scholarly journals Gender Equality in Iranian History

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 103-105
Author(s):  
Nasrin Rahimieh
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
World Religions ◽  
Islamic Studies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Iranian History ◽  
Mcgill University ◽  
Status Of Women

This ambitious undertaking, comprising 6 chapters, 16 tables, 4 appendixes,and a glossary, is the culmination of a doctoral program at McGill University’sInstitute of Islamic Studies. A specialist in Islam, world religions, andgender studies, Minoo Derayeh is now an assistant professor at York Universityin Toronto.Gender Equality in Iranian History seeks to uncover the social, political,and economic status of women across the vast expanse of Iranian history.In her “Foreword,” Ratna Gosh (McGill University) applauds theauthor’s contribution for showing that the “concept of Islamic feminism isfounded on the idea of complementary rather than equal rights” and, equallyimportantly, for laying bare “the root of cultural patriarchy” (p. ii). The veryidea of complementarity, as the book’s chapters reveal, has not always beenunproblematically present in Iran’s encounter with Islam ...

scholarly journals Female Education in Nigeria: A Key to Development in ESAN North East Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Ebhomienlen, T. O. ◽  
Aitufe V. O
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Sex Discrimination ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Female Education ◽  
North East ◽  
The Social ◽  
Phenomenological Methodology ◽  
Edo State ◽  
Status Of Women

This essay portrays Female Education in Nigeria as a key to Development in Esan North East Local Government Area, Edo State. The need to break the barrier of sex discrimination at the crucial time that Nigeria needs all round development is more appealing. The female folks are supposed to be co – pilots of the wheel of progress. It is evident in Esan North East Local Government Area that the traditional view of women has not drastically changed. Most women are still into petty business, like trading, farming, menial fashion making, hair making and so on. The new wind of change that is blowing in some parts of Nigeria has not sufficiently reflected in the area of this study. This study therefore, aims at encouraging females themselves and their parents to change their past view on education and respond positively on female education campaign initiates. To achieve the objectives of this essay the researcher adopts the historical, analytical and phenomenological methodology. It discovers that the training of girls/ women will enhance the social, political and economic status of women themselves and the society at large and this will form the bedrock for holistic development.

The Fertility Plateau in Costa Rica: a Review of Causes and Remedies

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 317-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen D. Holl ◽  
Gretchen C. Daily ◽  
Paul R. Ehrlich
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Costa Rican ◽  
Family Planning Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
Institutional Influence ◽  
Developed Nations ◽  
Status Of Women

The decline and subsequent above-replacement plateau in Costa Rican fertility rates illustrates a demographic pattern that is apparent in other developing countries. This paper discusses the complexity of factors that contribute to the fertility plateau in Costa Rica. These contributory factors include the social and economic status of women, socio-economic conditions in general, lack of government commitment to and supply of family planning services relative to demand, deficient sex and family-planning education, and the powerful institutional influence of the Catholic Church.We then discuss possible strategies, for developing and developed nations alike, to slow and eventually halt the exponential growth of the global human population. For this quintessential need the most important strategies, we suggest, are targeted education for both sexes and provision of comprehensive contraceptive and abortion services.

scholarly journals Honour Killing: Justified or Crime in the Context of Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-40
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ali ◽  
Nuzhat Akram
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Collective Responsibility ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
The Social ◽  
Honour Killing ◽  
The Government ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Better Than

Women constitute about half of the population of Pakistan. The social status of women in Pakistan largely depends upon geographical location and the class from where she belongs to. Situation of Urban women is much better than rural women. According to the Constitution of Pakistan 1973, though women have equal rights like men in the state, but throughout the history she is facing discrimination and even has been killed by her own male family members in the name of so-called "Honour". But the irony is, it is hard to find "Honour" in honour killings. Though the government of Pakistan is serious to solve this problem but ill practices and so-called social customs are big hurdles in the way. The main objective of this research is to highlight such social and cultural evils, those are basic causes of gender inequality and discrimination in Pakistan. It is collective responsibility of our society and state not only to find better solutions of the problem of honour killing but it is also need of time to educate and empower women in Pakistan. So that she may become constructive element of the society.

