woman is a nation

I don't understand how the men of Islam can say that woman is a nation, but do not treat them as such. I guess they do want to protect them and keep them as sacred but how do you not give her a voice? Women are treated as property and barely have rights. It reminds me of how America always says that children are the future, yet children get failed everyday by the same people who call them the future. Children go without healthcare, proper education, and basic needs, but are supposed to be prized possessions. It just made me sad to know that Radifha (idk how to spell her name) has so much passion and so much intelligence and she can't do anything with it because her father said she is going to be a housewife and study the Qur'an. I feel like he should at least give her the chance to live out her dreams, especially when he witnessed first hand how smart she was and her learning capability. How in class we were talking about how her father is zealous and extra devoted because he just converted, so I think that doesn't work in her favor. Maybe her father is too stuck in his beliefs to do what is necessary or best for his daughter. He should send her to the US where she can both further her education and practice her religion.