International Womens day: Celebration or Sorrow?

Published: March 12, 2022, 7:51 p.m.

International women\u2019s day in which women come together globally to celebrate the political, social and economic inroads that women have made in the last century.\n\nThe discussion of women\u2019s rights began to take shape in the early 1800s when women were denied the right to vote, denied the right to own property, they were denied entitled entitlement to inheritance, denied education and were generally employed as home helps and paid a meager wage.\n\nIt is often said that Women globally have made some progress since the industrial revolution when scores of women entered the work place.\xa0 \n\nHowever, a closer scrutiny at the real situation draws a much different picture.\n\nJoin us as the speaker provides understanding on the rights granted to women and the real protection and nurturing that can only be provided with the implementation of Islam.