Buddhism teaches that women should be obedient to their husband, but husbands should respect their wives.
So that could have changed their status for the better seeing as women were liberated all over the world starting from Arabia.
Daoism teaches that women and men are basically equal or complementary of one another. (Yin and Yang)
Hinduism teaches even though they have female ''gods'' women still have a subordinate role to men.
Christianity- women by the teachings of the bible have probably one of the most degraded roles so if they actually practiced the religion by the book women would not be in a good position at all.
Confucianism- Again has a very low standard for women were they most bear sons and can never remarry again after their husband dies but men could remarry up to two times.
Islam- by the teachings of Islam, though people don't give it any credit if the people were to follow the teachings by the book, women are held in a high status but people often misunderstand because of the modesty measures.
It was actually the first religion to give many rights including racial rights.
