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OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. Global strategies
  3. Protecting acquired legal rights of women

Protecting acquired legal rights of women

  • Supporting rights of married women

Broader

Supporting women
Presentable
Expanding social participation of women
Presentable
Defending women's rights
Presentable
Protecting women
Yet to rate

Narrower

Ensuring equal rights of women on family planning decisions
Presentable

Constrained by

Employing domestic violence
Yet to rate

Facilitates

Improving status of women
Excellent
Alleviating female poverty
Presentable

Facilitated by

Promoting participation of women in non-government organizations
Yet to rate

Problem

Discrimination against married women
Excellent
Dependency of women in marriage
Presentable
Bride burning
Presentable
Rejection of wife by husband
Unpresentable
Loss of civil capacity for married women
Unpresentable
Family dependence on patriarchal role of the man
Unpresentable
Discrimination against women in divorce rights
Unpresentable
Denial of right to a name
Unpresentable
Wife-swopping
Yet to rate

Value

Unmarried
Yet to rate
Rights
Yet to rate
Illegality
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #5: Gender EqualitySustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(E) Emanations of other strategies
Subject
  • Society » Women
  • Society » Marriage
  • Societal problems » Protection
  • Law » Legality
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J0490
    DOCID
    12004900
    D7NID
    193979
    Last update
    Mar 8, 2023