WOMEN ISSUES

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WOMEN ISSUES
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THE BEAUTY OF WOMAN

• THE BEAUTY OF A WOMAN
• The beauty of a womanIs not in the clothes she
  wears,The figure that she carries,Or the way
  she combs her hair.The beauty of a womanmust
  be seen from in her eyes,Because that is the
  doorway to her heart,the place where love
  resides.The beauty of a womanis not in a
  facial mole,But true beauty in a womanIs
  reflected in her soul.It is the caring that she
  lovingly gives,The passion that she shows,And
  the beauty of a womanWith passing years-only
  grows!You don't stop laughing because you grow
  oldyou grow old because you stop laughing

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CURSE OF WOMAN

• Being a woman in todays world can be a joy, a
  challenge, a blessing and sometimes.. Even
  seem to be a curse

Wake up young women! The world's going to be in
the dumps unless you do your part and help
resolve major women's issues
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THE BHOPAL TRAGEDY
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THE EFFECT OF BHOPAL TRAGEDY ON WOMEN AND
CHILDREN

• ON DECEMBER 3,1984 A LETHAL GAS ESCAPED FROM THE
  UNION CARBIDE PESTICIDE PLANT IN BHOPAL, KILLING
  MORE THAN 2,500 PEOPLE AND SEVERELY INJURING
  ANTHOR 20,000. WOMEN CONTINUE TO SUFFER THE ILL
  EFFECTS THE GAS LEAK. HIGH RATES OF SPONTANEOUS
  BABIES WERE A DIRECT RESULT AND THE WOMAN OF
  BHOPAL CONTINUE TO BE PLAGUED WITH UNCERTAINTIES
  ABOUT PREGNACIES.
• TWO WOMEN DOCTORS CARRIED
  OUT A CLINICAL BASED SURVEY IN MARCH 1984. THEY
  SHOWED YHAT SINCE THE GAS EXPOSURE, AN EXTREMELY
  HIGH PROPOTION OF WOMEN HAD DEVELOPED
  GYANAECOLOGICAL DISEASES, SUCH AS LECURRHOEA
  ,PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASES, EXCESSIVE BLEEDING
  AND LACTATION SUPPRESSION. WOMEN HAVE BEEN
  DIVORCED BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF CONCEIVING
  ABNORMAL BABIES, OR BECAUSE THEY CAN NO LONGER
  HAVE CHILDREN.

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CHILD MARRIAGE AND DOWRY
Child marriage usually refers to two separate
social phenomena which are practised in some
societies. The first and more widespread practice
is that of marrying a young child (generally
defined as below the age of fifteen) to an adult.
Due to women's shorter reproductive life period
(relative to men's), perhaps, the practice of
child marriage tends to be of young girls to
fully-grown men. The second practice is a form of
arranged marriage in which the parents of two
children from different families arrange a future
marriage. In this practice, the individuals who
become betrothed often do not meet one another
until the wedding ceremony, which occurs when
they are both considered to be of a marriageable
age.
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A SURVEY OF GIRLS MARRIED BEFORE AGE 18
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ISLAMIC MARRIAGE CONTRACT
An Islamic marriage contract is a formal, binding
contract drawn up by parties involved in marriage
proceedings
Type and content While it is customary for
marriage contracts to be written down,
particularly when the bride and groom wish to
make any stipulations, classical jurists required
only oral offer and acceptance for the contract's
validity. citation needed Among the stipulations
that can be included in the contract is a
prohibition on the husband marrying other women
(a wife has the right to annul the marriage if
her husband violates this condition), or other
rules that can include giving up, or demanding,
certain responsibilities.The contract may also be
used to regulate the couple's physical
relationship, if needed. The marriage contract
can also specify where the couple will live,
whether or not the first wife will allow the
husband to take a second wife without her
consent, whether or not the wife has the right to
initiate divorce, and other such matters. The
marriage contract somewhat resembles the marriage
settlements once negotiated for upper-class
Western brides, but can extend to non-financial
matters usually ignored by marriage settlements
or pre-nuptial agreements. Purposes One important
purpose of the contract is that which makes
sexual intercourse legal. This is supported by
various Hadiths and quotations.
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Sati-the Burning of The Widow

• .  What is Sati? Hindu custom in India in which
  the widow was burnt to death on her husbands
  pyre. Can be a voluntary choice or force upon a
  woman by her in-laws.
•  II.  Reasons for Sati A widow's status was
  looked upon as an unwanted burden that prevented
  her from participating in the household work. Her
  touch, her voice, her very appearance was
  considered unholy, impure and something that was
  to be shunned and abhorred. A woman was
  considered pure if she committed Sati.
•  III.  The History Behind Sati Sati, the wife of
  Daksha, was so overcome at the demise of her
  husband that she immolated herself on his funeral
  pyre. Sati was the consort of Lord Shiva. She
  burnt herself in fire as protest against her
  father, Daksha did not give her consort Shiva the
  respect she thought he deserved.
•  IV. Theories of Origin Even though Sati is
  considered an Indian custom or a Hindu custom it
  was not practiced all over India by all Hindus
  but only among certain communities of India.
   Sacrificing the widow in her dead husband's
  funeral or pyre was not unique only to India.
  This custom was prevalent among Egyptians, Greek,
  Goths, and others.  Ramayana- Sita walks through
  fire to prove her purity.  Mahabharata- Madri
  throws herself on her husband, Pandus fire.

