Role of Women

Sites inscribed for the role that women (groups, not individuals) played in the features of the site

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Role of Women':

  • Ancient Kyoto Shinto Maidens (Miko) at Shimigamo Shrine and Kamigamo Shrine
  • Ancient Nara Shinto Maidens of Kasuga Taisha Grand Shrine
  • Chief Roi Mata’s Domain Resolution of marriage and conflict through matrilineal descent (Naflak)
  • Chongoni Rock Art "Much of the rock art seems to have been carried out by women."
  • Flemish Béguinages "The béguinages bear exceptional witness to the cultural tradition of independent religious women in north-western Europe in the Middle Ages."
  • Novodevichy Convent Convent was a royal nunnery
  • Vegaøyan "The site is a testimony to women’s labour and their control of the eider duck farming."