Women Saudi Aurabia

For blogs in the past I covered cases of women and children in New Delhi, India. The first story was about a young woman gang raped and killed by a group of men on her way from the movie theater, and the other covered the cases of sexually abused children in New Delhi, India. Although both posts addressed different social issues seen in New Delhi amongst its women and children the underlining problem was the refined rights for both women and children. Both situations occurred due to the negligence of refined laws for women and children. However this neglaciance of the basic rights for women and children not only occur in New Delhi, India but all around the world. Today I will be analyzing an article written by Rima Maktabi and Schams Elwazer in whom works for CNN. Samar Badawi, a 30-year-old mother of one, served seven months in jail, for disobeying he father. According to the article Badawi, 30, fell foul of Saudi Arabia's guardianship laws, which require women to gain permission from their father, husband or even adult son for many daily activities. This is a common practice among the men and women of Saudi Arabia. Like New Delhi, India many of the countries in Saudi Arabia are patriarchal societies, in which the men have the “upper hand” in the day to day activities. In many countries like this the women have no say in government or in their households; it is the man that dictates many of the decisions of the household. In many cases like Badwi’s women who do decide to go dispute with the men in their families are usually beaten, public punished, or placed in jail. CNN states that n a case that was highlighted by Human Rights Watch, Badawi was physically abused by her father from the age of 14 after her mother died of cancer. At the age of 25, she decided to "stand up for herself" and ran away to a women's shelter. She was jailed for seven months after her father brought a "disobedience" case against her and she refused to return to his home. Badawi stated that before she went to jail she was “broken woman” and when she was released she came out “victorious and was very proud of myself that I was able to handle those seven months. It wasn't easy." There are many women like Badawi whom in which suffer from the harsh ways men treat that women in countries similar to India and Saudi Arabia.  

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/14/world/meast/saudi-women-disagree-rights