تلخیص
Since, Men and woman both are complement to each other; woman had been
deprived of her legitimate socio-economic rights not only in antiquity but in modern era as
well. The literature indicated that woman had always been ill-treated and discriminated
socio-economically, and caused deprivation, tension, melancholy, anxiety and psychological
disorder to her, consequently caused disintegration to family system as well. In Indian
context on the demise of her husband she used to be buried alive with her deceased husband,
called “Satti” tradition, and had no share even in property. Due to the divorce and break-off
of marriage contract; widows were considered as house hold property and were even
discouraged to remarry. Same was the situation in other Patriarchal societies classified in
the name of religions, i.e., Buddhism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Jainism, Judaism and
Christianity. In Judaism, it was only men’s authority to divorce any woman, and she could
not be able remarriage without men’s consent, whereas same was practiced in Christianity as
well. Being widowed OR divorced; her socio-economic status was not only worst in ancient
Arab peninsula, but was also at stake in surrounding cultures and civilizations before the
dawn of Shariat-e-Muhammad SAW. The literature showed that due to the teachings of Islam,
not only the ratio of divorce is controlled by discouraging divorce, but also emancipated
divorced and widows from socio-economic deprivation. The aim of this paper was to
investigate the socio-economic status of woman at large scale, and of widows and divorced
particularly in the context of Islamic democratic Pakistan. It is found that, widows and
divorced are deprived of their social and financial rights although their rights are
guaranteed by the teachings of Islam and constitution of Pakistan.
Zia ud din, Dr Atta ur Rehman. (2020) Socio-Economical Status of Widows and Divorced among Religions and Contemporary Civilizations: A Comparative and Analytical Study, , Volume-08, Issue-1.
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