Невидливото, замолченото, исклученото: Погрешно претставување на жените во Европскиот Устав
The Invisible, the Silenced, the Excluded: Women's Misinterpretation in the European Constitution

Summary/Abstract: The European Constitution, although claiming to address ‘everyone’, is not gender sensitive and excludes ‘marginal’ categories by ignoring their particular problems and needs. I chose to focus on Part II, The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the Union, which provides citizens with human rights only in the public space. Since what occurs ‘in private’ remains invisible to the public eye, most women can not enjoy their ‘fundamental rights’ as they fellow men do. But when women are denied their rights in private, their human rights in the public sphere also suffer, since this affects their ability to fully participate in the public arena. The European Constitution does not take notice of this reality and maintains the traditional image of the patriarchal family, therefore tolerating the abuse and the unfair treatment of women. My critique targets the invisibility of women as far as the European Constitution is concerned and its masculine-centred discourse on the whole.

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