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 Official: Maldives wants to improve women's rights
The Maldives' foreign minister said Wednesday the young democracy is striving to improve rights for women after 30 years of repressive rule and has still a long way to go.
Ahmed Shaheed said Maldives prosecutors were trying to protect women from being flogged and the government was trying to advance the careers of qualified women.
He acknowledged that many Maldivians don't know about their basic rights and abuses continue.
"When it comes to women's rights and children's issues we do have difficulties," Shaheed said in an interview with The Associated Press.
He said "it has something to do with the cultural values of the country, practice and traditions and also the creeping influence of radical Islam."
National law doesn't discriminate against women and they have a majority of government jobs. But women in Maldives face high rates of domestic violence and emerging Islamic fundamentalists discourage them from seeking employment or education.
"The new priorities for us really are to safeguard women's rights and protect children," said Shaheed, who was in Geneva lobbying for the Maldives to become a member of the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Vibrant public debates, a free press and political opponents speaking freely are helping the country overcome the legacy of the three-decade rule of president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Shaheed said.
Gayoom, who was defeated in the Maldives' first democratic election, in 2008, has been accused by many people of ruling as a dictator, suppressing dissent violently and amassing wealth for friends and family.
(2010-03-05 / etaiwannews)
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