When I said that there are no problems in Qatar for women, I was being sarcastic.
What I mean to say is that women here are systematically marginalized and victimized.
I get so irate thinking that this is a country where:
Girls/women can't go to work without the husband or father's express permission, or travel, or study.
How is that tolerated by the women here?
As we saw in the various divorce threads, women suffer mercilessly in the courts through divorce proceedings. Men are not legally obliged to provide meaningful and substantial support to their estranged wife and children.
How is that tolerated by the women here?
As Gypsy quotes above, there is so much proven research here that women are constantly beaten, raped and hurt in the home, yet the government does not allow any thorough research on the matter, and nor are they taking any practical steps to help combat the problem.
How is that tolerated by the women here?
Women who are abused within the marriage cannot even press criminal charges against their husband, since there the crime of abusing your wife doesn't actually exist. The legal system is so skewed towards the male, that it does not provide any protection for women who are beaten, raped or killed by their husbands.
It would really, really, really suck to be a woman in this country.
And before you say 'yes, but women are killed in Canada', may I first point out:
Killing a woman or beating a woman isn't evidence of a lack of women's rights.
Evidence (or not) of women's rights is when there exists:
Legislation to protect women
Funding and support of women's advocacy and protection groups
Constitutional protection enshrining the notion that women are citizens whose value is equal to that of men, and who should be afforded all the same rights, priveldges and freedoms as men.
Yes CBD, I was being comical.
When I said that there are no problems in Qatar for women, I was being sarcastic.
What I mean to say is that women here are systematically marginalized and victimized.
I get so irate thinking that this is a country where:
Girls/women can't go to work without the husband or father's express permission, or travel, or study.
How is that tolerated by the women here?
As we saw in the various divorce threads, women suffer mercilessly in the courts through divorce proceedings. Men are not legally obliged to provide meaningful and substantial support to their estranged wife and children.
How is that tolerated by the women here?
As Gypsy quotes above, there is so much proven research here that women are constantly beaten, raped and hurt in the home, yet the government does not allow any thorough research on the matter, and nor are they taking any practical steps to help combat the problem.
How is that tolerated by the women here?
Women who are abused within the marriage cannot even press criminal charges against their husband, since there the crime of abusing your wife doesn't actually exist. The legal system is so skewed towards the male, that it does not provide any protection for women who are beaten, raped or killed by their husbands.
It would really, really, really suck to be a woman in this country.
And before you say 'yes, but women are killed in Canada', may I first point out:
Killing a woman or beating a woman isn't evidence of a lack of women's rights.
Evidence (or not) of women's rights is when there exists:
Legislation to protect women
Funding and support of women's advocacy and protection groups
Constitutional protection enshrining the notion that women are citizens whose value is equal to that of men, and who should be afforded all the same rights, priveldges and freedoms as men.