Women
WOMEN
BOOKS:
1. “Gender equality and women empowerment in Pakistan” Rashida Patel
• Analysis of the situation of women in Pakistan
• Continuous and increasing misinterpretation of Islam
2. “Women in Pakistan” Heinz Gunther Klien
• Obstacles and opportunities for development of women in Pakistan
• Focuses on vocational development and cottage industry
3. “My Feudal Lord” Tehmina Durrani
• Story of domestic violence in Pakistan
QUOTATIONS:
1) “Never underestimate a man’s ability to underestimate a woman”
2) “If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves” Mary Astell
3) “Gender equality is critical to the development of peace of every nation” Kofi Annan
4) “Educate a man and you educate an individual, educate a woman and you educate a family” A. Cripps
5) “Girls should be regarded not as adjectives but as nouns” Elizabeth Stanton
6) “Women’s chains have been forged by men , not anatomy” Estelle Ramey
WOMEN IN ISLAM:
1) Spiritual
• Same religious/spiritual obligations
• Belief that both created from a single soul as opposed to ..
• Early Christian belief that women did not have a soul
2) Social
• Daughter---Right to education, Abolishing female infanticide
• Wife---can’t be forced to marry, Haq –Mahr, Right to divorce, Permission to keep maiden name,
• Mother---“Heaven lies under mother’s feet”—Exalted status
3) Economic
• Right to keep her income to herself. No compulsion of sharing it
• Right to seek employment
• Right to conduct business
• Right to own property
4) Political/Legal
• Both genders equal before law
• Right to contest elections
• Have led military expeditions
• Right to hold public office--Prophet Muhammad(S) appointed a female controller of market in Medina
ERRONEOUS BELIEFS REGARDING STATUS OF WOMEN IN ISLAM:
1) Polygamy
• Not a rule but an exception
• A lot of emphasis on asymmetric treatment of wives
• Comes under the category of “Mubah”
2) Share in property
• Half
BOOKS:
1. “Gender equality and women empowerment in Pakistan” Rashida Patel
• Analysis of the situation of women in Pakistan
• Continuous and increasing misinterpretation of Islam
2. “Women in Pakistan” Heinz Gunther Klien
• Obstacles and opportunities for development of women in Pakistan
• Focuses on vocational development and cottage industry
3. “My Feudal Lord” Tehmina Durrani
• Story of domestic violence in Pakistan
QUOTATIONS:
1) “Never underestimate a man’s ability to underestimate a woman”
2) “If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves” Mary Astell
3) “Gender equality is critical to the development of peace of every nation” Kofi Annan
4) “Educate a man and you educate an individual, educate a woman and you educate a family” A. Cripps
5) “Girls should be regarded not as adjectives but as nouns” Elizabeth Stanton
6) “Women’s chains have been forged by men , not anatomy” Estelle Ramey
WOMEN IN ISLAM:
1) Spiritual
• Same religious/spiritual obligations
• Belief that both created from a single soul as opposed to ..
• Early Christian belief that women did not have a soul
2) Social
• Daughter---Right to education, Abolishing female infanticide
• Wife---can’t be forced to marry, Haq –Mahr, Right to divorce, Permission to keep maiden name,
• Mother---“Heaven lies under mother’s feet”—Exalted status
3) Economic
• Right to keep her income to herself. No compulsion of sharing it
• Right to seek employment
• Right to conduct business
• Right to own property
4) Political/Legal
• Both genders equal before law
• Right to contest elections
• Have led military expeditions
• Right to hold public office--Prophet Muhammad(S) appointed a female controller of market in Medina
ERRONEOUS BELIEFS REGARDING STATUS OF WOMEN IN ISLAM:
1) Polygamy
• Not a rule but an exception
• A lot of emphasis on asymmetric treatment of wives
• Comes under the category of “Mubah”
2) Share in property
• Half