Case Study On Women And Girls Rights Issues

The Federal Department of the Treasury announced on June 17, 2015 that a woman would be featured on a redesigned ten dollar bill, which is to be released in 2020, the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, which granted women suffrage. People consider both women’s suffrage and a woman to be featured on a monetary bill as victories for gender equality, however more obstacles lie in the path towards gender equality, obstacles such as pay inequality. Estimates by the US Department of Labor indicate that the average woman with the same profession as a man, both working under the same employer, are paid only 78 cents for every dollar the man makes. This is a problem for those striving for gender equality, and is sure to upset

As women rights have come from a very long way along with the fact the right to our bodies purposely belonging to us and no one elses. However, as women we have basic human necessities that most men dont need. Abortion and female reproduction topic is huge and it can echoed from the time from World War 2 after all the death and casualities after both wars the goverment wanted women to supply back all the human life back from where it was lost before. However, now women have the right to birth control and many other necessities that other women didnt have back in the day. This can be found in Women in War and Peace on page 448 " Instead of passing the suffrage bill, July 1920 the french legislature endorsed the first example of pronatal legislation

The history of women’s rights shows how the federal government has failed to protect the bodily integrity of women and has shown how women have been denied the right to their own body. I found that through the beginning of United States history, women’s bodies were being treated horribly. As early as 1800 B.C. the Hammurabi Code states that the earliest recorded legal system in the west defines women’s bodies as men’s property and defines rape as a property problem. Meaning women were supposed to follow the status quo men had set in the 1800s.

“We need a leader, not a creepy tweeter!” This is one of the many chants that echoed through streets of New York City during the 2018 Women’s March on Saturday January 20th. Signs were held high and pink hats went as far as the eye could see. Men and women from all over the east coast came together to show unity for the fight for women’s equality. And there I was right in the middle of it. One of the most inspiring parts of this march is that it brings together a range of women’s issues and injustices against minority groups into one protest. It was diverse and yet it all screamed of solidarity.

Historically women have not been provided equal opportunities in competitive and collegiate sports. In the late 1800’s, social perception was that females were weak and although they were admired by men, they were treated like objects (Lumpkin, 2013). Competitive and collegiate sports were dominated by males, with little opportunity for women to participate. Females eagerly wanted to participate, however sports were perceived inappropriate which would put their femininity in question and put their health at risk (Lumpkin, 2013). Women faced many challenges along the way, but gradually they begin to fight for their rights of gender equality and women’s rights in sports and started participating in collegiate sports.

“If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.” On September 5, 1995, 180 countries came together in Beijing China to hear first lady Hillary Clinton 's speech about women 's rights. This speech was the United Nations Fourth World Conference of Women. The target audience for this speech is governments and other organizations that can help meet the goal of making women 's rights human rights. She addressed problems that every single country faced concerning the liberties of women, and why it was important that they receive these freedoms. The speech was courageous and considered path breaking too many in its demand for action. “The great challenge of this conference is to give voice to women everywhere whose experiences go unnoticed, whose words go unheard.” Hillary Clinton has become famous for the statement: “Women’s rights are human rights.” She is known as one of the greatest women of our time, combining intelligence, compassion and bravery.

The Gilded Age caused the solution of many problems to not happen. During this time, in the late 19th century, there was extreme corruption that was not being fixed. Soon, in 1890, the rise of progressivism took place, trying to fix the problems that were made. Many different progressive era reformers focused on many different issues and tried to mend the corruption relating to that specific topic. Women’s rights was a huge problem during this time, and two specific reformers tried to solve the problem. Progressive era reformers, Alice Paul and Margaret Sanger tackled the problem of women’s rights in similar ways.

