The Rights of Islamic Women

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This six page paper analyzes the rights of women as addressed by the United Nations in their International Human Rights Convention (CEDAW). This paper focuses on Islam as incompatible with current basic human rights for women as it argues that Islam has historically treated women as inferior to men. It then looks at current media with regards to this issue.

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"The Rights (or Lack Thereof) Of Islamic Women The United Nations has taken measures to ensure that all women, internationally, are allowed the same equal freedoms as males. In 1979, it developed an international bill of rights for women, called the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). Discrimination against women is defined in this manner: "any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and women, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field" (United Nations). These rights are addressed by the United Nations in an attempt to create equality between males and females. However, internationally, there are women who are still subject to an inferior status in relationship to men."

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