Encyclopedia - Women's Rights: Encyclopedia - Women's Rights
The term women's rights typically refers to the legal rights of women which pertains to the social and human rights of women. In particul...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Women's Rights: Social Studies Dictionary - Women's Rights
Definition and meaning of Women's Rights   Women's Rights Women's rights are economic, social, legal, and political rights fo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Women's Rights: Social Studies Dictionary - Women's Rights
Definition and meaning of Women's Rights   Women's Rights Women's rights are economic, social, legal, and political rights fo...   » Read the article

Article - Women Rights: Baha'i Perspective On Gender Divide
Baha'i Perspective On Gender Divide Nearly 121 million children around the world receive little or no schooling, and the majority of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maryam Rajavi: Encyclopedia Ii - Maryam Rajavi - Women's Rights
Under Rajavi's guidance, women assumed the most senior positions of responsibility in political, international and military arenas within...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Hinduism: Encyclopedia - Women In Hinduism
Hinduism is based on numerous texts, some of which date back to 2000 BC. They are varied in authority, aunthencity, content and theme, wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Civil Rights: Encyclopedia - Civil Rights
Civil rights are the protections and privileges of personal liberty given to all citizens by law. Civil rights are distinguished from "h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woman: Encyclopedia - Woman
A woman is an adult female human, as contrasted with a man (an adult male), and a girl, (a female child). The term woman (irregular plura...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia - Women In Islam
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia - Feminism
Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerning the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Velupillai Prabhakaran: Encyclopedia - Velupillai Prabhakaran
Velupillai Prabhakaran (sometimes spelled Velupillai Pirapaharan) (born November 26, 1954; Valvettithurai, Sri Lanka) is the leader of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Al Wefaq: Encyclopedia - Al Wefaq
Rulers,Emirs & King of Bahrain Politics of Bahrain Political parties in Bahrain Elections in Bahrain Constitution of Bahrain edit Al ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kemal Atatürk: Encyclopedia - Kemal Atatürk
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–10 November 1938), until 1934 Mustafa Kemal, Turkish army officer and revolutionist statesman, was the fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Islam: Encyclopedia - Criticism Of Islam
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Legal Rights Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Legal Rights Of Women - Christian Laws And Influences On Women's Rights
The following are a few of the matters in which Christianity appears to have made alterations, generally but perhaps not always improveme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Right To Work
Islam does not prohibit women from working, though, it does emphasize the primary duty, applied to both parents, is of caring for the fam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Hinduism - Property Rights
Arthashastra and Manusamhita are sources about the woman's right to property or ‘Stridhan’, (literally meaning, property of wife). It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Right To Vote
Until recently most Muslim nations (and indeed most nations) were non-democratic. Today a minority of Islamists view democracy as against...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Legal Rights Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Legal Rights Of Women - Religious And Archiac Law
The dependent position of women in early law is proved by the evidence of most ancient systems of early law which have in whole or in par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Legal Rights Of Women: Encyclopedia Ii - Legal Rights Of Women - Ancient Roman Law
In Roman law a woman was even in historic times completely dependent. If married she and her property passed into the power of her husban...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Political Rights In Bahrain: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Political Rights In Bahrain - Personal Status Law
The most pressing issue for many Bahraini women is the lack of a unified family law or Personal Status Law as it is known, leaving matter...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woman: Encyclopedia Ii - Woman - Legal Rights Of Women Historically
Some early legal systems that are the antecedents of modern systems formalized female dependency. Woman - Biblical law. In the Mosaic l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Civil Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Civil Rights - Related Terminology
The term 'civil rights' is often used synonymously with civil liberties, even though theoretical jurisprudence distinguishes between righ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woman: Encyclopedia Ii - Woman - Legal Rights Of Women Historically
Some early legal systems that are the antecedents of modern systems formalized female dependency. Woman - Biblical law. In the Mosaic l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Civil Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Civil Rights - Related Terminology
The term 'civil rights' is often used synonymously with civil liberties, even though theoretical jurisprudence distinguishes between righ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seneca Falls Convention: Encyclopedia Ii - Seneca Falls Convention - The Call For Women's Rights 1848
On July 14, 1848, the Seneca County Courier announced that on the following Wednesday and Thursday a "convention to discuss the social, c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Encyclopedia Ii - Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Women's Rights Movement