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DOWRY SYSTEM

• A dowry (also known as trousseau or tocher or,
  in Latin, dos) is the money, goods, or estate
  that a woman brings to her husband in marriage.
  It contrasts with bride price, which is paid to
  the bride's parents, and dower, which is property
  settled on the bride herself by the groom at the
  time of marriage. The same culture may
  simultaneously practice both dowry and bride
  price. Dowry is an ancient custom, and its
  existence may well predate records of it.

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THE UNITED NATIONS AND WOMANS RIGHT
DECLARATION OF WOMAN RIGHTS
In 1946 the United Nations established a
Commission on the Status of Women. Originally as
the Section on the Status of Women, Human Rights
Division, Department of Social Affairs, and now
part of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
Since 1975 the UN has held a series of world
conferences on women's issues, starting with the
World Conference of the International Women's
Year in Mexico City. These conferences created an
international forum for women's rights, but also
illustrated divisions between women of different
cultures and the difficulties of attempting to
apply principles universally Four World
Conferences have been held, the first in Mexico
City (International Women's Year, 1975), the
second in Copenhagen (1980) and the third in
Nairobi (1985). At the Fourth World Conference on
Women in Beijing (1995), The Platform for Action
was signed. This included a commitment to achieve
"gender equality and the empowerment of women".
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INDIAN WOMEN'S ISSUES

• INDIAN WOMEN'S ISSUES INDIA has an elaborate 
  laws to protect the rights of women, including
  the Prevention of Immoral Traffic, the Sati
  (widow burning) Act, and the Dowry Prevention
  Act.  Women and children have figured prominently
  in the government's agenda of social reforms and
  initiatives.

According to a recent report by the United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) up to 50 million
girls and women are missing from India' s
population as a result of systematic gender
discrimination in India. In most countries in the
world, there are approximately 105 female births
for every 100 males. In India, there are less
than 93 women for every 100 men in the
population. The accepted reason for such a
disparity is the practice of female infanticide
in India, prompted by the existence of a dowry
system which requires the family to pay out a
great deal of money when a female child is
married. For a poor family, the birth of a girl
child can signal the beginning of financial ruin
and extreme hardship. However this anti-female
bias is by no means limited to poor families.
Much of the discrimination is to do with cultural
beliefs and social norms. These norms themselves
must be challenged if this practice is to
stop. Diagnostic teams with ultrasound scanners
which detect the sex of a child advertise with
catchlines such as spend 600 rupees now and save
50,000 rupees later. The implication is that by
avoiding a girl, a family will avoid paying a
large dowry on the marriage of her daughter.
According to UNICEF, the problem is getting worse
as scientific methods of detecting the sex of a
baby and of performing abortions are improving.
These methods are becoming increasing available
in rural areas of India, fuelling fears that the
trend towards the abortion of female foetuses is
on the increase
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ZAINAB SALBI-THE FOUNDER OF WOMEN FOR WOMEN
INTERNATIONAL
Iraqi-American writer and activist Zainab Salbi,
the founder of Women for Women International,
delivering a briefing in New York on "Between Two
Women Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam."
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WEDDINGS AND DIVORCES AROUND THE WORLD

• THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE MARRYING EVERY YEAR VARIES
  FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY. SOME ARE TROPICAL
  ISLANDS AND COUNTRIES THAT ARE POPULAR WITH
  TOURISTS WHO TRAVEL THERE FOR A ROMANTIC WEDDING.
  OTHERS HAVE CULTURES THAT PLACE A SPECIALLY HIGH
  VALUE ON MARRIAGE. THE NUMBER OF DIVORCES VARIES
  GREATLY FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY, ACCORDING TO THE
  LEGAL SYSTEM AND RELIGION.

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Victims of a 'victimless' crime a composite
photo of murdered prostitutes in the UK
Noted Harvard Law professor and civil rights
activist Alan Dershowitz states emphatically that
"prostitution is a victimless crime," and that
millions of men regularly seek out prostitutes.
Commenting on New York governor Eliot Spitzer's
involvement with a high-end prostitution ring in
March 2008, Dershowitz publicly announced he'd
stand up to any feminist to argue on behalf of
the 'victimless crime' concept. The opposing
attitudes of men and women regarding prostitution
reveal one of the widest gender gaps in the
landscape of male-female relationships. Many men
see nothing wrong with it and cite regions where
prostitution is legal - including several
European countries and the state of Nevada.
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Let us pray for a world where women can live
peacefully