La promesa de aumentar la participación de las mujeres en
la vida cívica es un tributo a los esfuerzos de las mujeres en el terreno que han estado haciendo campaña dentro de la
país, a pesar de la oposición estricta y rígida.
Sin embargo, la medida sigue siendo, en palabras del propio rey Abdullah, de una "reforma prudente". Dar a las mujeres el derecho de voto no tendrá efecto hasta las próximas elecciones de 2015, y las mujeres se llenará
miembros votantes en el Consejo de la Shura como miembros sólo a partir de la próxima legislatura. Por otra parte,
derechos de las mujeres a la participación de la autonomía y público en general siguen siendo peligrosamente restringida
Arabia Saudita.
Sólo un día después del anuncio de Rey Abudullah, una mujer saudí llamado Shaima Jastaina
fue condenada por el tribunal religioso a 10 latigazos por desafiar la prohibición del país sobre mujeres conductoras.
Shaima fue encontrado culpable de "conducir sin permiso" en Jeddah el pasado mes de julio.
No hay leyes escritas que limiten a las mujeres conducir solas en Arabia Saudita. Por el contrario, la prohibición
se basa en interpretaciones conservadoras religiosas y culturales que promuevan un sistema de tutela de los varones y de control sobre las mujeres. Estos sistemas de negar a las mujeres el pleno goce de sus
los derechos humanos básicos, especialmente los derechos a la libertad de movimiento, expresión y asociación.
La prohibición de circular, por ejemplo, se afirma que es una forma de "protección de la mujer". Aunque enmarcada
como una obligación religiosa, muchos grupos - de los defensores de los derechos de las mujeres a los clérigos religiosos - por ejemplo
los religiosos "justificación" es irrelevante, citando a las esposas del profeta Mahoma que montaron los camellos
y los caballos solas, el único medio de transporte en su día.
Arabia Saudita es el único país - musulmana o no - en el que las mujeres tienen la prohibición de conducir. La prohibición de derecho de las mujeres de Arabia Saudita para conducir es parte de
un problema mayor que enfrentan las mujeres de Arabia Saudita en su vida diaria.
Tutela conservadora activamente
tipifica como delito la autonomía de las mujeres, y tratos crueles y degradantes, como la lapidación
y amarre siguen planteando amenazas a las mujeres por supuestos "crímenes", especialmente aquellos que se relacionan con
su "conducta moral" y la sexualidad.
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El Consejo Shura es un órgano consultivo designado, que puede revisar y supervisar la legislación en el país, pero
no tiene poder vinculante de autoridad en sí misma.
Para más información, consulte: http://www.shura.gov.sa/wps/wcm/
conectar / ShuraEn / internet / Histórico + BG /
Aunque la condena de Shaima es el primer castigo corporal que ha sido
dictada por una violación de la prohibición de circular, y fue anulada por el rey Abdullah, poco después, pone de relieve los retos y oportunidades para poner fin a la discriminación de género y la violencia
que tenemos por delante.
La sentencia ha sido ampliamente percibida por los sectores público y progresistas dentro de Arabia
Saudita como una reacción de ultra-conservador fuerzas religiosas a la creciente cantidad de Arabia
las mujeres que desafían la prohibición de circular y hacer valer sus derechos a la participación pública.
Sin embargo, es precisamente la popularidad de la campaña para pedir el fin a la prohibición de circular, junto con el sentencia anulada, lo que habla de un creciente apoyo público y político para los derechos de autonomía de las mujeres. Incluso el Consejo de la Shura está bien reconsiderar la prohibición, de acuerdo a defensores de derechos humanos en el condado.
Sin embargo, es precisamente la popularidad de la campaña para pedir el fin a la prohibición de circular, junto con el sentencia anulada, lo que habla de un creciente apoyo público y político para los derechos de autonomía de las mujeres. Incluso el Consejo de la Shura está bien reconsiderar la prohibición, de acuerdo a defensores de derechos humanos en el condado.
