An unlikely union. Exploring the possibilities of Afrikaner and black women’s organisations cooperating in the Women’s National Coalition, 1991-1994.
Abstract
Die Women’s National Coalition (WNC) is in 1992 gestig om
gelykberegtiging vir vroue in demokratiese Suid-Afrika te verseker. Inligting
oor vroue se behoeftes en aspirasies sou ingesamel word en in ‘n Vrouehandves
saamgevat word wat uiteindelik deel van die nuwe grondwet sou word. Op
hierdie wyse sou vroueregte grondwetlik beskerm word. Die WNC was ‘n
African National Congress Women’s League inisiatief. Vroueorganisasies
dwarsoor die land is uitgenooi om die politieke arena te betree. Die gevolg
was dat ongeveer 100 organisasies by die WNC aangesluit het, van hulle was
ongeveer dertien Afrikanervroueorganisasies. Die grootste groepering was
Afrikanervroue-kultuurorganisasies.
Die verteenwoordigers van die Afrikanerkultuurorganisasies het moeilik by
die WNC aangepas. Daar was talle praktiese probleme, maar dit was veral
haar gebrek aan politieke vernuf, en die vyandigheid van swart vroue wat die
vergaderings van die WNC domineer het, wat haar betrokkenheid in die wiele
gery het. Die gedagte het ook by feitlik al die Afrikanervroue ontstaan dat die
WNC ‘n politieke rookskerm was vir die ANC om sy magsbasis te versterk.
Hierdie artikel ondersoek die moontlikheid of daar wel samewerking
tussen Afrikanervroue en swartvroue in die WNC kon wees. Moontlike
raakpunte, soos moederskap, patriargie, godsdiens, feminisme, susterskap,
ens. word ondersoek. Die slotsom is dat daar nie werklike raakpunte tussen
Afrikanervroue en swartvroue in die WNC was nie.
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