The first public demand for the Constitutional Amendment of women’s rights began before the Civil War, however, the Amendment for it has still not been ratified in the United States Constitution. The introduction for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) began in 1848 with the Woman’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls. Over three hundred women and men met and eventually agreed that the resolution for women’s rights should be supported. Many supporters were abolitionists working against slavery supported that equality should be supported for both ethnicity and gender. However, as tensions increased before the Civil War, the rest of the country was not ready to take the issue seriously. After the Civil war, the 14th Amendment, which defined United States citizenship, and the 15th Amendment, which addresses the right to vote based on race, Susan B. Anthony and other women declared that the denial of a woman’s right to vote was unacceptable. In 1872, Anthony attempted to go to the polls and vote due to her right to citizenship under the 14th Amendment. She was arrested and eventually convicted because the courts believed that although she was a citizen, not all citizens had the right to vote. Until Susan B. Anthony’s death, she campaigned for the right to vote. And finally in 1920, the 19th Amendment was passed, stating that "The right of citizens of the

Throughout history, battles and wars have been fought to gain some type of rights or freedoms. In 1775, the American Revolutionary War was fought for independence; In 1865, the American Civil War was fought to end slavery. Although no wars were fought, many battles were waged for women 's rights. The struggle for women 's rights begin in the mid-late 1800s at a time when women were not allowed to vote or own property. Women, as with African-Americans, during this period were not recognized as having any legal and political rights as men and whites, respectively. This attitude towards women, at the time, was ascribed to the “gender rules in the 1700s” where men thought of “women as fragile creatures always in need of male protection and always denied access to the public sphere." (Lecture 2, 6:19). If women wanted to gain their individualism, rights, and freedoms they were entitle to; they would have to unite and create opportunities to do so. The inequalities women faced was the foundation of the Women 's Suffrage Movement and many other organizations in support of women.

People were not only discriminated due to their race but some of their gender, which affected their political rights in a multitude of ways. To illustrate, one of the Colonies most unspoken laws, dating from Ancient Greece to 1920, is that women have no right to vote and that only the gentry could contribute in political matters according to the Governor. Additionally, a law from Great Britain in stated that if a landowning woman is to marry, she must sign a document stating she is giving her property to the husband. However, in the case of Anne Cart, a wealthy indigo farmer who was engaged, she testified to a jury that the land was worth more under her ownership and she won the right to own it. Another example is that 97% of court cases involving dark magic is directed towards women accused of witchcraft and found that 78% of the women are convicted and hung. This shows that in the 16th century, people thought women were generally inferior to men and treated them as such politically.

In today’s society, women and people with different sexualities are negatively portrayed as objects and at times, unfit to make their own reproductive choices. Women all around the country are finally taking a stand towards reproductive justice. This topic of concern has been seen recently across the world, in Presidential debates, academic articles and in Cross-Cultural news. These mediums all depict how women all over the world are being deprived of their rights and reproductive choices. On the other hand, they also depict how women are reclaiming their reproductive justice and advocating for socially positive changes in the community. This case study of Reproductive Justice, will analyze these current events and articles, in order to apply

Women rights are considered the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls of societies worldwide. In many parts of the country these rights are supported by

On January 25, 2017, the women student initiatives group hosted a panel on women’s reproductive rights as a part of the buckeye women’s series. The event was hosted inside of the Alonso Family Room of the Ohio Union with over 50 attendees including males and females. The panel was comprised of people who majored in women’s studies and there was even an employee of Planned Parenthood to converse about women’s health services that are at stake. They also discussed how to come together to ensure women are able to keep their reproductive rights locally and globally. Overall, the event was exceptionally insightful since it brought to light the numerous questions, challenges and concerns woman are and will be facing in regards to their reproductive

In the early 1800’s women were not treated fairly, which led them to stand up for their rights. During this time period men were superior to women which allowed men to gain many rights. Women realized that this treatment was unfair and began speaking up in front of crowds emphasizing what they wanted changed. Lucy B. Stone and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were just few of the many women who successfully fought for their rights during the women's reform movement by writing powerful speeches along with setting up the Seneca Falls Convention.

After the first shots of the Revolutionary war; revolutionaries adopt the Declaration of independence of 1776 that declared “All men are created equal”, but it did not include women. After the revolutionary war not change the old ideas and the married women status where they continue be a “coverture, it means a married women had no legal or economic status independent of her husband” (pp.187). Some women see how in the new republican failed to women’s rights, these women were Abigail Adams, Judith Sargent Murray, and Mercy Otis Warren. Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her husband, John Adam, she wrote “remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power in the husbands”; she wants that women will be independence and had rights and not only depend of a man. Judith Sargent Murray was another woman who argued that women’s minds were as good as any man’s and that girls should receive the same education as boys; she believed in the same educational opportunities because at the time, girls received little or no education.