Men and women are not equal

Probably, it is also written in the constitution of your country: Men and women are equal. They have the same rights and the same duties. There should not be a difference between the genders before the law.

However, that is not really the case. A new report of the gender unit of the United Nations UN Women details some injustices. For example:

  • Inheritance laws in many countries are unfavorable towards women. The daughter, or even the wife does not get as much as the son.
  • Many countries have no protection against rape in marriage.
  • A legal minimum age for marriage is often not enforced.

These and many more cases are explained in the report “Progress of the World’s Women - In Pursuit of Justice”. Gender justice was a priority theme for the LWF Pre-Assembly Youth Conference last year. This is great information to follow up.

4 Responses to Men and women are not equal

  1. Etrisen Bameng

    I think in most cases the less equality expressed is often rooted to the type of culture, tradition and societal norm that stood and stand, as contributing guiding principle to the formation of law and legal constituents of a society..How the contemporary society view the role and significance of women and girls does really affect how they treat them as well and which is encouraged into the law of the society.. One example is; In traditional contemporary Pacific (Melanesian) society, the marriage of a young girl is often organized, recognised and is in the will of the father and the uncles of the girl, than the will of her mother or herself…

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