According to a CEDAW study, "it is the cultural framework of religious
values and beliefs that most hindered women's part in public life; such
discrimination is based on abusive interpretations which assume gender
inequality and male supremacy. Religious and priestly functions are
reserved for men in most religions including traditional beliefs of many
tribes on all continents." According to the U.N. Study, "Cultural
or
religious stereotypes prevent women from exercising their vote in some
countries; men try to influence them or even vote in their name; so many
women lose interest in politics."
The organizations listed below address these and other issues on F.2. Prohibition
from Functions. Click on the title of an organization to view an abstract of
their work and how to contact them. Click on the news and research buttons
to check and see if there is additional information on F.2. Prohibition
from Functions.
Women's NGO'S
Asia Pacific
Forum on Women Law and Development (APWLD )
MADRE
Equality Now
European Women’s
Lobby (EWL)
UN NGO Committee
on the Status of Women, Geneva
UN
NGO Committee on the Status of Women, New York
Women's Environment
and Development Organization (WEDO)
Women's Learning
Partnership (WLP)
WOMANKIND Worldwide
Women's Research
and Documentation Project-Tanzania (WRDP)
Human Rights NGO'S
Rights
and Democracy–Droits et Democratie
Human
Strategies for Human Rights (HSHR)
UN
NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Geneva
UN
NGO Committee on Freedom of Religion or Belief, New York
Religions & Associations
The Interreligious
Center on Public Life (ICPL)
Academic Institutions
Civil Society
Governments
Training
Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
The
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
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