Saudis Rank Lowest in Women's Rights Issues
By ROBIN HINDERY, Associated Press Writer Sun May 22
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/mideast_women_s_rights (Comments in RED are Mine)
NEW YORK - Saudi Arabia ranked last in a study of women's rights in Middle Eastern and North African countries and was the only one of 16 nations surveyed that had no constitutional guarantees of equal protection for females, according to a report released Saturday.
Despite gains in educational and employment opportunities and the recent decision by Kuwait's parliament to grant women the right to vote, there was a lack of legal protections for women in all 16 nations and one territory studied, said Freedom House, the nonpartisan, Washington-based organization that released the report at the World Economic Forum.
The countries studied were evaluated on five categories: nondiscrimination and equal access to justice; autonomy, security and freedom of the individual; economic rights and equal opportunity; political rights and civic voice; and social and cultural rights.
Countries were then ranked between 1 and 5 in each category, with
The report was presented at the World Economic Forum in
Comments � Mine
Since this report is from a western organization we should take it with a pinch of salt. Western countries & organizations will make use of every opportunity to defame Islam & Muslims in whatever way they could. But we also should remember that there will be no smoke without a fire.
One of the main points that frequently that comes up with regard to
It will be interesting to see the response from the Saudi authorities to this report assuming of course that they are aware of what is going around in the world. Will they dismiss it as a western propaganda or will they look at analytically.
AB
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