Advancement of Women

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• Primary Health Care and the Empowerment of Women

  The task of saving the lives of millions of women and female children throughout the world, who die every year from easily prevented illnesses, is daunting. The outrage provoked by so many needless deaths, however, can now be tempered by hope because demands for better health care and improved quality of life for all females are being voiced by communities, health personnel, researchers and policy makers. More >

• Articles about the Advancement of Women

  Articles from "One Country" magazine on the subject of the advancement of women. More >

• Statements on the Advancement of Women

  Statements issued by the Bahá'í International Community United Nations' Office on the subject of the advancement of women. More >

• A Compilation on Women

  Selections from the Bahá'í sacred writings on the subject of women. More >

• News Stories on Equality of Women and Men

  News stories from the Bahá'í World News Service related to the equality of women and men. More >

• Turning Point For All Nations

  The 20th Century, one of the most tumultuous periods in human history, has been marked by numerous upheavals, revolutions and radical departures from the past. Ranging from the collapse of the colonial system and the great nineteenth century empires to the rise and fall of broad and disastrous experiments with totalitarianism, fascism and communism, some of these upheavals have been extremely destructive, involving the deaths of millions, the eradication of old lifestyles and traditions, and the collapse of time-honored institutions. More >

• 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the Equality of Women and Men

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• Early Bahá'í Heroines

  The Bahá'í writings offer a potent vision of the qualities for which women must strive and the changes they can effect in the world; and the history of the Bahá'í Faith offers many examples of outstanding women who serve as models or paradigms of this "new womanhood." Two women in particular stand out, one associated with qualities of strength and audacity and the other with tenderness and servitude. More >