So what do you do if your parents are forcing you to marry? Easy, just request you get put on a no-fly list:
A Lebanese family based in Sydney has been banned from taking their daughter to their home country for an arranged marriage. The Federal Magistrates Court acted after the girl, aged 17, called Australian Federal Police from her home while her mother was out, saying she had been booked to fly out of Australia against her will. The girl, who cannot be named, wanted police to put her name on an airport watch list so she could not pass through passport control without triggering an alarm.
And so the police got the courts to comply; saving the 17 year old from a marriage set-up where the sales pitch most probably went like this: “I have a beautiful daughter for you. She’s just about to turn 18 and she has an Australian passport. You’d love to live in Australia, wouldn’t you? She’s perfect for you”.
i think its going to be a long long journey in the ME before something called Women’s Rights comes into “existance”. yea there is a voice raised every now and then but again its just a voice, nothing more. a majority of the women here prefer being dominated over, allowing their fathers and husband’s complete control over their lives and belongings. it’s a cultural thing here that the majority of women agree with or disagree silently. its a life they choose and only when they choose otherwise, will things start to change. its strange that a womens love in the middle east cannot move mountains.
Completely agree.
i think its going to be a long long journey in the ME before something called Women's Rights comes into “existance”. yea there is a voice raised every now and then but again its just a voice, nothing more. a majority of the women here prefer being dominated over, allowing their fathers and husband's complete control over their lives and belongings. it's a cultural thing here that the majority of women agree with or disagree silently. its a life they choose and only when they choose otherwise, will things start to change. its strange that a womens love in the middle east cannot move mountains.
Completely agree.
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Why in this day and age does this sort of thing happen. In parts of this world, especially the middle east women are still second class citizens. What is even sadder is that some of the women agree with the culture. What it proves is the only solution to the conflict in the middle east is education.
That is part of the problem when it comes to woman’s rights. The majority accept the status quo and fail to challenge it.
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I think woman’s right have made great strides in the last 50 years. Un fortunately there are still parts of the world that still treat women as if the were property.
I am referring to the middle east and Africa.
Well, let’s not forget that Woman’s Rights is a journey and not a destination. Take the US, women weren’t allowed to vote until after WWI, about 145 years after the establishment of the United States of America. That’s more than the existence of most of the countries in the ME and Africa. There are grass root organizations on the ground that are working towards Woman’s Rights; ultimately its a battle, there are some losses and some wins but the fight towards equality continues whether in advanced countries in the West or less developed countries in Asia and Africa.
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You can say that again and I fully agree with Michelle as I have seen in my own case that men still have the Political, Law, Money and Government Power to Block a woman who stands up for justice and Human Rights. Most Men still cannot accept that some women are smarter and more talented than them and they will do anything to Crush and Block these Smart, Brilliant, Talented women from Rising as they fear they may fall. I have witnessed this in my own case
Now this is more like it, a girl has taken a bold step to stop her tradition from ruining her life. Her parents should be ashamed. After enjoying the perks in living in Australia and tasting the freedom that they enjoyed, they would forcefully let their daughter marry someone just because of the tradition that they grew up with, that’s not right. Glad that the authorities favored the girl.