Shermunda Lawrence
Feb. 27, 2009
1:55pm
The French women’s rights group has moved to another country and continent, Morocco. This group, led by Vice President Silhem Habchi, fights against forced marriages and abusive situations which may have them end up living with a poor income. Since this is the first chapter in Morocco, especially in a Muslim world, this protest may take a while for women to be recognized for their rights. But everyone is not pleased with this move, saying this is not part of the “local culture.” Habchi feels really adamant about this move even though the fight is not over for France. She wants this movement to be spread globally, helping women overcome what she went through with her boyfriend. He set her on fire because she refused to marry him.
Since my minor focuses on Women’s and Gender Studies, I strongly agree with this movement. Countries, Religions, household, etc. have many roles and rules on women that restricts them from doing many things which bothers me. Vice President Habchi has been through a lot with her boyfriend and knows the pain the women are going through. Women should not be forced into marriages or relationship that they would not pull there all in. The women would not be happy, which will cause others in the family not to be happy. I think starting France was a good idea since France is the country where is amicable and everyone accepts everyone for the most part. And moving to Morocco is going to be a big step since the prominent religion of Muslim is there. But if the group can attain this, they can do anything.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-27-voa15.cfm
By Lisa Bryant Paris
2 comments:
wow this is insain. I think that womens rights is something that is being constantly overlooked and it just is not fair. I am very grateful to have the respect that I recieve here in america. But like we looked at the amount of money women earn in a year vs men, and you still see that we as humans have a long way to go to discoving a happy median.
The pay between men and woman is still amazing how big of a difference it really is when we are equal in all rights now. Obviously its not true if there is such a big gap of payment in the work force. Women rights is deffinatly over looked.
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