Ensuring Gender Justice while respecting religion

♤ Promoting education and awareness among women about civil rights and liberties. If women themselves take up their issues it would create a greater impact. Role of educators and family is critical in these efforts.

♤ A change that comes from within is widely accepted. Hence, the notion of gender equality should be promoted using community leaders and religious texts. This will force people to consider dichotomy of their thinking and they would be more open to reforms.

♤ Citing examples of suffering of women due to some religious diktats.

♤ Upward socio-economic mobility of women.

♤ Gradual exposure to reforms after extensive dialogues with the various stakeholders involved. Avoiding hasty legislations.

♤ Upholding constitutional values of freedom of religion without constricting the universal rights of women.

It should be kept in consideration that social reforms cannot be enforced by governmental or judicial diktats overnight. They have to be nurtured through patient persuasion, enlightened leadership and personal examples and only then they will be acceptable widely.