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South Africa's new constitution unambiguously commits the country to democracy and the elimination of discrimination against women. This volume of essays explores the meaning and implications of gender equality in South Africa. Contributions include studies on child custody, surrogacy, bridewealth, sexual harrassment, rape, sentencing, equality at work, customary law, and gender stereotyping in judical discourse. (DÜI-Hff)

This study focused on the experiences of grandparents raising grandchildren in rural, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Termed grand-families, there are numerous reasons why grandparents must step up and step in to care for their grandchildren. Often these reasons are related to their adult children's struggles with mental illness and substance use disorders. Adopting Clandinin and Connelly's approach to narrative inquiry, we present findings from the conversational interviews conducted with 12 grandparents raising their grandchildren. Interview data were analyzed through the narrative dimensions of time, place, and relationship. Findings are presented as rich narratives which illuminate the evolution and storied experiences of grand-families. Particularly revealing are the challenges grandparents face as they navigate various systems, including health care, that do not acknowledge the uniqueness of their family form. Nurses work with grand-families across varied clinical settings. Grounded within the philosophy of Patient and Family Centered Care and family nursing theory, this article offers recommendations for supportive interventions that nurses can implement when caring for grand-families across clinical settings. This study has the potential to facilitate the development of evidence-based supports and services, which are responsive to the needs, realities, and complexities of grand-families.

The contributions to this book originated as papers presented at a conference organised by Lawyers for Human Rights, and held at the University of the Witwatersrand during Johannesburg in November 1990. The first nine essays are mainly concerned with the nature of gender discrimination locally; its manifestation in the Constitutional Guidelines of the ANC; the kinds of changes which have been made to accommodate women; critiques of these changes; the kinds of changes which are needed; and predictions of their effect on women. The next four essays deal with sexual politics: rape, sexual harassment and reproductive rights. The last four are concerned with constitutional changes and their effect on women in post-independent countries such as Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, and in Canada. (DÜI-Hff)

Kuperman, Alan J.: Can constitutional design avert ethnopolitical violence?, S. 520-522. - Hartmann, Christof: Limits of constitutional reform in managing African conflicts, S. 523-527. - Murray, Christina: Constitutional design in Africa: is mix and match ok?, S. 528-532. - Siegle, Joseph: Constitutional design: vital but insufficient for conflict management, S. 533-537. - Cheeseman, Nic: Accomodation works better for reducing conflict, S. 538-545. - Ottaway, Marina: Does research on constitutions matter?, S. 546-549. - Kuperman, Alan J.: An illuminating dialogue, S. 550-555

Introduction 1. - PART I. ASYMMETRICAL APPROACHES TO STATE DESIGN. - 1 Cases of Asymmetrical Territorial Autonomy 17. - 2 The Russian Constitutional System: Complexity and Asymmetry 48. - 3 Partial Asymmetry and Federal Construction: Accommodating Diversity in the Canadian Constitution 75. - 4 Elusive Autonomy in Sub-Saharan Africa 97. - 5 Asymmetry in the Face of Heavily Disproportionate Power Relations: Hong Kong 121. - 6 Asymmetric Autonomy in the United Kingdom 148. - PART II. CONFLICT SETTLEMENTS. - 7 Thinking About Asymmetry and Symmetry in the Remaking of Iraq 183. - PART III. EMERGING SETTLEMENTS. - 8 The Case for Asymmetric Federalism in Georgia: A Missed Opportunity 213. - 9 Gagauz Autonomy in Moldova: The Real and the Virtual in Post-Soviet State Design 231. - 10 Asymmetric Autonomy and Power Sharing for Sri Lanka: A Political Solution to Ethnic Conflict? 252. - 11 Puntland's Declaration of Autonomy and Somaliland's Secession: Two Quests for Self-Governance in a Failed State 278. - Conclusion 298

Peace processes often confront conflict issues that have deep constitutional relevance, and yet the obvious link to "constitution making" and the need for constitutional expertise are seldom acknowledged. The role of constitution making in peace processes is understudied and there is little practical guidance for individuals involved in peace processes, especially the mediators, negotiators and other actors who support them, on how to engage with constitutional elements in peace processes.

In the new South Africa under the principle of 'co-operative government', the powers and functions of the three levels of government, national, provincial and local, were redefined as was the inter-relationship between them. The ensuing system of intergovernmental relations (IGR) has proven to be a complex and evolving one. The Constitution merely spells out an enabling framework for the development of a system of IGR and leaves the detail of the implementation to legislators and policy-makers. The volume provides a comprehensive analysis of IGR in South Africa. The authors encompass a broad study of intergovernmental fiscal relations, a wide-ranging commentary on the making of the Constitution, an in-depth treatment of the current instruments of IGR as well as a comparative study of IGR in multi-sphere systems. The book includes chapters on the significance of social dialogue between government and civil society in the management of IGR and on the settlement of intergovernmental disputes. (DÜI-Sbd)