Turkey: Women condemn Turkey's new draft Constitution  A new
civilian constitution is being prepared to replace the current
one, introduced after a 1980 military coup. The document
describes women as a vulnerable group needing protection.    The
current constitution in Turkey obliges the government to ensure
equality for all - a clause that women's groups fought hard to
include. The new draft removes that, describing women instead as
a vulnerable group in need of special protection.  Women's
rights activist Selen Lermioglu calls that worrying proof that
Turkey is still a highly patriarchal society. "If the government
accepts this it will show their ideology and mindset about women
and men - that women are a group that needs to be protected,"
she said. "No we're not, we don't need protection. We need
equality and ask for that, not protection. "If all laws and the
whole constitution is prepared with this mindset, it can have a
really bad impact," she added, pointing out that the draft was
drawn up by men.  Pres