VNC es totalmente compatible con los sentimientos expresados por muchos activistas de los derechos de las mujeres saudíes y sus aliados,
tanto dentro como fuera del país, que han acogido con satisfacción los recientes acontecimientos, pero
destacan que reformas más amplias son necesarias. Al exigir el fin a toda violencia "justificada"contra la la mujer en el nombre de la religión, cultura o tradición, renunciamos a las políticas de las que sigan promover castigos violentos e imponer restricciones en el disfrute de las mujeres de Arabia de sus
derechos y libertades fundamentales. Estas políticas contradicen las obligaciones de Arabia Saudita en virtud de los tratados internacionales por los que está obligada, en especial la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Eliminación de la
Todas las Formas de Discriminación contra la Mujer (CEDAW).
Damos la bienvenida a la garantía de los representantes de Arabia Saudita en el Comité de la CEDAW 2008
revisar que no hay ninguna contradicción de fondo entre la CEDAW y la Sharia islámica.
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Hacemos una llamada al el Rey Abdullah Bin Abd-al-Aziz Al Saud para proseguir con las reformas que introdujo en línea con
Arabia Saudita obligaciones dimanantes del derecho internacional, en particular las reformas fundamentales que instó a la
Comité de la CEDAW.
SAUDI ARABIA: WE SAY “YES” TO WOMEN’S FULL ENJOYMENT OF THEIR
RIGHTS
The Violence is Not our Culture (VNC) Campaign welcomes long awaited and recent reforms
announced by King Abdullah Bin-Abd-al-Aziz Al Saud, that promise to gives Saudi Arabian
women the rights to vote and run for office in municipal council elections, and to become full
voting members of the next Shura council.
The promise to increase women’s participation in civic life is a tribute to women’s efforts on the ground who have been campaigning inside the country, despite strict and rigid opposition. However the measure remains, in King Abdullah’s own words, a “cautious reform”. Women’s right to vote will not take effect until the next elections in 2015, and women will become full voting members in the Shura council as members only from the next term. Furthermore, women’s rights to autonomy and broader public participation remain precariously restricted in Saudi Arabia. Just one day following King Abudullah’s announcement, a Saudi woman named Shaima Jastaina was sentenced by religious court to 10 lashes for defying the country’s ban on female drivers. Shaima was found guilty of ‘driving without permission’ in Jeddah last July. There are no written laws that restrict women from driving alone in Saudi Arabia. Rather, the ban is rooted in conservative religious and cultural interpretations that promote a system of male guardianship and control over women. These systems deny women the full enjoyment of their basic human rights, especially the rights to freedoms of movement, speech and association. The driving ban, for example, is claimed to be a form of ‘women’s protection’. Though framed as a religious obligation, many groups – from women’s rights defenders to religious clerics – say the religious ‘justification’ is irrelevant, citing the Prophet Muhammad’s wives who rode camels and horses alone, the only transportation in their day. Saudi Arabia is the only country – Muslim or otherwise – that bans women from driving. The ban on Saudi women’s right to drive is part of a larger problem faced by Saudi women in their daily lives. Conservative guardianship actively criminalizes women’s autonomy, and cruel and degrading forms of punishment such as stoning and lashing continue to pose threats to women for alleged ‘crimes’, especially those that relate to their ‘moral conduct’ and sexuality.
The Shura Council is an appointed consultative body which can review and oversee legislation in the country, but has no binding authoritative power in and of itself. For more information, see: http://www.shura.gov.sa/wps/wcm/ connect/ShuraEn/internet/Historical+BG/
While the sentencing of Shaima to lashing is the first time a corporal punishment has been handed down for a violation of the driving ban, and was overturned by King Abdullah soon after, it underscores challenges and opportunities to ending gender-based discrimination and violence that lie ahead. The sentence has been widely perceived by the public and progressive sectors within Saudi Arabia as a reaction by ultra-conservative religious forces to the increasing numbers of Saudi women defying the driving ban and asserting their rights to public participation. Yet it is precisely the popularity of the campaign calling for an end to the driving ban, along with the overturned sentence, which speaks to growing public and political support for women’s autonomous rights. Even the Shura Council is now thoroughly reconsidering the ban, according to human rights advocates in the county. VNC fully supports the sentiments expressed by many Saudi women’s rights activists and allies, both within the country and abroad, who have welcomed these recent developments, but emphasize that broader reforms are necessary. In demanding an end to all violence against women ‘justified’ in the name of religion, culture or tradition, we renounce policies that continue to promote violent punishments and impose restrictions on Saudi women’s enjoyment of their fundamental rights and freedoms. Such policies contradict Saudi Arabia’s obligations under the international treaties by which it is bound, especially the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). We welcome the assurance by Saudi Arabia’s representatives at the 2008 CEDAW Committee review that there is no contradiction in substance between CEDAW and Islamic Shari’a.
