Contemporary Muslim Women Education: A Critical Appraisal of Asian Context

Contemporary Muslim Women Education: A Critical Appraisal of Asian Context

This article examines the major factors contributing to the gender gap in women's education in Muslim societies.

In Eastern countries where Muslims are the dominant community, women's education still lags behind that of the developed world, which increasingly recognizes universal education as a central feature of human development.

Muslim women have passively accepted this situation, depriving themselves of the opportunity to reach their potential, leading to the global discourse that

Muslims consider woman intellectually inferior
.

A fundamental question arises: how to justify societal investment in women's education when the society itself does not recognize its usefulness.

Author's summary: Education gap in Muslim societies.

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Economic and Political Weekly Economic and Political Weekly — 2025-10-18

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