Women in Ivory Coast ethnic background and historical circumstance. It has been argued that Ivorian cultures largely had a cultural bias against equality between the sexes, embodied in customary law and codified in the colonial period. But this view has been challenged by Ivorian writers, who argue that in many pre-colonial societies, women held political and /or economic power equal to many men. Looking specifically at the "N'Gongbo" Baoulé people, one writer contrasts Ivorian women's roles the traditional Western tradition where the public and the private spheres are separated, with the superior public sphere reserved for men, and argues that Western intellectuals transpose this
Women in Mongolia a contract; an arrangement to meet the requirements of both families rather than religious events. Many marriages in Mongolia are between friends or coworkers, that way women were married into their own social status. Terms changed in 1921 when women were considered more of a value into economic growth for the population. A revolution began that year with determinations to bring women more into the public sphere. This was the first step in the states effort to promote population growth; a strong emphasis on women’s reproductive capacities. Women were pressured into having multiple children as part of their civic duties