scholarly journals Women Empowerment: Issues and Challenges

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Srinivasa Murthy A T
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Total Income ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Food Commodities ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
Status Of Women

Women’s Empowerment has been an issue of immense discussions and contemplation over the last few decades world-wide. This as an agenda has been on top of the lists of most government plans & programs as well. Efforts have been made on a regular basis across nations to address this issue and enhance the socio-economic status of women. However, it has been observed that most of the policies and programs view empowerment in the economic sense only working in the belief that economic self-reliance empowers women ignoring other variables like health, education, literacy etc. Introduction In the history of human development, woman has been as important as man. In fact, the status, employment and work performed by women in society is the indicator of a nation’s overall progress. Without the participation of women in national activities, the social, economical or political progress of a country will be stagnated. Women constitute half of the humanity, even contributing two-thirds of world’s work hours. She earns only one-third of the total income and owns less than one-tenth of the world’s resources. This shows that the economic status of women is in pathetic condition and this is more so in a country like India., “women constitute nearly 50 per cent of population, perform two-thirds of the work and produce 50 per cent of food commodities consumed by the country. They earn one third of remuneration and own 10 per cent of the property or wealth of the country” (Reddy et al., 1994).

scholarly journals Medical Patriarchy: The Case of Legal Midwives in Lebanon

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (Summer) ◽  
pp. 132-147
Author(s):  
Hiba Abbani
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Professional Status ◽  
Current Health ◽  
Creation Myth ◽  
General Rules ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Do So

The economic status of women today is neither a mere coincidence, nor a result of their ability (or lack thereof) to take on other jobs; it has nothing to do with their “nature,” despite the legends propagated on their behalf, starting with the creation myth. The existence of Eve was a sufficient motive to fight her, an approach that persists to this day, albeit using different tools and weapons, and that is engrained in our very structures. These violent battles have been bloody, despotic, or both, but they all served to transform myths into beliefs or general rules that inform how women are perceived. Not always visible or evident, these myths can have malicious consequences, especially when they claim that women lack the capacity, merit, eligibility, and credibility to reach certain positions in the social and economic ladder. As a result, women are left at the bottom of the ladder in terms of professional status, wages, working conditions, and, most importantly, the value attributed to their work. Throughout this essay, I seek to contribute to refuting the myths about women at work, especially those involved in the healthcare fields. To do so, I shed light on the work of legal midwives (kabila), and traditional midwives (daya), and the fundamental role they play in the health of women and mothers. I also aim to highlight some historical and contemporary facts to address the historical erasure of women’s achievements, and to contribute to bringing justice to midwives in the face of the ongoing distortion, prejudice, and isolation under the current health system.

scholarly journals The impact of public policies on economic empowerment of women in Serbia

Temida ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-134
Author(s):  
Maja Brankovic-Djundic
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Gender Aspect ◽  
Status Of Women

The subject of this article is the possibilities and ways in which public policies can effect economic empowerment of women. In this paper the social and historical factors that influence the development of gender-based economic inequalities and economic status of women in Serbia are presented. Additionally, the paper offers critical review of strategic documents and specific public policies in Serbia that address the improvement of the status of women from a gender aspect, and assess their potential impact on changes regarding gender inequality.

Palace Women in the Former Han Dynasty (202 BCE–CE 23): Gender and Administrational History in the Early Imperial Era

NAN Nü ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Milburn
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
Han Dynasty ◽  
Historical Texts ◽  
The Social ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Heads Of Household ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Legal Right

In the chapters concerned with palace women, the Hanshu provides a detailed description of the administrational structures of the hougong (Rear palace) in the Former Han dynasty, the earliest information of this kind to survive for any Chinese regime. This includes an account of the twenty-one official ranks granted to women at this period, and the information given here has parallels in other contemporary historical texts. Thanks to the excavation of Han dynasty legal codes at Zhangjiashan, the Hanshu account can now be understood in much greater detail, not only with respect to the salaries paid to women, but also their right to hold tracts of land – a legal right shared with other women heads of household at this time. This paper examines the developing institutional structures of the Han dynasty hougong, and the impact of promotion within this hierarchy on the social and economic status of women inside and outside the walls of the palace.


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