A training session for women, China.
What is the Bahá’í position on the status of women?
The Bahá’í writings clearly indicate that, from the spiritual point of view, there is no difference between women and men and no basis—moral, biological, or social—for discrimination on grounds of gender. Consequently, an essential equality of rights and opportunities between the two is upheld and promoted.Links
Two Wings of a Bird: The Equality of Women and Men
The emancipation of women, the achievement of full equality between the sexes, is essential to human progress and the transformation of society. Inequality retards not only the advancement of women but the progress of civilization itself. The persistent denial of equality to one-half of the world's population is an affront to human dignity. More >
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Selections from the Bahá'í Writings on Women
Selections from the Bahá'í holy writings on the status of women. More >
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Advancement of Women
"The emancipation of women, the achievement of full equality between the sexes, is one of the most important, though less acknowledged prerequisites of peace. The denial of such equality perpetrates an injustice against one half of the world's population and promotes in men harmful attitudes and habits that are carried from the family to the workplace, to political life, and ultimately to international relations." More >
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Advancing the Status of Women
The emancipation of women, the achievement of full equality between the sexes, is one of the most important, though less acknowledged prerequisites of peace. The denial of such equality perpetrates an injustice against one half of the world's population and promotes in men harmful attitudes and habits that are carried from the family to the workplace, to political life, and ultimately to international relations. More >