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“Expressions of Equality in the Family”
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Year in Review
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2025
Year in Review
As 2025 comes to an end, the Bahá’í World News Service looks back at glimpses from efforts of the global Bahá’í community to foster a more harmonious world.
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NEW DELHI — Justice necessitates that women should have equal rights as men. However, achieving true equality is difficult and will require the removal of obstacles that block women’s participation as equals of men in all areas of human endeavor. One sphere of action in which all people can apply the universal principle of the equality of women and men is the family, says the Bahá’í Office of Public Affairs of India.
“Strengthening family life is essential to the progress of society,” says Nilakshi Rajkhowa of the Office of Public Affairs in an interview with the News Service about insights and experiences the Office sees as relevant to the discourse on the equality of women and men. Continue reading >
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