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Baha'u'llah predicted the establishment of the full equality of women and men. His teaching that women and men have been and will always be equal in the sight of God was revealed at a time when women in any country didn't even have the right to vote, when they were oppressed in one form or another in every nation. But now, increasingly, this principle is recognized as vital to the future of humanity. The Baha'i Writings state that this principle is one of the most important, though less acknowledged, prerequisites to the establishment of world peace, for it is only when women are accorded full participation in the life of society that their collective desire for peace will be realized.
(18:63)
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