Tag Archives : gender oppression

According to a complaint of Amnesty International (AI), women in Iraq suffer from systematic discrimination and violence directed against them specifically because of their gender. AI has also noted that Iraqi law allows ‘honorable motives’ in murder cases of women by their husbands, parents, and teachers. These result in exemption from criminal [...]

In Nimroz, a Taliban-controlled province in Afghanistan, an eloping couple was publicly executed in front of a mosque. The local religious leaders said that the couple’s action runs against a religious decree, and was an ‘insult to Islam.’ The couple attempted to elope and run to Iran because their families disapproved their marriage plans. Taliban [...]

Discrimination based on gender, especially discrimination against women has led to attitudes, conditions, or behaviors that promote stereotyping. More often, this stereotype is comparatively considered ‘less,’ ’weak,’ and ‘inferior.’ At times, the attitude towards the disadvantaged sex is contempt, disregard, or hatred. Sexism occurs when [...]