- Wendi Momen. Bahá'í Faith and the Equality, Rights, and Advancement of Women, The: A Survey of Principles, Praxis, and Discourse (2023). Equality of women and men; education, advancement, and rights of women and girls; their application within the Bahá’í community; Bahá'í individual and institutional efforts to influence the international discourse on women. Link to article (offsite).
- Universal House of Justice Cortesia, trans. Elegibilidad de las Mujeres en la Casa Universal de Justicia (1988-05-31).
- Universal House of Justice. Goddess Religion, Ancient (1992-02-23). Ancient goddess religions and the role of the feminine in theology.
- Universal House of Justice. How Individuals Can Improve Their Understanding of the Bahá'í Teachings (1994-08-01). On the inability of the finite human mind to fully grasp the import of the Teachings, and how individuals can improve their understandings, even while steeped in a climate of thinking which influences and biases their reading of scientific evidence.
- Universal House of Justice. Infallibility, Omniscience, and the Decision-making Role of the Universal House of Justice (1996-06-14). On the difference between infallibility and omniscience and whether the Universal House of Justice could reach a wrong decision,
- Abdu'l-Bahá. Ameen Ullah Fareed, trans. Letter to Corinne True re Women on the House of Justice (1909-07-29). Translation by Amín Faríd of a short letter stating that "men and women are equal in all rights save in the Universal House of Justice; for the Chairman and the members of the House of Justice are men according to the Text of the Book."
- Universal House of Justice. Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age (1996).
- Universal House of Justice. Monogamy, Sexual Equality, Marital Equality, and the Supreme Tribunal (1996-06-27). Questions about monogamy, the Supreme Tribunal, and the Bahá'í concept of equality of the sexes in light of some Bahá'í laws and history which appear to undermine it
- Ahmad Aniss. Seed of Creation: A philosophical approach towards the status of Universal House of Justice in respect to Baha'i concept of creation (1998). A philosophical approach towards the status of Universal House of Justice in respect to Bahá'í concept of creation.
- Research Department of the Universal House of Justice. Universal House of Justice, The (2021-02). Compilation about the "Universal House of Justice" from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh, 'Abdu’l-Bahá, and Shoghi Effendi, and from the constitution and letters of the Universal House of Justice.
- Vladimir Chupin. Why There are No Women in the Universal House of Justice (2011). Upon learning that it is forbidden to elect women to the Universal House of Justice, many people become puzzled, given the Faith's strong emphasis on the equality of the sexes. This essay offers some perspectives.
- Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani. Women and Wisdom in Scripture (2015). Treatment of women in religion; influence of Bahá'í teachings in raising awareness about the plight of women and transforming attitudes across the globe; role of linguistic biases in degrading their status; role of wisdom in achieving gender equality.
- Universal House of Justice. Women on the House of Justice; meaning of "Umumi" (1997-03-30). Clarifies that 'Abdu'l-Bahá, in a tablet to Corinne True, indeed refers to the Universal House of Justice when affirming that membership is confined to men only. Includes a portion of Corinne True's original query to 'Abdu'l-Bahá.
- Universal House of Justice. Women on the Universal House of Justice (1988-05-31). Response to a paper presented at a Bahá'í Studies conference which raised the possibility that women could one day be eligible for membership on the Universal House of Justice.
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