妇女议事会:基层民主自治与法治社会建设的实践探索

Women’s Council:A Practical Exploration on the Construction of Democracy,Autonomy and the Rule of Law at the Grassroots Level

妇女议事会是全国妇联倡导的妇女群众参与社会管理和基层民主建设的创新举措,是实施《宪法》第2条人民依法管理国家事务和社会各项事务的有益探索,是"自治、法治、德治相结合"的典范。妇女议事会调动了妇女群众参与社会公共事务的积极性,激发了她们的自治活力和创造力,有利于解决长期以来女性在社会决策中代表性不足和话语权缺失的问题。议事的过程对广大基层妇女来说也是权利意识、规则意识、协商能力、法治观念甚至法治思维的养成过程。妇女议事会不仅有助于保障妇女儿童权益和促进女性发展,还对丰富基层协商民主、发展基层群众自治、建设法治社会和推动《宪法》实施具有独特的价值。应当充分肯定、支持和完善妇女议事会,使其长期化、规范化和制度化。

The women’s Council is an innovative measure advocated by the all China Women’s Federation for women’s participation in social management and grass-roots democracy construction.It is a beneficial exploration for the people to manage state affairs and social affairs according to law in accordance with Article 2 of the constitution,and is a model of "the combination of autonomy,rule of law and rule of virtue".The women’s Council has aroused the enthusiasm of women to participate in social public affairs,stimulated their autonomous vitality and creativity,and helped to solve the problems of women’s lack of representation and voice in social decision-making for a long time.The process of deliberation is also the process of developing the awareness of rights,rules,consultation ability,the concept of rule of law and even the thinking of the rule of law.The women’s Council not only helps to protect the rights and interests of women and children and promote women’s development,but also has unique value in enriching grass-roots consultative democracy,developing grass-roots mass autonomy,building a society ruled by law and promoting the implementation of the constitution.We should fully affirm,support and perfect the women’s Council so as to make it long-term,standardized and institutionalized.