Women and Minorities Here are two different topics, both having one important commonality: marginalization, disregard and exploitation are what face women and minorities but for the sake of brevity we will mention both together. We will begin with the position of the woman. Who is she the women? She is our mother, our sister, our daughter and the mother of our children. Why has the woman across the ages encountered mistreatment, injustice, misinformation, exploitation and violence? We are not just talking about exemptions in history but women’s status in general either throughout history or in third world countries today or delayed in its history. This could be attributed to the perception of women’s role as mother and care taker of children. This doesn’t allow her to make a living and gain independence. This has left her a hostage to men whether they be husband, brother or father. But historical facts on one side and the growing of awareness and knowledge followed by the bitter struggle of women to gain their right to equality and dignity from the other side has led to women gaining their civil, political and economic rights. Islam was a beacon that lifted women from rock bottom, infanticide, bought and sold to an almost complete level of participation in political, economic and cultural and even military life, but put regulations in place to ease the transition to women’s rights. Women are men’s partner in all aspects. A democratic, humanitarian constitution should not differentiate between the rights and responsibilities of men and women. Now is the time for women to realise that they must fight alongside men and to not allow their organizations to turn forums that only serve their purposes. Women