Stemmerettskamp i India

Hva forteller Sarojini Naidus brev til sin datter og andre politikere om kampen for kvinners rettigheter, inklusive stemmerett? Hva forteller avisreferatene i Times om synet på den indiske kvinnebevegelsen? Sammenligne indiske politiske aktivister med de norske/nordiske?

Om kvinners stemmerett:

  • Women’s suffrage: where and when
  • ”In colonized countries, women demanded the right to vote not just from stable republics, but from colonial powers. Anti-colonial nationalist movements in some cases encompassed women’s suffrage. For example, in India in 1919, poet and political activist Sarojini Naidu headed a small deputation of women to England to present the case for female suffrage before a select committee set up to create a proposal for constitution reforms aimed at the inclusion of some Indians in government. Although the British committee found the proposition preposterous, they allowed future Indian provincial legislatures to grant or refuse the franchise to women. To the British surprise, many did, making it possible within a short span of time for women to be represented, however limited, on a par with men. Universal suffrage for all adults over 21 was not achieved, however, until it became part of India’s 1950 Constitution.”
  • “Women in newly independent states in Africa typically won the vote around the year 1960. On winning national independence, most of the ex-colonized countries created constitutions which guaranteed the franchise to both men and women. In other countries, like South Africa where only whites were allowed to vote for members of the central government, white women gained the right to vote for central government in 1930, while black and colored women voted for the first time in 1994.”

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Publisert 1. mars 2012 11:02