cannot undo all the faces, but as leaders, mothers, aunts, etc. They wrongs committed over because they have, since are constantly told that thirty years by the despot time immemorial, they must sit in the back and his band of servile proved that they abun- row in things concerning and faithful robbers. dantly possess the the public sphere, that leadership and mana- politics is the monopoly gerial skills which of men-folks, and that it Burma desperately is too noble a calling for women. needs. To further exacerbate matters, Burmese men find it very difficult to accept women as their superiors, especially where politics is concerned. It is not uncommon to h^ear snide remarks made by men about politically active women. Until recently, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been dismissed as a freak accident. Only after she won the Nobel Peace Prize, have Burmese men come to accept her unconditionally as a national leader. If Burma is to win, and as well maintain and sustain its second independence, Burmese women who hold up two-thirds of the sky, who have faced the despot's bullets and bayonets with equal courage, and who have joined in the fight for democracy in jungle camps and overseas ... they must be given the place of honour they rightly deserve. It is time we re-think our thoughts about the political role of Burmese women. Too much is at stake to exclude the vital dynamisers of Burmese society from the realm of politics. The age-old notion that men are the "fore legs of the elephants" is, in reality, an empty myth, a hollow boast. It is this imagined superiority of men and the imposed 'inferiority' of women which is keeping those really skilled in the att of social and political management from contributing fully to the re c on s t ru c t i o n, It is now the time of Burmese women to come forward to clean up the mess created by men and save them prosperity, and unity of from their own infantile foolishness. Burma. At the same time, the women of Burma too 1 28 ' must themselves break the chains of political paralysis which centuries of brain-washing have imposed on them and have thus, kept them from leadership roles in public and political life. They must realise that it is their exclusion from politics and public life, which has made it possible for men to make an unholy mess of everyone's Hfe in Burma. It is now the time for Burmese women to come forward to clean up the mess created by men and save them from their own infantile foolishness. At the same time, the women of Burma too must themselves break the chains of political paralysis. The democracy movement would be greatly vitalised and become more organised and more cohesive with the infusion of more women leaders and the formation of women oiganisations. We now have several women leaders and activists within the democracy movement, working anonymously behind the scene. It would be a good idea for these women activists/ leaders to band together DAWN NEWS BULLETIN
The mobolisaiion of the women of Burma, and the subsequent emergence of more women as national leaders, would go a long way andfurther invigorating and dynamising the democracy movement and mobilise the women of Burma. The mobilisation of the women of Burma, and the subsequent emer-gence of more women as national leaders, would go a long way in further invigorating and dyna-mising the democracy movement. There is no doubt that the appearance of more women leaders and women otganisa-tions would greatly boost the morale of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. There is also no doubt that she does need, and would greatly appreciate the active support of her own gender. WOMAN IS NOT INDEPENDENT OF MAN, NOR IS MAN INDEPENDENT OF WOMAN FORAS WOMAN WAS MADE FROM MAN, IN THE SAME WA Y MAN IS BORN OF WOMAN... (ICORINTIIIANS 11:1112) SO THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN. (GALATIANS 3:28) From Page(26) the crime, which resulted in prison terms for the soldiers who committed the abuse. In one scene, the hero soldier who exposed the crime says about the troops,"Just because each of us might at any second be blown away, everybody's acting like we can do anything, and it don't matter what we do. But I'm thinking may be it's the other way around. Maybe the main thing is just the opposite. Because we might be dead in the next split second, maybe we got to be extra careful. Because maybe it matters more." His idea that soldiers should not commit abuse was backed by religious ideas of accountability: the life after death of Christianity, Islam cJudaism; the reincar nation of Buddhism, Hinduism; the forces of nature of Animism. Accountability can also be emphasised in the here and now by an awareness of inevitable trials of publicity. One way or another, the SLORC soldiers must be made to understand that they will be held responsible for their actions. They must also be made aware that they have a way out: they can first acknowledge their crimes, and then put a stop to their crimes. This is what the SLORC's military must learn. Those who defect have taken these steps. Many more must follow, if there is any hope for Burma's future recon-riliation. Edith T, Mirante, Project Maje.
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