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Bahá'í Faith and gender equality

Index Bahá'í Faith and gender equality

One of the fundamental teachings of the Bahá'í Faith is that men and women are equal, and that equality of the sexes is a spiritual and moral standard that is essential for the unification of the planet and the unfoldment of peace. [1]

27 relations: Baha'i perspective on international human rights, Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'í Faith and the unity of humanity, Bahá'í Faith in Azerbaijan, Bahá'í Faith in Botswana, Bahá'í Faith in Morocco, Bahá'í Faith in the United States, Bahá'í studies, Bahá'í teachings, Barli Development Institute for Rural Women, Conference of Badasht, First-wave feminism, Gender and religion, Gender equality, Jacqueline Left Hand Bull, Layli Miller-Muro, Outline of the Bahá'í Faith, Patricia Locke, Role of women in religion, Seneca Falls Convention, Socioeconomic development and the Bahá'í Faith, Tahirih Justice Center, Thornton Chase, Universal House of Justice, Women and religion, `Abdu'l-Bahá, `Abdu'l-Bahá's journeys to the West.

Baha'i perspective on international human rights

Bahá’u’lláh, the prophet-founder of the Bahá’í Faith, called for global agreement on human rights protection nearly eighty years before the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948.

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Bahá'í Faith

The Bahá'í Faith (بهائی) is a religion teaching the essential worth of all religions, and the unity and equality of all people.

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Bahá'í Faith and the unity of humanity

Unity of humanity is one of the central teachings of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Bahá'í Faith in Azerbaijan

The Bahá'í in Azerbaijan crosses a complex history of regional changes.

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Bahá'í Faith in Botswana

The Bahá'í Faith in Botswana begins after `Abdu'l-Bahá wrote letters encouraging taking the religion to Africa in 1916.

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Bahá'í Faith in Morocco

The Bahá'í Faith in Morocco began about 1946.

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Bahá'í Faith in the United States

The Bahá'í Faith was first mentioned in the United States in 1893 at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.

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Bahá'í studies

Bahá'í studies refers to the scholarly study of the Bahá'í Faith, its teachings, history and literature.

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Bahá'í teachings

The Bahá'í teachings represent a considerable number of theological, social, and spiritual ideas that were established in the Bahá'í Faith by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the religion, and clarified by successive leaders including `Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'u'lláh's son, and Shoghi Effendi, `Abdu'l-Bahá's grandson.

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Barli Development Institute for Rural Women

The Barli Development Institute for Rural Women in Indore is a Bahá'í inspired, though independent residential vocational education school providing programs for women in the vicinity of the city of Indore, India in the state of Madhya Pradesh as well as a base for outreach/non-residential training centers.

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Conference of Badasht

The Conference of Badasht (Persian: گردهمایی بدشت) was an instrumental meeting of the leading Bábís in Iran during June–July 1848.

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First-wave feminism

First-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity and thought that occurred during the 19th and early 20th century throughout the Western world.

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Gender and religion

Sex differences in religion can be classified as either "internal" or "external".

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Gender equality

Gender equality, also known as sexual equality, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing different behaviors, aspirations and needs equally, regardless of gender.

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Jacqueline Left Hand Bull

Jacqueline Left Hand Bull (formerly Delahunt, born in 1943), member of the Sicangu Lakota of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, was brought up in her view in a traditional Lakota way by her grandparents and parents.

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Layli Miller-Muro

Layli Miller-Muro is an American attorney and activist.

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Outline of the Bahá'í Faith

The following outline is provided as an overview of and a topical guide to the Bahá'í Faith.

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Patricia Locke

Patricia A. Locke (Tawacin WasteWin) (January 21, 1928 – October 20, 2001) was a Native American educator-activist and converted to the Bahá'í Faith during a trip to South America.

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Role of women in religion

The role of women in religion may refer to.

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Seneca Falls Convention

The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention.

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Socioeconomic development and the Bahá'í Faith

Since its inception the Bahá'í Faith has had involvement in socioeconomic development beginning by giving greater freedom to women, promulgating the promotion of female education as a priority concern, and that involvement was given practical expression by creating schools, agricultural coops, and clinics.

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Tahirih Justice Center

The Tahirih Justice Center, or Tahirih, is a national charitable non-governmental organization headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, United States that aims to protect immigrant women and girls fleeing gender-based violence and persecution.

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Thornton Chase

Thornton Chase (February 22, 1847 – September 30, 1912) was a distinguished officer of the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War, and the first western convert to the Bahá'í Faith.

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Universal House of Justice

The Universal House of Justice (بیت‌العدل اعظم) is the nine-member supreme ruling body of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Women and religion

The study of women and religion typically examines the role of women within particular religious faiths, and religious doctrines relating to gender, gender roles, and particular women in religious history.

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`Abdu'l-Bahá

`Abdu’l-Bahá' (Persian: عبد البهاء‎, 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921), born `Abbás (عباس), was the eldest son of Bahá'u'lláh and served as head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1892 until 1921.

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`Abdu'l-Bahá's journeys to the West

`Abdu'l-Bahá's journeys to the West were a series of trips `Abdu'l-Bahá undertook starting at the age of 67 from Palestine to the West from 1910 to 1913.

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Baha'i Faith and Feminism, Baha'i Faith and gender equality, Baha'i Feminism, Bahai Faith and gender equality, Bahai faith and equality of men and women, Bahá'í Faith and Feminism, Gender equality in the Bahá'í Faith.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahá'í_Faith_and_gender_equality

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