Description

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In many countries women experience violence and exploitation, they have been beaten and oppressed for centuries. The protection and rights of women are still underdeveloped worldwide, even though equality is already more advanced in the West. The authors, who are committed to human rights, are shedding light on the oppression of women worldwide, explain the various reasons for it and describe possible countermeasures.

About the Author

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Christine Schirrmacher (PhD) is professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn/Germany and Leuven/Belgium. She is currently also engaged with teaching at different government institutions and continuing education programs related to politics. She has been appointed by the German Federal Parliament to the "Council of the Federal Agency for Civic Education" and to the "Advisory Board of the German Institute for Human Rights". Prof. Dr. theol. Dr. phil. Thomas Schirrmacher, PhD, DD, (born 1960) is President of the International Council of the International Society for Human Rights, Frankfurt. He teaches as extraordinary professor of the sociology of religion at the state University of the West in Timisoara (Romania) and human rights and religious freedom at Oxford University (Regent's Park College). In his religious role he is Bishop in Anglican rite and Associate Secretary General for Theological Concerns of the World Evangelical Alliance, which represents churches with 600 million Protestant Christians.