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Although society is becoming more progressive, especially when it comes to allowing women to contribute to the workforce, more social reforms will be needed to overcome this obstacle. discrimination women According to the BBC , a few years ago, a Saudi court sentenced Shema, one of the women who dared to defy the kingdom and got behind the wheel of a car through the streets of the city of Jeddah, to ten lashes. The ruling against Shema came two days after King Abdullah's monarchy decided to allow the inclusion of women in the Shura Council (a consultative Parliament without legislative powers) and to participate in municipal elections in four years, both in quality of voters as candidates, a timid gesture of openness. However, the road to equal rights between men and women in the Arab kingdom is still long and rocky. Saudi Arabia is governed by a monarchy with absolute powers and a strict interpretation of Sharia or Islamic law governs, which imposes the segregation of sexes in public spaces.
Clothing restrictions Another example of gender discrimination is that under the pretext that women should not "flaunt their beauty", women in many conservative communities have to wear the full-body burka, along with baggy clothing when in public. as an interpretive exegesis of Sharia Law. Many world leaders, such as UK Prime Minister Theresa May, have spoken out against the issue, which is widespread in Saudi Arabia, Gambia, Sudan and North Korea. discrimination arabia According to the testimony of a Syrian woman who was an Islamic State Morality Police, the punishments imposed on women who do not Lithuania Phone Number follow dress codes are 20 to 40 lashes. Her name is Dua, and she confesses to having administered the punishments herself. She also tells the case of a woman punished for the flourishes in the design of her burqa, prohibited under the command of the terrorist group. «When they told her to come, she tried to escape from her punishment. So her sentence increased. It was supposed to be 20 lashes, but since she didn't come I lashed her 40 times.
She cried and screamed, but it's supposed to be a lesson ," she says. 4. Not having permission to travel In some extreme cases, women are not allowed to leave the country without their husbands' consent. Until the age of 40, single women must ask their father for permission. For example, Niloufar Ardalan, Captain and top figure of the Iranian Indoor Soccer Team, did not attend the Asian Championship in Malaysia in 2015 since her husband did not give her permission to apply for a passport. gender discrimination travel Iranian women must provide a document signed by their husbands to apply for a passport. In the case of Ardalan , her husband refused since the tournament coincided with her son's first day of school. "I wish the authorities would create measures that allow female athletes to defend their rights in these types of situations ," Ardalan said. Ardalan, considered one of the best soccer players in Iran, commented in an interview that her passport expired and since she did not have the permission of her husband Mehdi Toutounchi, she was left without the opportunity to travel to the tournament.
Clothing restrictions Another example of gender discrimination is that under the pretext that women should not "flaunt their beauty", women in many conservative communities have to wear the full-body burka, along with baggy clothing when in public. as an interpretive exegesis of Sharia Law. Many world leaders, such as UK Prime Minister Theresa May, have spoken out against the issue, which is widespread in Saudi Arabia, Gambia, Sudan and North Korea. discrimination arabia According to the testimony of a Syrian woman who was an Islamic State Morality Police, the punishments imposed on women who do not Lithuania Phone Number follow dress codes are 20 to 40 lashes. Her name is Dua, and she confesses to having administered the punishments herself. She also tells the case of a woman punished for the flourishes in the design of her burqa, prohibited under the command of the terrorist group. «When they told her to come, she tried to escape from her punishment. So her sentence increased. It was supposed to be 20 lashes, but since she didn't come I lashed her 40 times.
She cried and screamed, but it's supposed to be a lesson ," she says. 4. Not having permission to travel In some extreme cases, women are not allowed to leave the country without their husbands' consent. Until the age of 40, single women must ask their father for permission. For example, Niloufar Ardalan, Captain and top figure of the Iranian Indoor Soccer Team, did not attend the Asian Championship in Malaysia in 2015 since her husband did not give her permission to apply for a passport. gender discrimination travel Iranian women must provide a document signed by their husbands to apply for a passport. In the case of Ardalan , her husband refused since the tournament coincided with her son's first day of school. "I wish the authorities would create measures that allow female athletes to defend their rights in these types of situations ," Ardalan said. Ardalan, considered one of the best soccer players in Iran, commented in an interview that her passport expired and since she did not have the permission of her husband Mehdi Toutounchi, she was left without the opportunity to travel to the tournament.