Women’s Right is the rights for women and girls all around the world. Equal rights of men and women is one of the most important principles of the United Nations Charter adopted by world leaders in 1945; therefore protecting and promoting women’s human right is the responsibility of all States. In addition to gender, women face discrimination due to factors such as their age, ethnicity, disability and socio-economic status.
Even after the rights were promoted, there are still millions of woman around the world who continue to experience discrimination because they are women such as, there are laws that prohibit women from equal access to land or property; there are also economic and social discrimination that resulted in poor choices made by women making them vulnerable to trafficking; 30% of women globally were affected by the gender based violence. The women rights defenders are not accepted by their communities and seen as threat to religion and culture. To effectively ensuring women’s human rights, there are needs to understand the social structures, economy, family and community life; not only the laws and politics of the country. Gender stereotypes need to be …show more content…
One of the best Quranic verse to describe women’s right in Islam is “There is no compulsion in religion.”(2:256) From this verse it shows that it is up to the women themselves to choose what they want to do and accept as a religious obligation. For some people it is about the covering of the hair but for others it is the inner development of ethical values that is very important. It is wrong to be stuck on the issue of head covering when discussing about Muslim women’s rights in Islam. The Quran actually reinforces the self-esteem of a Muslim woman and Muslim women worldwide are using the Quran to reassert their rights that have been taken away from them through male interpretations, understandings and
Even after the rights were promoted, there are still millions of woman around the world who continue to experience discrimination because they are women such as, there are laws that prohibit women from equal access to land or property; there are also economic and social discrimination that resulted in poor choices made by women making them vulnerable to trafficking; 30% of women globally were affected by the gender based violence. The women rights defenders are not accepted by their communities and seen as threat to religion and culture. To effectively ensuring women’s human rights, there are needs to understand the social structures, economy, family and community life; not only the laws and politics of the country. Gender stereotypes need to be …show more content…
One of the best Quranic verse to describe women’s right in Islam is “There is no compulsion in religion.”(2:256) From this verse it shows that it is up to the women themselves to choose what they want to do and accept as a religious obligation. For some people it is about the covering of the hair but for others it is the inner development of ethical values that is very important. It is wrong to be stuck on the issue of head covering when discussing about Muslim women’s rights in Islam. The Quran actually reinforces the self-esteem of a Muslim woman and Muslim women worldwide are using the Quran to reassert their rights that have been taken away from them through male interpretations, understandings and