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Saudi Women Have All The Freedom In The World ... As Long As Their Husbands Allow It
Fucking Igor Stravinsky himself could not have composed a more dischordant symphony had he sonically incarnated the cognitive dissonance in this article, as Saudi women respond to a United Nations poll:
Saudi Women respond to UN Questions on Rights
Sunday, 20 January 2008
By Maha Sami Aboulola
JEDDAH - SAUDI businesswomen on Saturday spoke up in defense of Islam but blamed the society for the country's questionable record on gender-equality.
Saudi officials were questioned on Thursday by a UN expert panel on women's rights about numerous infringements on gender-equality that occur in Saudi Arabia, according to an account of the UN meeting published in Geneva on Friday.
Reacting to the questions raised by the 23-member UN committee of experts - most of them women - on Saudi norms that give men the right to twice the inheritance women are allowed, and make women obliged to have a "Mehram" (male guardian) accompany them for many of life's daily tasks, Dr. Amira Kashgari, an outspoken voice for Saudi women's rights, told Saudi Gazette: "Islam gave woman her rights 1,400 years ago but now we don't have these right just because of the society."
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is an expert body composed of 23 experts on women's issues from around the world, mandated to watch over progress for women in countries that signed the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which as of 2000 includes Saudi Arabia.
According to minutes of the meeting, one of the CEDAW experts asked the Saudi delegation: "What is the legal basis in Saudi society that justifies this guardian system? ... Is it necessary to maintain this system in the 21st century?"
"Without the presence of this tutor (guardian), a woman cannot study, access health services, marry, travel abroad, have a business or even access an ambulance in an emergency," the member noted.
In response, Dr. Lubna Al-Ansari, a woman in the Saudi delegation, said the questions were largely based on "misconceptions."
"Women are flourishing in different areas ... Whether she can have a passport and travel, the answer is yes. We can travel on our own ... For instance, for me, I have permission from my husband, so I can move freely and go wherever I want," according to a press release by UN Watch, a Geneva-based human rights organization (NGO) founded in 1993 to monitor UN compliance with the principles of its Charter.
You say Shar-ee-a, I say Shar-I-a.
Shareea, Sharia, let's call the whole thing off.
Saudi Women respond to UN Questions on Rights
Sunday, 20 January 2008
By Maha Sami Aboulola
JEDDAH - SAUDI businesswomen on Saturday spoke up in defense of Islam but blamed the society for the country's questionable record on gender-equality.
Saudi officials were questioned on Thursday by a UN expert panel on women's rights about numerous infringements on gender-equality that occur in Saudi Arabia, according to an account of the UN meeting published in Geneva on Friday.
Reacting to the questions raised by the 23-member UN committee of experts - most of them women - on Saudi norms that give men the right to twice the inheritance women are allowed, and make women obliged to have a "Mehram" (male guardian) accompany them for many of life's daily tasks, Dr. Amira Kashgari, an outspoken voice for Saudi women's rights, told Saudi Gazette: "Islam gave woman her rights 1,400 years ago but now we don't have these right just because of the society."
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is an expert body composed of 23 experts on women's issues from around the world, mandated to watch over progress for women in countries that signed the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which as of 2000 includes Saudi Arabia.
According to minutes of the meeting, one of the CEDAW experts asked the Saudi delegation: "What is the legal basis in Saudi society that justifies this guardian system? ... Is it necessary to maintain this system in the 21st century?"
"Without the presence of this tutor (guardian), a woman cannot study, access health services, marry, travel abroad, have a business or even access an ambulance in an emergency," the member noted.
In response, Dr. Lubna Al-Ansari, a woman in the Saudi delegation, said the questions were largely based on "misconceptions."
"Women are flourishing in different areas ... Whether she can have a passport and travel, the answer is yes. We can travel on our own ... For instance, for me, I have permission from my husband, so I can move freely and go wherever I want," according to a press release by UN Watch, a Geneva-based human rights organization (NGO) founded in 1993 to monitor UN compliance with the principles of its Charter.
You say Shar-ee-a, I say Shar-I-a.
Shareea, Sharia, let's call the whole thing off.
- Saudi "morality Police" Chief Says Ban On Women Driving Not Part Of Sharia
Yeah, right, that's what he says: Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving is not mandated by any text in Sharia, the Islamic legal code which forms the basis for most Saudi law, the head of its morality police told Reuters on Thursday. Sheikh Abdulatif...
- Tourist Destinations Where Only Men Are Allowed
There are still some sites in the world today where, due in part to ludicrous religious beliefs of males, females are not allowed to visit. These include some rather predictable locations: Saudi Arabia: If you’re a solo female traveler looking to visit...
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New York Daily News Saudi court punishes group of men and women for mingling at a party with lashings, prison time In Saudi Arabia, fighting for your right to party could get you beaten and thrown in jail. A group of four men and 11 women were convicted...
- Led Zeppelin: Saudi Women To Petition King Abdullah For Right To Drive
Led Zeppelin, as in that'll go over like a lead balloon: JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - For the first time ever, a group of women in the only country that bans female drivers have formed a committee to lobby for the right to get behind the wheel, and they...
- Women Achieve Equal Rights In Saudi Arabia !!! Human Dignity Alert !!!
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