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Women's Rights Without Movement

   

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Running head: WOMEN RIGHTS WITHOUT A MOVEMENTWOMEN RIGHTS WITHOUT A MOVEMENTName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note

WOMEN RIGHTS WITHOUT A MOVEMENT1The segregation of the genders has been the culture in the nations of Afghanistan andSaudi Arabia since long. The Saudi Arabian women had no rights to take an action or take anydecision that pertained to their lives without the permission from their male counterparts. All thewomen in the country had a male guardian in the form of a brother, cousin, father, grandfather oran uncle who had been responsible for all the issues that pertained to the women. The society ofthe country was responsible for the decisions that involved the life that the girl had to spend inthe future. The male guardians of the concerned girl had a strong say in the facts that dealt withthe vital aspects in the life of a girl like her life partner, the place and time for seeking medicaltreatment. The female members of the society were not even permitted to attend the proceedingsof the court. The B&B “Two Face s of Power” state that the politicians seem to view power asthe opportunity that might assist in the decision-making abilities of the concerned citizen. InAfghanistan, the women were like slaves. They were not permitted to walk out of their housewithout a man with them. They could not be educated or be employed. They were treated likenon-valuable goods. Women were even given out as a pay for a dispute. However, theserestrictions were not in the government laws but were their cultural practices. These segregationpractices occurred in all public and private sectors of the country (Alhazmi and Nyland, 2013).Girls could not attend school together with their brothers, women were banned from driving, andthey could not interact with men who they were not related to and could not vote nor vie for anyposition in the government. These practices had been the main agenda in debates of internationaladvocates who termed the practices as backwardness. Consequently, detrimental effects had beenevidenced in this nation. As asserted by Baki (2004), the gender segregated education systemfails to prepare the students for global economy. The Saudi students always experiencetransitional challenge when studying in western schools and find it difficult to adapt in a mixed

WOMEN RIGHTS WITHOUT A MOVEMENT2group (Alhazmi and Nyland, 2013). In employments, the Saudi society had a negative attitudetowards women nurses (Mebrouk, 2008). They consider nursing as not the right profession forwomen since the nurses were not allowed to offer the services to male gender. The powerimbalance between men and women in Saudi Arabia has put women in a position where theirrights have been violated (Al Alhreth, and Al Dighrir, 2015). As evident through secret mediareports, the women were resistant to the restrictions but had no power to air their views.International human right and through women activism have been working to stop thesesegregations and to fight for gender equalities in Saudi Arabia. Through campaigns by womenactivist, the Saudis women can now enjoy major gains that they never enjoyed before. Currentlywomen can drive around Saudi Arabia freely. In 2015 they acquired the right to vote. Theycurrently have a right to vote and vie for governmental positions. Not only campaigns that haveled to the realization of these rights for women in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan but there areother factors that led to women's suffrage without movement.Political ChangesThough not documented in the law of the Saudi Arabia, women were not allowed to votenor express their interest in any leadership position. However, during the reign of late KingAbdullah in 2015, the Saudi Arabia government decreed the women electoral suffrage. Thewomen were permitted to participate in municipal elections and also to vie for the availableposition. This decree by the government indicated positive developments towards women’sfreedom. Though few women registered for voting in that year, quite a significant number wereinterested in the municipal positions. This decree indicated change in political stand on the strictlaws on women. The low turnout for registration of women was attributed to fear of theunknown. Media reports indicate that most women were not permitted by their male guardians

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