Women’s rights are differently affected in any given society or country by war or peace, war between segments in the society or as an affect of external conflicts. During times of war, the security of women is simply faltering, as they are vulnerable to slavery, rape, murder, and more violent acts by their enemies, invaders, or by their own country’s frustrated soldiers or men. Peace affects women likewise. For the purpose of this essay, we will study two of the major threats to women’s rights, during times of Peace, that of which are the effects of diverse cultures and poverty.
To begin with, most rights are won through long and painful effort and strife, even in cases such rights are guaranteed by the Almighty, especially women’s rights. …show more content…
If I would categorize threats on women’s rights under two main umbrellas they would be the social status of women in a culture and their economic status.
Culture and heritage, in my opinion, are responsible for the amount of women’s rights allowed or accepted in any given society. Culture and heritage, in their turn, are deeply affected by religion of the society and its history, mostly negative effects. Issues like early female marriages, child marriage, divorce, equal rights of education, and equal rights in obtaining and securing jobs, are some of the major areas in which violations unfavorable to women occur and persist. Even societies of developed countries, and despite what has been won by the females in human rights, are still lacking in …show more content…
Such abolition of poverty through education will also bring about positive changes in a society’s perception of women’s rights, despite their cultural heritage and bended religion. A case in point is what happened and is happening in Morocco with regards to women’s right, where Moroccan women understood their legal rights and fought against their illiterate culture. They launched Union of Feminine Action, in 1992, a million signature campaign that lead to a new law that required their husbands to inform them before they remarried. Moreover, in the 21st century, 35 women were elected to Parliament and their king’s wife became a public figure. Finally, many reforms were made to the family code. This proves that education and well planned peaceful movements actually could make a difference in a country’s laws and protect women’s
To begin with, most rights are won through long and painful effort and strife, even in cases such rights are guaranteed by the Almighty, especially women’s rights. …show more content…
If I would categorize threats on women’s rights under two main umbrellas they would be the social status of women in a culture and their economic status.
Culture and heritage, in my opinion, are responsible for the amount of women’s rights allowed or accepted in any given society. Culture and heritage, in their turn, are deeply affected by religion of the society and its history, mostly negative effects. Issues like early female marriages, child marriage, divorce, equal rights of education, and equal rights in obtaining and securing jobs, are some of the major areas in which violations unfavorable to women occur and persist. Even societies of developed countries, and despite what has been won by the females in human rights, are still lacking in …show more content…
Such abolition of poverty through education will also bring about positive changes in a society’s perception of women’s rights, despite their cultural heritage and bended religion. A case in point is what happened and is happening in Morocco with regards to women’s right, where Moroccan women understood their legal rights and fought against their illiterate culture. They launched Union of Feminine Action, in 1992, a million signature campaign that lead to a new law that required their husbands to inform them before they remarried. Moreover, in the 21st century, 35 women were elected to Parliament and their king’s wife became a public figure. Finally, many reforms were made to the family code. This proves that education and well planned peaceful movements actually could make a difference in a country’s laws and protect women’s