We call upon King Abdullah Bin Abd-al-Aziz Al Saud to pursue the reforms he introduced in line with Saudi Arabia’s obligations under international law, particularly the key reforms urged by the CEDAW Committee. http://www.violenceisnotourculture.org/files/VNC-SaudiReforms-web.pdf http://www.violenceisnotourculture.org/files/CEDAW-KeyMeasures-Saudi%20Arabia.pdf
The promise to increase women’s participation in civic life is a tribute to women’s efforts on the ground who have been campaigning inside the country, despite strict and rigid opposition. However the measure remains, in King Abdullah’s own words, a “cautious reform”. Women’s right to vote will not take effect until the next elections in 2015, and women will become full voting members in the Shura council as members only from the next term. Furthermore, women’s rights to autonomy and broader public participation remain precariously restricted in Saudi Arabia. Just one day following King Abudullah’s announcement, a Saudi woman named Shaima Jastaina was sentenced by religious court to 10 lashes for defying the country’s ban on female drivers. Shaima was found guilty of ‘driving without permission’ in Jeddah last July. There are no written laws that restrict women from driving alone in Saudi Arabia. Rather, the ban is rooted in conservative religious and cultural interpretations that promote a system of male guardianship and control over women. These systems deny women the full enjoyment of their basic human rights, especially the rights to freedoms of movement, speech and association. The driving ban, for example, is claimed to be a form of ‘women’s protection’. Though framed as a religious obligation, many groups – from women’s rights defenders to religious clerics – say the religious ‘justification’ is irrelevant, citing the Prophet Muhammad’s wives who rode camels and horses alone, the only transportation in their day. Saudi Arabia is the only country – Muslim or otherwise – that bans women from driving. The ban on Saudi women’s right to drive is part of a larger problem faced by Saudi women in their daily lives. Conservative guardianship actively criminalizes women’s autonomy, and cruel and degrading forms of punishment such as stoning and lashing continue to pose threats to women for alleged ‘crimes’, especially those that relate to their ‘moral conduct’ and sexuality.
The Shura Council is an appointed consultative body which can review and oversee legislation in the country, but has no binding authoritative power in and of itself. For more information, see: http://www.shura.gov.sa/wps/wcm/ connect/ShuraEn/internet/Historical+BG/
While the sentencing of Shaima to lashing is the first time a corporal punishment has been handed down for a violation of the driving ban, and was overturned by King Abdullah soon after, it underscores challenges and opportunities to ending gender-based discrimination and violence that lie ahead. The sentence has been widely perceived by the public and progressive sectors within Saudi Arabia as a reaction by ultra-conservative religious forces to the increasing numbers of Saudi women defying the driving ban and asserting their rights to public participation. Yet it is precisely the popularity of the campaign calling for an end to the driving ban, along with the overturned sentence, which speaks to growing public and political support for women’s autonomous rights. Even the Shura Council is now thoroughly reconsidering the ban, according to human rights advocates in the county. VNC fully supports the sentiments expressed by many Saudi women’s rights activists and allies, both within the country and abroad, who have welcomed these recent developments, but emphasize that broader reforms are necessary. In demanding an end to all violence against women ‘justified’ in the name of religion, culture or tradition, we renounce policies that continue to promote violent punishments and impose restrictions on Saudi women’s enjoyment of their fundamental rights and freedoms. Such policies contradict Saudi Arabia’s obligations under the international treaties by which it is bound, especially the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). We welcome the assurance by Saudi Arabia’s representatives at the 2008 CEDAW Committee review that there is no contradiction in substance between CEDAW and Islamic Shari’a.
We call upon King Abdullah Bin Abd-al-Aziz Al Saud to pursue the reforms he introduced in line with Saudi Arabia’s obligations under international law, particularly the key reforms urged by the CEDAW Committee. http://www.violenceisnotourculture.org/files/VNC-SaudiReforms-web.pdf http://www.violenceisnotourculture.org/files/CEDAW-KeyMeasures-Saudi%20Arabia.pdf
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