You said:
"I am not sure about Qatar welcoming regular reviews or not, but regardless, Canada cannot compete with Qatar in women's rights.."
It DOES matter whether a country submits itself and its record on something for review. It's quite commonplace in this part of the world for countries to simply not keep any stats on an issue, and then when questioned they say there is no problem.
Convenient strategy, but it doesn't really stand up to scrutiny.
And I have to say, I almost choked laughing when I read that you think Qatar has a better women's right's record than Canada.
C'mon...I know you're feeling a little defensive about people criticizing countries over here, but let's be honest about things. Women in Qatar still need a man's permission/approval to do so many things. The vast majority of marriages are still semi-arranged. They cannot travel without a mahram (a religious restriction, I realize, but one that affects women and their ability to travel freely as they want). They cannot divorce as easily as men can. Their husband can take a second wife even if they do not want him to...
In so very many different ways, their lives are not as free as much as Canadian women's lives are.
"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."
-- Maya Angelou
You said:
"I am not sure about Qatar welcoming regular reviews or not, but regardless, Canada cannot compete with Qatar in women's rights.."
It DOES matter whether a country submits itself and its record on something for review. It's quite commonplace in this part of the world for countries to simply not keep any stats on an issue, and then when questioned they say there is no problem.
Convenient strategy, but it doesn't really stand up to scrutiny.
And I have to say, I almost choked laughing when I read that you think Qatar has a better women's right's record than Canada.
C'mon...I know you're feeling a little defensive about people criticizing countries over here, but let's be honest about things. Women in Qatar still need a man's permission/approval to do so many things. The vast majority of marriages are still semi-arranged. They cannot travel without a mahram (a religious restriction, I realize, but one that affects women and their ability to travel freely as they want). They cannot divorce as easily as men can. Their husband can take a second wife even if they do not want him to...
In so very many different ways, their lives are not as free as much as Canadian women's lives are.
"Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise."
-- Maya Angelou