03-18-2012, 07:30 AM
It is precisely the same problem with slavery. I am a member of Anti-Slavery International, (which was Wilberforce's organisation). It regularly persuades governments to pass laws banning slavery, but implementation is often patchy, or non-existent.
My old college, the School of Oriental and African Studies, now has many courses in 'Development Studies' which seem rather phoney at first sight. Yet at the core of these, is governance, and planning. If there is no sensible governance, nothing much will happen; if there is, incremental changes take place.
I think, with regard to Sudan, that it must be a matter of fact, whether, as claimed, all the women are smoking their armpits and giggling about sex, or just a piece of fiction. Similarly, it must be a matter of fact, whether there is an increased female mortality rate. While the place continues to be run by a man wanted for war crimes, these things may be difficult to establish.
My old college, the School of Oriental and African Studies, now has many courses in 'Development Studies' which seem rather phoney at first sight. Yet at the core of these, is governance, and planning. If there is no sensible governance, nothing much will happen; if there is, incremental changes take place.
I think, with regard to Sudan, that it must be a matter of fact, whether, as claimed, all the women are smoking their armpits and giggling about sex, or just a piece of fiction. Similarly, it must be a matter of fact, whether there is an increased female mortality rate. While the place continues to be run by a man wanted for war crimes, these things may be difficult to establish.