Status of Women in the Muslim World

Gender Equality is at the heart of human rights and United Nations values. The U.N. Charter (1945) adopted the principle of "e;equal rights for men and women"e;. But in spite of this universal declaration women's secondary status and oppression persist. There is no country in the world where women enjoy equal status of men. There are 54 countries with Muslim majority in the world, many of them a...