Stanton wrote many of the more important documents and speeches of the women's rights movement and was, with her friend Susan B. Anthony,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Legal Status
In Islamic law the legal status of women is similar to that of men, but in certain cases men have advantages. It is mentioned in the Qur'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - The Effect Of Islamism
The nebulous revivalist movement termed Islamism is one of the most dynamic movements within Islam in the 20th and 21st centuries. Islami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Divorce
The rules for Talaq (divorce) vary among the major Islamic schools. Most importantly Shi'a and Sunni Muslims have different rules to enga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - As National Leaders
There is a disputed Sunni hadith reported by Bukhari (Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59, Number 709) which reports that Muhammad said that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Clothing
The Qur'an requires believers, both male and female, to dress modestly. "And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Domestic Violence
According to most interpretations of Sharia (Islamic law), authorization for the husband to physically beat disobedient wives is provided...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Honor Killings
Due to the prevalance of honor killings in some Muslim societies, "Honor killings" are often identified with Islam, with some writers ass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Islam: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Islam - Marriage
Islam does require a type of dowry but it is different from anthropological notions of brideprice. Islam requires that a husband make a g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights In Australia - Universal Suffrage
Human rights in Australia - Women. South Australia was one of the first jurisdictions in the world to grant women suffrage, when it all...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights In Saudi Arabia: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights In Saudi Arabia - Political Freedoms
Freedom of speech and the press are restricted to forbid criticism of the government or endorsement of "un-Islamic" values. The governmen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights In Saudi Arabia: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights In Saudi Arabia - Gay Rights And Aids
All sexual activity outside of a traditional heterosexual marriage is illegal. Punishment for homosexuality, cross-dressing or being invo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights In Saudi Arabia: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights In Saudi Arabia - Religious Freedoms
Saudi Arabia forbids missionary work by any religion other than Islam. Officially all religions other than Islam are banned and churches ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights In Saudi Arabia: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights In Saudi Arabia - Slavery And Human Trafficking
The nations of the Arabian peninsula were among the last to outlaw slavery. Despite this formal prohibiton, stories of slavery and human ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights In Saudi Arabia: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights In Saudi Arabia - Corporal And Capital Punishment
Saudi Arabia is one of a number of countries where courts continue to impose corporal punishment, including amputations of hands and feet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights In Australia - Human Rights And Equal Opportunity Commission
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) is a national independent statutory body of the Australian government. It has t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights In Australia - Capital Punishment
The last use of the death penalty in Australia was in Victoria in 1967. Ronald Joseph Ryan was hanged at Pentridge Prison at 8:00 AM on F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woman: Encyclopedia Ii - Woman - Culture And Gender Roles
Main article: gender role In many prehistoric cultures, women assumed a particular cultural role. In hunter-gatherer societies, women wer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woman: Encyclopedia Ii - Woman - Biology And Sex
Biological factors are not the sole determinants of whether persons are considered, or consider themselves, women. Some women can have ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights In Australia - Aborigines
Australian Aborigines are the indigenous peoples of Australia. Their ancestors probably arrived in Australia just over 50,000 years ago, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woman: Encyclopedia Ii - Woman - Culture And Gender Roles
Main article: gender role In many prehistoric cultures, women assumed a particular cultural role. In hunter-gatherer societies, women wer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights - Human Rights In International Law
The 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights resolution was adopted virtually unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights In Japan - Discrimination Based On Race Sex Disability Language Or Social Status
The Constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, creed, gender, social status, or family origin, and the Government genera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woman: Encyclopedia Ii - Woman - Biology And Sex
Biological factors are not the sole determinants of whether persons are considered, or consider themselves, women. Some women can have ab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Equal Rights Amendment: Encyclopedia Ii - Equal Rights Amendment - History In Congress
Although the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment had guaranteed American women's right to vote, Alice Paul, a suffragist leader, argu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Hinduism - Study Of Scriptures
Several women sages and seers are mentioned in the Upanishads, the philosophical part of the Vedas, notable among them being Gargi and Ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Equal Rights Amendment: Encyclopedia Ii - Equal Rights Amendment - Opposition Issues
