In these countries, women are subjugated under Sharia law and subjected to strict work and social restriction. ... A recent article enumerates the ways in which Iran, a prominent Middle Eastern country, segregates women. ... And in Ishafan, the country's top tourist attraction, female musicians have been banned from performing.... Soraya 35 year old Iranian woman with 7 children was accused of being an immoral wife. ... In India, my country of origin, woman are respected and honoured. ...

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Volunteers and staff members of Amnesty International also got involved in partisan politics while working on human rights violations in their own countries, which led to the principle that AI members were not asked or permitted to work on cases in their own country as a matter of practice. ... When I saw my wife, I knew that my case had become public. ... Over seventy-five countries have now abolished capital punishment for all crimes after Amnesty International convened an International Conference on the Death Penalty in Stockholm, Sweden in 1977. Before this conference, only sixteen countri...

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Although it may not account for everything, the "modern hand" had a very tight grip on the country's development over the course of time. ... Revolutionist activities spread out from the heartland to different parts of the country. ... This paved the way for him, his wife, and so called crony capitalists to control and manipulate the country's enterprises. ... The country's economic struggles may ultimately lead to a successful so-called "mass-consumption society". ... Although, its success is very much questionable, the practice of bureaucracy, along with i...

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Given this new phenomena, a vast number of new research is conducted on these countries to determine what the reasons are for different outcomes of democratization. ... In order to be able to place the three countries on the comparative democratization scale accordingly, the expectations of democratization have to be established. ... A case that shows corruption embodied in the appointment of political actors in order to suit the personal good of the individual, is when president Zeman pushed for his protégé Livia Klausová, the wife of previous president Václav Klau...

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It has not been much too early from temples being torched down by other religious people in the country. ... Having concluded that the elements of caste are present, it is not being helpful or detrimental to the country's development, especially with the country's approach towards the rohingyas at the boarder of Bangladesh and Myanmar. ... (Chowdhury, 2009) These are the divisions the country has been divided in since the beginning of its time, knowingly or unknowingly. ... The role of women in a modern society will be to contribute more to the economic prospect of the country. ... ...

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National Perspective In the United Arab Emirates, Muslim men can freely choose their wife, but Muslim women are forbidden from marrying non-Muslim men unless they convert their religion. ... Societies in LEDCs and other third world countries would have to change their mindsets towards the way they treat women. ... The gender inequality index ranks countries by considering various factors; out of the 138 countries that have been ranked, Afghanistan is 134th. ... India is the second most populated country and has the largest democracy; however, women still face discrimination. ... National Per...

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Regarding the ability to vote, different Arabic countries granted women the ability to vote at different times. The ability for women to vote in the United States was granted earlier than every Arabic country. ... Moreover, domestic violence is sometimes viewed as an act of manhood from a husband if his wife fails to obey him. ... In addition, FGM and domestic violence are also great issues at hand in Arabic countries. ... In Djibouti, a country close to Sudan, 93% of women undergo FGM. ...

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"At present there are thirty-one countries which either allow inmates to receive private visits from their wives (and in some countries even fiancées and prostitutes) or to leave the prison and visit their homes for short periods- (Herman 584). ... By allowing inmates to visit with their loved ones such as their wife, it hopefully gets the inmates mind away from homosexual behavior. ...

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A little girl who lives a lonely life with her mother, divorced, an intellectual know-it-all psychologist, goes to the country to spend a weekend with her father and his new wife, who is wholesome, happy, and a good cook and gardener. ... But, pitying her poor mother typing away all by herself in the lonesome apartment, she keeps her guilty secret that from now on she will be living for the moments when she can escape to that dream home in the country where they know "what life is all about." ... The problem of abortion has existed for the entire history of this country (and beyond), bu...

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Gay marriage also appeared on the agenda of the political parties in this country, when President Bush took an unusual step and announced that he would support a constitutional amendment to recognize "a marriage as an institution between a man and a woman."1 Thus, the issue of gay marriage is not only important for the gay community itself, but several other parties will be affected, if it were to be recognized legally. ... In the article "The Meaning of Marriage", the author Edward Vacek, the professor of theology informed his audience that marriage is traditionally defined as a man and woman...

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