Women and Religious Freedom

Despite the normative integration between freedom of religion or belief (FORB) and women's equality, these synergies are difficult to discern and there is a common misperception that women's rights to equality and FORB are clashing rights. This is compounded by the extensive religiously phrased reservations by states upon ratification of international treaties that amplify this misperception that FORB serves to restrict women's rights to equality.

The purpose of this publication is to seek to identify synergies as well as complexities between FORB and the right to women's equality through the analysis of various international human rights law documents impacting this topic. Discover more products here: Human Rights collection Religion & Faith-based Issues Women collection Minorities, Cultures & Languages collection