For the first time in history, the Founder of a major world religion has explicitly stated that women and men are equal. The Bahá'í writings also state that:
Girls should be given preference over boys when educational opportunities and resources are limited.

In Bahá'í marriage, neither the husband nor the wife has a dominant voice.

Any apparent inequality between the capacities of women and men is due solely to the lack of educational opportunities so far open to women.

Around the world, women compose a high percentage of the elected national leadership in Bahá'í governing bodies (National Spiritual Assemblies).