Women have long been devoid of justice. If we look through the pages of history, women have always been the sufferers. In ancient times in Egypt people saw associated them with the devil. People never saw them as a blessing. Very often when a female baby was born, she was buried alive. Women were tortured and treated as slaves. After the coming of Islam the status of women was uplifted and brought equal to man. Allah almighty says in the Holy Quran:

O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may take away part of the dower ye have given them,except where they have been guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. (Surah Al-Nisa 4:19)

This shows how the men should behave and interact with women. Islam abolished woman slavery. Islam raised the voice against slavery and considered it as a social injustice whether male slavery or female. Women were given the rights to go outside homes, get education, and do job and even keep the wages to themselves and spend the way they like. Most people don’t know about the rights and are misguided by what others tell them. They should study the Holy Quran and Hadith themselves and they will find out that Women have been given equal rights to men in Islam.

Restricting woman to the house in the name of wedlock and household responsibilities against their will is also a form of slavery. Muslim woman is not bound to stay at home and compromise with every whim of her caretakers at cost of sacrificing her desires. It is her goodness that she compromises and does not demand much but it is not a compulsion put on her by the religion. It is unfortunately, the social setup and male chauvinism. However, things and situations do improve with the right knowledge and information about one’s rights and duties. Women should focus more upon learning the basics themselves and then transfer their knowledge and findings to their offspring. A slow but gradual process can bring about an ever-lasting change for the women worldwide.