Opponents of the ERA argue that its passage would have far-reaching implications, obliterating traditional distinctions between the sexes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights In Japan - Respect For Political Rights: The Right Of Citizens To Change Their Government
The Constitution provides citizens with the right to change their government peacefully, and citizens exercised this right in practice th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights In Japan - Major Issues
With some important exceptions, most observers consider informal social pressures a greater factor in limiting individual freedom than th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Hinduism - Sati
(Complete article: Sati) Sati is the voluntary immolation of a woman on her husband's funeral pyre. (It was practiced by the Scythians an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights In Japan - Worker Rights
Human rights in Japan - The Right of Association. The Constitution provides for the right of workers to associate freely in unions. In ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights In Japan - Respect For Civil Liberties Including
Human rights in Japan - Freedom of Speech and Press. The Constitution provides for freedom of speech and of the press, and the Governme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights In Japan - Respect For The Integrity Of The Person Including Freedom From:
Human rights in Japan - Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life. There were no reports of the arbitrary or unlawful deprivation of li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women In Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Women In Hinduism - Marriage
In a Hindu marriage, both husband and wife are two parts of one, complementing each other and becoming one in their spiritual journey. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Civil Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Civil Rights - Theoretical Background: The Concept Of Right
Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld (1879-1918) maintained that analysis of legal issues is frequently muddled and inconsistent because the legal conc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woman: Encyclopedia Ii - Woman - Terms
The English language's original word for "woman" was Old English wīf, akin to German Weib; it later became the modern word "wife." The m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woman: Encyclopedia Ii - Woman - Etymology
The English term "man" (from Proto-Germanic mannaz "man, person") and words derived therefrom can designate any or even all of the human ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seneca Falls Convention: Encyclopedia Ii - Seneca Falls Convention - Background
In the 1840s the United States was in the throes of cultural and economic change. In the years since the Revolution and the Constitutiona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights - Types Of Human Rights
Human rights are typically divided into two categories: negative human rights (rights to be free from) and positive human rights (rights ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woman: Encyclopedia Ii - Woman - Terms
The English language's original word for "woman" was Old English wīf, akin to German Weib; it later became the modern word "wife." The m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Rights - Philosophical Basis Of Human Rights
Numerous theoretical approaches have been advanced to explain how human rights become part of social expectations. The biological theory ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Woman: Encyclopedia Ii - Woman - Etymology
The English term "man" (from Proto-Germanic mannaz "man, person") and words derived therefrom can designate any or even all of the human ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Law: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Law - Selected Features
Hindu law prohibited gambling. Legal scholar Ram Mohan Roy declared that traditional principles of Hindu law opposed polygamy, a common p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminism - Effects Of Feminism In The West
Some feminists would argue that there is still much to be done on these fronts, while others would disagree and claim that the battle has...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Encyclopedia Ii - Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Life Account
Elizabeth Cady was born in Johnstown, New York to Daniel Cady and Margaret Livingston Cady. Daniel Cady was a prominent attorney who serv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminism - Relationship To Other Movements
Some feminists take a holistic approach to politics, believing the saying of Martin Luther King Jr., "A threat to justice anywhere is a t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen: Encyclopedia Ii - Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen - Substance Of The Declaration
This statement of principles contained the kernel of a much more radical re-ordering of society than had yet taken place. A mere six week...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen: Encyclopedia Ii - Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen - Effect Today
According to the preamble of the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic (adopted on October 4, 1958, and the current constitution as o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Civil Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Civil Rights - Civil Rights Movement
Historically, the process of moving toward equality under the law was long and tenuous. But after a status had been reached where every c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen: Encyclopedia Ii - Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen - Adoption Of The Declaration
The Declaration was drafted by the Marquis de Lafayette and was adopted by the National Assembly, it was intended as part of a transition...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Civil Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Civil Rights - Civil Rights Movement
