Women all around the world suffer everyday from lack of rights. Rights that include the freedom to travel, go to school, work fair hours, go outside, open a bank account, speak without permission, marry who they want, or gain health care or any public services.

Many people believe that women are not receiving these rights because of religion and this is partly true but it also deals with beliefs and traditions. 

In the middle East women not having rights is a much more serious problem then anywhere else in the world. The three middle East countries that stuck out the most in my research were Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Taliban. These three countires believe that women should have little to no rights all there lives.

Saudi Arabia made a pledge on June 10th 2009 stating that they accepted recommendation put forward by UN member states in February to take steps to end the system of male gardianship over women, to give full legal identity to Saudi women, and prohibit gender discrimination. Yet on July 2nd Saudi Al-watan newspaper noted that women still need there male guardians to undergo medical care. Women cant divorce their husbands without this being OK with the man, and women cant leave the countries unless the male guardian allows them.

The Jordan government which is a monarch believes in a cultural tradition called "honor killings".