2. The woman, whose status
and role traditionally was
well defined and almost
fixed in the society, is now
experiencing far-reaching
changes.
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The position and status of women in India is low
despite the myth of her being considered a
“goddess” and “shakti” personified. She may be the
embodiment of power or Shakti but then there is
the concept of this power having to be
controlled and channelized and that controlling
agent is conveniently man
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The social reformers in the nineteenth century for the first time
raised the question of low status of women in India. Raja Rammohun
Roy, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, M.G. Ranade, Maharshi Karve,
Jyotiba Phule, Dayanand Saraswati and many others got quite
concerned with woman’s low position in society. They felt very
strongly that efforts must be made to raise her status. With the
nationalist movement and particularly in the phase when Gandhiji
was leading the movement many women came out of the four walls
and contributed in various ways to free the country
the country
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Men and women are declared equal before law. With this
constitutional safeguard, a feeling was generated that the
problems of inequality, inferiority, discrimination have been
solved. This myth continued up to the mid-sixties. Perhaps the
visibility of educated women in positions of power and a
number of dignified nationalist women like Sarojini Naidu,
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Vijayalaxmi Pandit, Renu
Chakravarti, holding high positions of decision-making
generated an illusion that Indian women are equal in status,
and they do not therefore require any movement for
removing disabilities.
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7. Historically, Afghan women have always been
marginalised and accorded subordinate status. The
position of women in the family and society has
been shaped by many factors and there are strong
cultural and historical roots of gender
discrimination. Afghanistan is a multi-ethnic and
traditional society that has been governed along
tribal lines and by a weak central state
8. During the rule of the Taliban women were
treated worse than in any other time. They
were forbidden to work, leave the house
without a male escort, or seek medical help
from a male doctor, and they were forced to
cover themselves from head to toe, even
covering their eyes. Women who were
doctors and teachers were forced to leave
their work and sit at home, and girls were
forbidden to go to school as a result of the
prevalent ultraconservative policies of that
period.
9. A robust policy framework has been put in place by
the government for the welfare of women. Notable
among the core strategic documents that make up
this framework are the Afghanistan Compact,
Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS),
and National Action Plan for the Women of
Afghanistan (NAPWA). These developments have been
successful in keeping the issue of women’s
empowerment high on the country’s development
10. Women's rights in Saudi Arabia are
limited in comparison to many of its
neighbors. The World Economic
Forum's 2016 Global Gender Gap Report
ranked Saudi Arabia 141 out of 144
countries for gender parity, down
from 134 out of 145 in 2015
11. However, women's status has
changed in recent decades. Women
were previously forbidden from
voting or being elected to
political office, but in 2011 King
Abdullah let women vote in the
2015 local elections, as well as to
be appointed to the Consultative
Assembly.
12. Many conservative Saudi women do
not support loosening traditional
gender roles and restrictions, on the
grounds that Saudi Arabia is the
closest thing to an "ideal and pure
Islamic nation," and under threat
from "imported Western values".
13. At the end just we
want to convey the
message - please
respect women
