skuaOct 10, 2024

I see calls for #India to have a #UCC / #UniformCivilCode.

I read some women feel they'll be more oppressed if that happens.

And then I read the following and now very much doubt that a legal system that can defend this level of #OppressionOfWomen should be relied on to produce a non-oppressive UCC.

#WomensRights

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c80r38yeempo

India government says criminalising marital rape 'excessively harsh'

The government has opposed petitions in the country's top court that seek criminalisation of marital rape.

ChrisUAug 20, 2024
The Guardian view on Afghanistan’s gender apartheid: don’t embolden the Taliban https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/20/the-guardian-view-on-afghanistan-gender-apartheid-dont-embolden-the-taliban?
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#taliban #oppressionofwomen
The Guardian view on Afghanistan’s gender apartheid: don’t embolden the Taliban

Editorial: Women have been stripped of their freedom, dignity and livelihoods. The international community must heed their demands

The Guardian
kidadai XOct 2, 2023

As a Black Woman Accused of Killing a White Man, I Was Never Innocent Until Proven Guilty | Truthout https://truthout.org/articles/as-a-black-woman-accused-of-killing-a-white-man-i-was-never-innocent-until-proven-guilty/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=7272f01064-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_05_16_12_47_COPY_01&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-df72203684-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

#usracism #usprisons #womeninprison #abuseinprison #usracisticprisonsystem #usprisonsystem #oppressionofwomen #SystemicOpression #OppressionIndustrialCompkex

As a Black Woman Accused of Killing a White Man, I Was Never Innocent Until Proven Guilty

If we left behind the oppressive systems that deprive people of their very freedom, what could we create instead?

Truthout
skuaSep 18, 2023
@sushubh
Such #OppressionOfWomen - can see why avoiding marriage would be popular.