Historically, the process of moving toward equality under the law was long and tenuous. But after a status had been reached where every c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pressure Groups In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Pressure Groups In The United Kingdom - Cause
Pressure groups in the United Kingdom - Political. Article 19 Campaign Against Arms Trade Campaign for Freedom of Information Campaign...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminism - Origins
Feminism as a philosophy and movement in the modern sense may be usefully dated to The Enlightenment with such thinkers as Lady Mary Wort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminism - Feminism In Many Forms
Some forms of feminist theory question basic assumptions about gender, gender difference, and sexuality, including the category of "woman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Velupillai Prabhakaran: Encyclopedia Ii - Velupillai Prabhakaran - Philosophy And Ideology Of Prabhakaran
Prabhakaran has not expressed an all encompassing systematic philosophy or ideology. He joined the Tamil nationalist movement in his yout...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Feminism - Perspective: The Nature Of The Modern Movement
Most feminists believe discrimination against women still exists in North American and European nations, as well as worldwide. But there ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Wollstonecraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Wollstonecraft - Posthumous Works
Mary Wollstonecraft - The Cave of Fancy 1798. Published by William Godwin after her death, Wollstonecraft’s, “The Cave of Fancy” ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kemal Atatürk: Encyclopedia Ii - Kemal Atatürk - Post War Life And Reforms
Kemal Atatürk - Political consolidation. Kemal Pasha spent the next several years consolidating his control over Turkey and institutin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Suffrage: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Suffrage - Timeline
Women's suffrage has been granted (and been revoked) at various times in various countries throughout the world. In many countries women'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Women's Suffrage: Encyclopedia Ii - Women's Suffrage - Timeline
Women's suffrage has been granted (and been revoked) at various times in various countries throughout the world. In many countries women'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Wollstonecraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Wollstonecraft - Works
Mary Wollstonecraft - Thoughts on the Education of Daughters 1787. This was the first book to establish Mary Wollstonecraft as an autho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kemal Atatürk: Encyclopedia Ii - Kemal Atatürk - Post War Life And Reforms
Kemal Atatürk - Political consolidation. Kemal Pasha spent the next several years consolidating his control over Turkey and institutin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mary Wollstonecraft: Encyclopedia Ii - Mary Wollstonecraft - Biography
Mary Wollstonecraft was the second child of seven, and the eldest daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Wollstonecraft. Mary’s parents share...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maryam Rajavi: Encyclopedia Ii - Maryam Rajavi - President-elect By Ncri
In August 1993, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the Iranian Resistance's parliament, elected Maryam Rajavi as Iran's f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Forum For The Future Bahrain 2005: Encyclopedia Ii - Forum For The Future Bahrain 2005 - Participants
Bahrain, as Forum host, has invited the following participants: BMENA region: Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Le...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maryam Rajavi: Encyclopedia Ii - Maryam Rajavi - Charting The Future
In a speech to 15,000 Iranians in Dortmund on June 16, 1995, Rajavi presented a 16-point "Charter of Fundamental Freedoms" for the post-m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Maryam Rajavi: Encyclopedia Ii - Maryam Rajavi - Biography
Maryam Rajavi was born in 1953 to a middle class family in Tehran. She has a degree in metallurgy from Sharif University of Technology in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conscription: Encyclopedia Ii - Conscription - The Gender-issue
Some countries which draft women include the People's Republic of China, Taiwan (ROC), North Korea, Peru, Malaysia, Libya, Israel, and Er...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Equal Rights Amendment: Encyclopedia Ii - Equal Rights Amendment - Text Of The Era
The ERA's text, as proposed in 1972 by the 92nd Congress, and as published in Volume 86, "United States Statutes At Large" (pages 1523–...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Equal Rights Amendment: Encyclopedia Ii - Equal Rights Amendment - Three-state Strategy
Some ERA supporters argue that the earlier 35 ratifications are still valid, and that only three more ratifications are necessary without...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Equal Rights Amendment: Encyclopedia Ii - Equal Rights Amendment - Extension Of Ratification Deadline
In 1978—as the 1979 deadline approached—the 95th Congress adopted House Joint Resolution No. 638, by Representative Elizabeth Holtzma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wrestlemania X-seven: Encyclopedia Ii - Wrestlemania X-seven - Match Results
WrestleMania X-Seven - For the WWF Intercontinental Championship: Chris Jericho c vs. William Regal. Jericho pinned Regal following a L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Velupillai Prabhakaran: Encyclopedia Ii - Velupillai Prabhakaran - Cult Of Personality
Prabhakaran allowed and promoted a cult of personality to be created about himself. The cult is built around several factors. First, he i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Equal Rights Amendment: Encyclopedia Ii - Equal Rights Amendment - Opponents Of The Era In Congress
Opponents of the ERA, at the time of its proposal by the 92nd Congress, were a very interesting mix of politicians that included many con...   » Read the article