Analyzing Avicenna's Views about Women and Children and comparing it with the Provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Mohamad Mahdi Davar 1
Reyhaneh Sadeghi 2
1 Bachelor of Islamic Philosophy and Wisdom, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding Author)
2 Master's student in Fiqh and Fundamentals of Islamic Law, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/lc.2024.460178.1496
Abstract
Avicenna, in his treatise called "Al-Siyasāt al-Ahliyyah", has discussed various topics about household management, among which are discussion about family formation and discussion about wife and children. The discussions about wife and child in this treatise are not only about family management, how to deal with wife and child. However, the issues related to women's rights and children's rights are also seen in it. The two fundamental questions of this paper are whether women's rights and children's rights, which are found in Avicenna's views in this treatise, are comparable to the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (first question), and if they can be compared, do they confirm or deny each other? Hence, the topics that will be examined in this paper will be in line with the answers to these two questions in a descriptive-analytical method.
Keywords
Avicenna
Tadābir al-Manāzil or Al-Siyasāt al-Ahliyyah
Household Management
Women's Rights
Rights of the Child

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