Status+of+Woman(especially+in+non-western+countries)


 * __Status of women in the middle east__**


 * In the middle eastern state of Isreal(modern day) a woman named Golda Meir was elected prime minister.


 * Meir was the fourth prime minister of the State of Israel and second woman prime minister in the world, a labor activist, Zionist and politician.


 * Saudi Arabia is one of the most sexist nations in the world, making their woman cloth themselves head to toe in a black garment


 * Woman have almost no rights partially due to the ideologies of christianity, islam, and judaism, all male created


 * The rule of the Taliban in Afghanistan is now emulating the sexist Saudi model.


 * Women enjoy political and social rights in many Muslim countries, and Egypt has recently granted women the right to divorce their husbands.


 * In Tunisia, abortion is legal, and polygamy is prohibited.

[] **__Status of woman in Asia__**
 * Women have served as ministers in the Syrian, Jordanian, Egyptian, Iraqi, and Tunisian governments, and as Vice President in Iran.
 * In 1949, when China became a communist country, Chairman Mao Zedong’s famous slogan “Women hold up half the sky” became part of state ideology. This was the start of women making an impact on Asain scociety.


 * In Thailand, only 1 percent of women is in politics or holds a government post.This is because, according to Asian tradition, women who step out of the box are often viewed as scandalous, immoral, outrageous and often evil.
 * In Malaysia, only a handful of women have played political roles. One woman who has is Dr. Wan Azizah Ismail – She spoke out about her pollitically improsoned husband who was the deputy prime minister.
 * The United Nations International Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) noted in the year 2000 that women accounted for more than half of the work force in Asia.
 * But their careers remain concentrated in social areas (14 percent), legal (9 percent), economics (4.1 percent), political affairs (3.4 percent) and executive (3.9 percent).
 * In 2002, women comprised slightly more than half the Hong Kong population. More than half of university graduates are women. Women make up 43 percent of the labor force in Hong Kong at the time.
 * In Japan, women are not keen to become entrepreneurs, let alone government servants or politicians. But wemon control the family’s finances and husbands are given a weekly allowance.