In Islam woman are given way more power and respect than people know. It is said heaven is under the feet of the mother which basically means obeying and taking care of your mother is held in high regard so much so that if you had to choose between your father and your mother a Muslim should side with their mother. The Hijab and Burka were not implemented to hold woman down like the West likes to claim it was made to keep MEN at bay and to protect the woman from predator men whose lust gets the better of their senses. Can any man on this forum honestly say they ever felt some type of lust towards a woman who was wearing a burka/hijab???? Some other things were already mentioned like the power to give divorce to a man, woman can hold property in Islam (at a time when this was unthinkable), and a woman can deny a marriage proposal even if it has already been agreed upon by her family (arranged marriage).
Example
Khansa Bint Khidam said “My father married me to his nephew, and I did not like this match, so I complained to the Messenger of Allah (May Allah bless him and grant him peace). He said to me “accept what your father has arranged.” I said “I do not wish to accept what my father has arranged.”
He said “then this marriage is invalid, go and marry whomever you wish.” I said “I have accepted what my father has arranged, but I wanted women to know that fathers have no right in their daughter’s matters (i.e. they have no right to force a marriage on them). (Fathul Bari Sharah Al Bukhari 9/194, Ibn Majah Kitabun Nikah 1/602)