Strategic Policies with Respect to Women's Employment, from the Viewpoint of Islamic Teachings

With respect to women's employment, various views exist amongst experts of the fields of economics, social sciences, ethics and religion. Some, with their economic view point, support women's working outside the home premises.Others, like some Islamic thinkers, contrary to Islam's permission in this regard and practical examples supported by Islam in its early days, are against the idea of women working outside. It appears that with respect to women working and getting employed, if policies compatible with their natural, spiritual and physical creation are not considered, undeniable damages will be implicated upon the society and family.The present article with a descriptive-analytic method and benefiting from Islamic teachings, aims to discover the overall desirable strategic policies with an Islamic approach for women's mployment. Considering such strategic policies,women's occupation outside their homes will either not hurt the society, upbringing of children, family etc. at all, or the damages will drop to the least.