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Underground women's movement in First War of Algeria
- Women pushed to fight along side men; few did
- Men would often not speak in front of women to prevent them from forming own opinions about military debates
- When the war was over, women went back to traditional duties
- Women who fought against returning to roles were imprisoned
What Has Changed
"'When I was in jail I was so convinced that when we got out, we - men and women - would build a socialist Algeria together but Algeria was built without us. We, the women, we were excluded'" (Kutschera).
Saudi Arabia
- Women can drive
On A Larger Scale
Algeria
- Quite a bit
- Still in progress
Feminization of poverty
- Earn on average just over half what men earn
- Often denied credit, land, inheritance
- Victims of violence
- Discriminatory laws
- Trafficking and sexual exploitation
- Often underrepresented in government
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Saudi Arabia
- Discouraged from driving
Arab Spring 2012 brought uprising
- Women frustrated with social and cultural restraints; lack of education, work, freedom
Algeria
- Not supposed to refer to husband directly
- Not supposed to leave the house
- Thrown into arranged marriages
"'Marriage is a more important thing than school for a woman!'" (Ghalem 57).
On A Larger Scale
CEDAW - 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
"However, regrettably the United States remains one of the few countries in the world that has not ratified CEDAW. The US argues...that it desperately needs, in the American war on terrorism, the help of some of the most anti-female countries..." ("The impact of domestic...")
"'I'm not,' Jiyuko said. 'What makes you say that?'
'My boyfriend says I'm a bad girl.' ... 'He wants me to be like everyone else. We Japanese have a saying: The nail that stands out will be struck down'" (Backer 17).
"'Everyone wants fancy decorated cake for the night of December twenty-fourth. But on Christmas, the twenty-fifth, the cake is stale, and no one wants it. It is the same with girls. If a girl is not married by the age of twenty-five, she is too old...'" (Backer 18).
Women in America
"'Professor Marubatsu said you had to concentrate on getting a husband before it was too late'" (Backer 25).
- Vote
- Drive
- Own property
- Equal opportunities and social status
- Individual expression