Arabs and their women

The Arab press had some interesting editorial cartoons to depict the plight of women in the Arab world in conjunction with the International Women's Day on March 8.

Some of these cartoons criticized the hypocrisy of the male-dominated establishment, ridiculing male public figures who give lofty speeches on Women's Day, but in actuality do nothing to promote women's equality.

Here are two examples: on one a man, standing on the woman's back, is writing: "International Women's Day", while on the other the text on the TV screen says: "International Women's Day."

Click this link to see more cartoons like this.

But then, this is not just happening in the Arab world. It’s the same in Asia, Africa, maybe even in some parts of America.

Only certain European nations can proudly say that they treat their women equally.