On 10/29/06, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 10/29/06, Yoshie Furuhashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Generally speaking, it's much easier to struggle for women's rights in
> the richer developed West than in the poorer less developed non-West,
> for better material conditions for women's rights (such as economic
> development, urbanization, proletarianization, etc.) exist in the
> richer part of the world,
agreed.
> So, if a Western country does
> particularly badly for women, as Switzerland does, it is interesting.
> What took them so long?
is there a Swiss in the house? is anyone an expert on that country?
According to BBC, apparently married Swiss women didn't have the right
to manage their property at that time either: "Although Swiss women
can now vote in most regional and national elections, they continue to
face discrimination under Swiss law. At home, men retain control of
their wives' property and capital, and the husband has the right to
decide where he and his wife will reside" ("1971: Swiss Women Get the
Vote,"
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/7/newsid_2738000/2738475.stm>).
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