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Saudi Arabian Women: A story of Discrimination and the violation of Human Rights
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The women of Saudi Arabia have been discriminated and their human rights have been violated when compared to the women from Western countries. This website was created in an effort to unveil the social injustices that are imposed upon the women of the Saudi Arabian culture. Worldwide influential changes are this author's hopes, as the injustices are revealed to the readers' eyes.
The Saudi Arabian women are discriminated against simply because they are of the female gender. That is mainly due to the the Islamic religious laws which are traditionally male-dominated. Based upon the research that I have conducted, I have determined that the discrimination that the Saudi Arabian women experience is not only prevalent throughout their country, but is also so extreme that many of the women's basic human rights (listed within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was created by the United Nations in 1948) have been violated. These human rights (listed as articles) which I believe have been violated include the following:
There is disagreement between the women in Saudi Arabia regarding their view on what their rights should be. Not all Saudi Arabian women feel that their basic human rights have been, and continue to be, violated. These women do not believe that they should have (nor do they want) the same rights as men. Many of these women view having equal rights as men negatively because it goes against their religious and traditional customs, and also means taking on more responsibilities. Other women feel very strongly that they have been discriminated and argue against their government; protesting that they should be treated just the same as men and should be allowed to take on the responsibility to live independently.
An increasing number of Saudi Arabian women have been protesting against the Saudi Arabian government for equal rights. It appears that these protests have been effective in improving their independence. According to one website, approximately 20% of the Saudi Arabian women are now in the work force and recently, King Abdullah said that Saudi Arabian women will be able to vote and run in the 2015 local elections and be appointed to the Consultative Assembly.
On the other pages of this website, I will continue to inform you of the unfair treatment of the female gender in Saudi Arabia. Many of you will be shocked to realize the horrendous truth regarding how Saudi Arabian women continue to be treated in the 21st century.
The "How You Can Help" page was created to list things that we can do to help put an end to the gender discrimination that is occurring in Saudi Arabia. I encourage each of you to try to get involved in the movement for equal rights of women in Saudi Arabia.
The women of Saudi Arabia have been discriminated and their human rights have been violated when compared to the women from Western countries. This website was created in an effort to unveil the social injustices that are imposed upon the women of the Saudi Arabian culture. Worldwide influential changes are this author's hopes, as the injustices are revealed to the readers' eyes.
The Saudi Arabian women are discriminated against simply because they are of the female gender. That is mainly due to the the Islamic religious laws which are traditionally male-dominated. Based upon the research that I have conducted, I have determined that the discrimination that the Saudi Arabian women experience is not only prevalent throughout their country, but is also so extreme that many of the women's basic human rights (listed within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was created by the United Nations in 1948) have been violated. These human rights (listed as articles) which I believe have been violated include the following:
- Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
- Article 2: Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
- Article 3: Everyone has the right to life, liberty, and security of person.
- Article 5: No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.
- Article 6: Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
- Article 7: All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law.
- Article 10: Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations, and of any criminal charge against him.
- Article 12: No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home, or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
- Article 13: (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
- Article 16: (1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. (2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. (3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
- Article 17: (1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
- Article 18: Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
- Article 19: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
- Article 23: (1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. (2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. (3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favorable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.(4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
- Article 25: (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
- Article 26: (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.
- Article 29: (1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible. (2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.(3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
There is disagreement between the women in Saudi Arabia regarding their view on what their rights should be. Not all Saudi Arabian women feel that their basic human rights have been, and continue to be, violated. These women do not believe that they should have (nor do they want) the same rights as men. Many of these women view having equal rights as men negatively because it goes against their religious and traditional customs, and also means taking on more responsibilities. Other women feel very strongly that they have been discriminated and argue against their government; protesting that they should be treated just the same as men and should be allowed to take on the responsibility to live independently.
An increasing number of Saudi Arabian women have been protesting against the Saudi Arabian government for equal rights. It appears that these protests have been effective in improving their independence. According to one website, approximately 20% of the Saudi Arabian women are now in the work force and recently, King Abdullah said that Saudi Arabian women will be able to vote and run in the 2015 local elections and be appointed to the Consultative Assembly.
On the other pages of this website, I will continue to inform you of the unfair treatment of the female gender in Saudi Arabia. Many of you will be shocked to realize the horrendous truth regarding how Saudi Arabian women continue to be treated in the 21st century.
The "How You Can Help" page was created to list things that we can do to help put an end to the gender discrimination that is occurring in Saudi Arabia. I encourage each of you to try to get involved in the movement for equal rights of women in Saudi Arabia.