Religion is one of the 'basic causes' of violations of women's rights

Jimmy Carter discusses the impact of religion and tradition on the lives of women and girls.

Traditional practices put women in positions of inferiority

Graça Machel argues that through their creation of a hierarchical relationship between men and women, traditional practices have contributed to the discrimination of women and girls.

The words of God do not justify cruelty to women

Writing in The Observer, Jimmy Carter argues that religion has often been interpreted to justify the persecution and abuse of women throughout the world - in violation not only of international human rights standards, but of the holy teachings that all th

Religion and women

In his column in The New York Times, Nicholas D. Kristof argues that while religion has often been used to justify discrimination against women, religious institutions can work to become forces for female emancipation.