Woman Between Islam and Western Society
4. The Problems Facing Modern Civilization
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women during their childbearing years, and older
women would themselves opt to stay at home. It
seems very probable that such negative factors will
reinforce the very discriminatory attitudes which
the women’s liberation movement came into being
to end.
WHITHER “WOMEN’S LIB”?
From the 12th to the 16th of January, 1987, a
conference was held in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi,
in which philosophers, scientists, writers and artists
from 15 countries participated. This five-day
conference was arranged by the Government of
India on the topic, “Towards New Beginnings.”
Many distinguished ladies of the western world,
who have now grown old, were among those who
participated. They had spent all their lives working
for Women’s Lib, but their mood was one of
frustration. The
Indian Express
cites Germaine Greer
of Australia as a case in point:
They are feminists of different hues — Ms.
Germaine Greer, the outspoken, aggressive
writer from Australia, and Ms. Gisele Halimi,
a Tunisian-born lawyer who spearheaded the
