Not Saudi Arabia. Where women are physically punished if not wearing
compulsory clothing, are almost entirely excluded from political life,
cannot drive, cannot travel without a male relative, receive half the
inheritance of their brothers, and where their testimony counts for half
that of a man’s.
Not Sudan. Where domestic violence is not prohibited. There is no
minimum age for “consensual” sex. The legal age of marriage for girls
is ten. 88% of women under 50 have undergone female genital mutilation.
And women are denied equal rights in marriage, inheritance and divorce.
Not Iran. Where every woman who registered as a presidential
candidate in the last election was disqualified. “Adultery” is
punishable by death by stoning. Women who fight back...