Status of Women in Islam In the history of the world‚ Islam was the first religion and the first social system which recognized the human status of women and awarded them the highest dignity and honor. In addition‚ Islam granted women equal rights with men in every aspect‚ and abolished all discriminations on the basis of sex. According to the ancient Persians‚ woman was a symbol of filth and evil‚ and all wicked deities were represented as females. During this period‚ in which women were deprived
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Women were considered inferior to men in practical life. But in scriptures they were given high position. Thus in past‚ the status of women in India was not clear. It was theoretically high but practically low. Women were prohibited to take part in domestic as well as in external matter. They were under the influence of their parents before marriage and their husbands after marriage. Thus‚ the position of women in ancient India was inferior. The position became worse even during the Moghul rule
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```STATUS OF WOMAN IN ISLAM Outline Woman-as vital to life as man himself Islam gives woman rights and privileges‚ never grated before Quran addresses men and women jointly Modern woman seeks rights by force Woman has equal share in every aspect of life She is equal in responsibilities She is equal in pursuit in knowledge She is entitled to equal freedom of expression Islam determines her share in inheritance A misconception regarding this share & her witness to civil contact Some advantages
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Christopher Columbus‚ colonialism gained its reverence as it proved valuable politically‚ socially‚ and most importantly economically for powerful nations. Colonization was run by the colonists‚ for the colonists‚ meaning all other parties suffered. In the 1800’s‚ the “Scramble for Africa‚” marked the beginning of racial oppression towards Blacks. Originally desired for their resource abundant land and hard working people‚ the African origin peoples were taken as a means to build up the New World. This subjugation
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The idea of women as the fairer‚ nurturing‚ compassionate dates back to notions of Victorian sexual polarity‚ which viewed women by nature as passive and emotional and men as are naturally assertive and dominant (Rosenberg.) The “circle of domestic life” was used to justifies women from the political‚ economic‚ higher education an access to birth control and abortion. Women occupied a different “world” than men‚ one that utilized their natural predisposition towards nurturant activities (Kerber 1988)
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even before Aryan tribes from the northwest infiltrated the Indian subcontinent around 1500 B.C. . Throughout this enormous time period‚ many changes have occurred in their way of life‚ with the roots of discrimination against women lie in the religious and cultural practices of India . Additionally‚ the status of Indian women has varied back and forth for that time period as well‚ depending on the time period and the religion that said woman is in. In ancient times‚ women were treated fairly in most
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Ashwarya Subhluxmi The Status of women in India The lifestyle of Indian women has undergone colossal changes each millennium. In the Vedic period‚ roughly between 1700 and 1100 BCE‚ when the first Hindi scriptures also known as Vedas in Sanskrit were being composed‚ women enjoyed a very privileged life. Most of them were educated and considered to be intellectually competent with their male counterparts. However‚ in the medieval period lasting from 8th to 18th Century‚ their life became really
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Status of women in Nepal About half of the world’s population is of women. In the western countries‚ both men and women enjoy equality of rights. But the situation in most of the Asian and African nation’s women is different. There is a large scaled discrimination between men and women. Discrimination starts from home itself‚ parents treat male and female child differently and have expectations based on the cultural differences (Nalini sastry‚ 2000). Nalini reports socializing process is the
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In the 1800s‚ people from across the globe left their homeland to come to the United States. They fled crop failure‚ rising taxes‚ oppression‚ and hunger to seek out a new settlement in the U.S.‚ as it was thought to be a land of opportunity and economic success. People with different religion‚ language‚ and appearance were enticed to the United States; however‚ because of their physical differences‚ ethnic groups from across the globe faced discrimination and were subject to racialization. Such
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Status of Women in Pakistan The status of women in Pakistan varies considerably across classes‚ regions‚ and the rural/urban divide due to uneven socioeconomic development and the impact of tribal‚ feudal‚ and capitalist social formations on women’s lives. The Pakistani women of today enjoy a better status than most Muslim women. Women in Pakistan have progressed in various fields of life such as politics‚ education‚ economy‚ services‚ health and many more. However‚ on an average‚ the women’s situation
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