Customs effecting Women: A general perspective

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore the fact that how customs effect the women in various cultures. An overall viewpoint has been established from all over the world to check-out the impact of different customs on females. The UN Fourth World Conference provided the plate form for the women’s to describe rights on Women realized by states to “take urgent action to combat and eliminate violence against women, which is a human rights violation resulting from harmful traditional or customary practices, cultural prejudices and extremism.” Some customs from the different countries in all over the world which show that women are tortured physically, psychology, socially as well as in some countries religiously. In some countries we find the discrimination in legal prospective. The women get less right as compare to men even in some developed countries the women are deprived of form their legal rights. In middle East countries which are governed religiously, In these countries men are consider superior and it is easy for them to divorce even orally and women have face many problems. Any program established by ignoring woman will definitely be incomplete and defective. No one imagine a society comprised only of men or women. Both are dependent on each other. Requirement of their combination is social, psychological and sexual. Social life demands from man and woman to step forward collectively for national progress. In eighteenth century, question arose that how discriminatory behavior on the basis of physical strength can be eliminated. For this purpose struggle in the shape of movements initiated. Basic purpose of these movements was to empower both man and woman in decision making factors. With the beginning of disciplined civil life perception of right is developed. For a better civic society, rights and duties of man and woman should be well determined. Nature imposed some rights and duties upon both of them. Some rights of man applicable upon woman.