Literature and Human Rights: The Law, the Language and the Limitations of Human Rights Discourse by Ward Ian

Author:Ward, Ian [Ward, Ian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2015-02-23T05:00:00+00:00

Virmati had witnessed this struggle, but had not taken any part in it. It is as if her initial personal fight for education had drained all her energies. Even for a highly educated woman like Virmati, inequality is normative,586 and yet “Beggars cannot be choosers!” as Swarma used to say (DD, 141). Schooling should not unseat tradition, as some people feared it would, but rather the patriarchal system, social injustice, cultural colonialism, and violence. More so than men, women should learn what they deserve, that is respect for their dignity, which is a central concern of both Hinduism and fundamental rights, albeit in different ways. The Preamble to the Universal Declaration states that

every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.

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