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A Compilation on Women

  • Author:

  • Various

  • Source:
  • Compiled by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice, Bahá’í World Centre, January 1986
  • Pages:
  • 45
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Pages 39-40

108: Equality of the sexes will be established in proportion to the increased…
Equality of the sexes will be established in proportion to the increased opportunities afforded woman in this age, for man and woman are equally the 40 recipients of powers and endowments from God, the Creator. God has not ordained distinction between them in His consummate purpose.
(“The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912”, p. 300) [108]