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Paper short abstract:

Patriarchal faith based organisations represent one of the critical formal and informal educators in human affairs. Few women have tried to break the glass ceiling and tear the strait jacket fashioned by religion for women with interesting results where a semblance of equality was achieved.

Paper long abstract:

Since the days of yore, faith based organisations have claimed through the tenets of their religion that women are inferior to men and they cite a higher power as responsible for this dichotomy. The fact that they are patriarchal in nature plays a significant role in gender inequality globally by labelling women as inferior and subservient beings. This long held belief as inculcated and entrenched in the psyche of homo sapiens is being currently challenged by female activists who are influence mongers in such faith based organisations. The wives of influential faith The local and international philanthropic contributions of these some faith based leaders have used the platform of their husbands to challenge women to better themselves economically, politically and psychologically and usually cite the time worn axiom that “what a man can do, a woman can do better”. Although it seems as though this axiom is weak, there seems to be some tangible change as typified by the gradual erosion of the inequality between the sexes. Given the wide coverage enjoyed by these faith based organisations both on traditional and social media, more women are being empowered to awaken and utilise their skills, talents, intelligence and influence via a change in their perception of themselves. A series of scenarios on this play of power via subtle and open education in churches, mosques and traditional religion are critically examined.