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Hare Krishna: women
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Participation, Protection and Patriarchy: An International Model for the Role of Women in ISKCON
This paper is drawn from a presentation given at the ‘Vaishnavis in ISKCON’ conference held in Marina Del Rey, California, 5-7 December, 1997.
This paper examines the question of what constitute appropriate roles for women in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). My purpose is to
develop an analytical framework that will be of use to ISKCON in further thinking about the role of women in ISKCON. I use concepts developed in International Law in this examination and I begin by explaining the benefits of a model that incorporates International Law. The second section of this paper addresses the relationship of Human Rights
Law to our Vaishnava philosophy and raises problems in our treatment of women up to this point. In the next section I go on to discuss the kind of rights that Human Rights Law embodies. Section four considers the application of those human rights in ISKCON and examines the issue of protection of
women from an International Rights perspective. The concluding section highlights actions that ISKCON should take in order to ensure appropriate roles for women.
The benefits of International Law
The first, and most important benefit of an International Law approach in defining roles for women in ISKCON, is that it gives us a coherent framework for resolving many different tensions. The question of the role of women includes a number of different
considerations and would have an impact on our society as a whole. It is, in some sense, artificial to divide our analysis into "men’s issues" and "women’s issues," because the treatment of women affects every member of ISKCON, regardless of gender. Women are wives, mothers, sisters, and service colleagues to men. Moreover, the question of the role of women in ISKCON raises other questions, such as the relationship our leaders have with ISKCON’s members and the obligations of the individual to ISKCON as an institution. International Law provides an existing model that allows us to integrate these various concerns into a coherent analysis.
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CSR: Table of Contents - Vol. 02, No. 01, 2003
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International Cultic Studies Association
Department: Group Report
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C/S Vol. 1, No. 1, 2001
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| Featured Group Report |
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Hare Krishna: women
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Radha Devi Dasi
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1/12 |
Participation, Protection and Patriarchy: An International Model for the Role of Women in ISKCON
This paper is drawn from a presentation given at the ‘Vaishnavis in ISKCON’ conference held in Marina Del Rey, California, 5-7 December, 1997.
This paper examines the question of what constitute appropriate roles for women in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). My purpose is to
develop an analytical framework that will be of use to ISKCON in further thinking about the role of women in ISKCON. I use concepts developed in International Law in this examination and I begin by explaining the benefits of a model that incorporates International Law. The second section of this paper addresses the relationship of Human Rights
Law to our Vaishnava philosophy and raises problems in our treatment of women up to this point. In the next section I go on to discuss the kind of rights that Human Rights Law embodies. Section four considers the application of those human rights in ISKCON and examines the issue of protection of
women from an International Rights perspective. The concluding section highlights actions that ISKCON should take in order to ensure appropriate roles for women.
The benefits of International Law
The first, and most important benefit of an International Law approach in defining roles for women in ISKCON, is that it gives us a coherent framework for resolving many different tensions. The question of the role of women includes a number of different
considerations and would have an impact on our society as a whole. It is, in some sense, artificial to divide our analysis into "men’s issues" and "women’s issues," because the treatment of women affects every member of ISKCON, regardless of gender. Women are wives, mothers, sisters, and service colleagues to men. Moreover, the question of the role of women in ISKCON raises other questions, such as the relationship our leaders have with ISKCON’s members and the obligations of the individual to ISKCON as an institution. International Law provides an existing model that allows us to integrate these various concerns into a coherent analysis.
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