Women, Culture and Social Change

Description: Increasingly, social entrepreneurs working in healthcare, education and economic development are relying on women and girls to create and sustain change in communities around the world.  What's driving this focus on women and girls?   What are the models and opportunities for success?  What are the challenges and cultural barriers faced by these approaches?  And how are traditional, often male-dominated, cultural and community institutions accommodating this changing landscape? Join these panelists for a vigorous, candid and real world conversation on the myths, pitfalls and imperatives surrounding this topic.

Panel:

• Iman Bibars, Ph.D., Regional Director, Ashoka Arab World
• Jensine Larsen, Founder, World Pulse Media
• Fiona Muchembere, Programme Manager Institutional Development, CAMFED International
• Nafis Sadik, Ph.D. UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, United Nations
• Diana Wells, President, Ashoka  

When women go out of the house for shopping, work or studies she is expected to behave modestly. A married woman should not go outside the house without the permission of her husband. In most parts of Pakistan a woman would need to wear burkha (pradah) which is a black full length gown - when she leaves the home and any type of exposure is treated as indecent. In the house women usually wear salwar kameez and cover their heads with dupata (a long cloth that is also use to cover the upper body of a woman).
In some of the cities the Western culture has been tolerated and women go without the burkha. However, they need to behave modest and always act subservient to man when in public or at home. A woman's first duty remains the happiness of her husband and it is her duty to see that he is successful in whatever he does. This is why she is even expected to accept a second wife or more if she cannot bear children or a male heir for her husband.    
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WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS!

The reason that we emphasize “women’s rights” within human rights goes beyond history. Traditionally, women have not enjoyed equal access to basic human rights, protections, resources, and services. Unfortunately, gender inequality is still present in every society and remains as a huge barrier for the world. 
Unequal situations for women vary significantly by region, country, culture, society, community and etc. Also, there are various conditions and places where women are disadvantaged. The origin of the discrimination is sometimes religion, beliefs, cultural traditions or political interests. These excuses in some occasions encourage the unequal and discriminatory treatment of women, thus creating 

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