rights and religion Options

[innovation]

certain Islamic Fundamentalist nations currently have legislation that deprive women of social advancement-- for example, they don't allow women to leave the house without their husbands, drive, etc. also, education is not compulsory for girls in some nations. these laws (or lack of laws) have instilled the long-standing impression in some cultures that women are "inferior," thus making them more vulnerable to domestic violence, etc. in addition, they cannot participate political or get jobs; therefore, the nations' economic, social, and political development is stunted!

does the UN have the right to ask them to reevaluate their religious doctrines, keeping in mind the importance of women's rights? can the UN really infringe on their culture/religion like that, when human rights are at stake? help, you guys!

[sammi rules you]

i agree, of course. but in less socially progressive nations, nobody is used to having girls in schools. they might be harrassed, discouraged, etc, or subject to further violence because the males might think that they're attempting to rebel. even with such a law (it's stated as a UN suggestion in the Beijing Platform for Action), enforcement will be difficult...

however, it was a hard idea to process for most of our country that black people and white people should be in the same schools; but, we got over it. i think that, in their own time, the people in the country will come to realize that these women need rights. if the women don't have access to the media, then some man will realize it. it wasn't only women protesting for womens' rights here; it was men, too.