Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Somebody needs to tell Amnesty International that colonial times are behind us--at least in name

This is colonial feminism.  Amnesty International has asked--look at their audacity--Egyptian political parties to sign a political declaration on women's right.  Now my views on this are known, but what business does Amnesty have and who do they think they are?  Would Amnesty dare ask, say, the Republican Party in the US to sign a political document to commit to women's right? Not in a million years.  "Most of the biggest Egyptian political parties have committed to delivering ambitious human right reform in the country’s transition, but have either given mixed signals or have flatly refused to sign up to ending discrimination, protecting women’s rights and to abolishing the death penalty, Amnesty International said today. Ahead of parliamentary elections which began in November, Amnesty asked political parties running in Egypt’s elections to sign a “human rights manifesto” containing ten key measures to signal that they were serious about delivering meaningful human rights reform."