Speech On Pain And Indignation

In the article “Women’s Human Rights and Gender Equality’’ i read about how Women’s rights are the fundamental human rights that were enshrined by the United Nations for every human being on the planet nearly 70 years ago. These rights include to live free from violence, slavery, and discrimination; to be educated ; to vote and to earn a fair and equal wage. A famous saying goes “Women’s rights are human rights” meaning, women all around the world are entitled to all of these rights, but yet there are women and girls who are still denied these rights, often simply because of their gender. Winning these rights for women isn’t all, it’s also about changing how countries and communities works and their perspectives on gender equality. Global Fund for Women exists to support the tireless and courageous efforts of women’s groups who work every day to win rights for women and girls. These groups are working to ensure women can own property, vote, run for office, get paid fair wages, and live free from violence – including domestic violence, sexual assault. The Global Fund for Women also stand for other rights that are vital for women’s equality. They stand for a woman’s right to decide if and when she has children, and to have high-quality health

Although the issue of women’s rights has attracted international recognition and support, women still face many inequalities and barriers. Gender-based violence and economic discrimination are problems in many parts of the world.

In the world today, women have a say in what they want to do and things that they desire to do. Back in the day, before the 1800’s, women had to be submissive to their male counterparts and do according to what was required of them. In the end, this led to the demeaning of the woman and the concept that women were inferior to men. Even though this concept and perception changed, there have been some countries and regions of the world that have not yet recognized the equality that women deserve. Such areas do not allow women to vote, attend school, have a say in the community, and the women are at the mercy of their husbands, fathers or male superiors (Hartmann, Susan M).

The rights and opportunities are different but the feelings in the hearts of those fighting and living to support women’s rights have never changed. Some of the issues women are fighting today are poverty and hunger with the largest number of homeless being women and children. The continuing wage gap and the fact that women make 77 cents to every dollar men do, violence against women, with the staggering statistic that there are 270,000 rapes or sexual assaults a year. Women are treated poorly in prison with 70% subject to rape, extortion, and groping and denied medical resources and treatment, as well as human trafficking and sex slavery, which has a 32 billion dollar annual income. (Top 18 Issues Challenging Women

Rights for women has become a norm in today's society that often goes unnoticed by people who life has changed. They often take it for granted the hardship that woman had to endured. For example, during the 1800s African American women were more than likely to be destined to be slaves or indentured servants. In comparison, the first white women settlers were treated as an object of reproduction, as well as servants. In today’s culture women’s treatment has improved over the last decades. The way culture has changed, allowing women to have more power to voice their opinion. From the hardship that woman had to endure, women’s right in the American Culture has evolved, which has led for women to thrive for success.

Through these stories, Kristof and WuDunn help us see that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women’s potential. They make clear how so many people have helped to do just that, and how we can each do our part. Throughout much of the world, the greatest unexploited economic resource is the female half of the population. Countries such as China have prospered precisely because they emancipated women and brought them into the formal economy. Unleashing that process globally is not only the right thing to do; it’s also the best strategy for fighting poverty.

Ann Levine and Naomi Neft's article "Women in Today's World" asserts that although the status of females in developed countries has vastly improved with society's movement toward a more gender-equal condition, the majority of women remain in a dire state of oppression. Women are more impoverished, illiterate, unemployed, and more destitute than men. In spite of some women's improvements under developed countries' more progressive, gender-equal regimes, education, literacy rates, employment, civil rights, health, and public representation remain substandard for most of the world's females.

Yet the only difference about a movement for gender equality is that it is not only a domestic threat, but a global one. This makes the task at hand much more daunting. It’s easy to write an essay about a book that expressed the injustices done unto women around the world. It’s easy to inspire a teacher with fancy words for a good grade. But to really spark a change, to really affect someone is not as easy.

The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World by Joni Seager discusses the inequality around the globe with a focus on women with an objection to raise awareness to the public. Eager states “As we enter the 21st century, we need public and civic leaders who will build on these feminist foundations to make unflinching real- not rhetorical- commitments to social justice for women” (Seager 9-10). Seager presents an intriguing idea stating that “leaders” in office must understand the full extent of how serious this issue is; if not, human rights will not be altered. Several women today are not being treated equally. They are harassed and bullied with harsh mental and physical abuse.

How can there be so much misery and pain in the midst of such abundance? It is simply one end of an overall distribution of income and wealth in society as a whole. Therefore poverty is a result of the structural aspect of our system and is a ongoing consequence of how our system is organized and as a outcome the poor stay poor while the rich become richer, However the gap between the classes has not always been so drastic. In the 1970s the growth of wages for workers and productivity in the economy split causing CEO’s to make a fortune and the workers to make less. This was the very root of companies becoming global powers and shifting the economical

Justice isn’t being served to all walks of life today, just as it wasn’t yesterday, the day before that, or a five decades ago. This ideology of equality and a perfect utopia is flawless in theory but is never quite able to be obtained. Throughout the decades, humanitarians such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela and Susan B. Anthony have stepped up to the plate and reached out to world in hopes of initiating changes to come. Though outstanding alterations have been made, society is still witnesses unfair treatment of specific racial and religious groups and individuals of different genders, sexuality and economic status. If inspected even closer, one could even defend the conclusion that in today’s day and age, society’s tolerance

“God never intended for one group of people to live in superfluous inordinate wealth, while others live in abject deadening poverty. God intends for all of his children to have the basic necessities of life, and he has left in this universe “enough and to spare” for that purpose. So I call upon you to bridge the gulf between abject poverty and superfluous wealth,” is an influential quote from Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talking about how some people are just spoiled with a surplus of money without even trying, and then you also see the people who are homeless on the streets just trying to live day by day with barely

There are more empty houses than homeless families, and perfectly good food thrown away that could feed starving families just because there is no one to buy it at the end of the day. Money is valued over lives, and I think this is the real reason that there are so much poverty and suffering in this country. Donating items that would have otherwise been thrown away and have no issues is not difficult, but that does not produce revenue so groups do not donate. So, despite being an incredibly wealthy country, the emphasis placed on wealth causes us to be greedy and unwilling to help those in need unless we have something of monetary value to

There are nations, mainly in the Middle-East, where women are often suppressed and given no freedom. Contemporary Americans are taking civil rights and liberties for granted.

All over the world, there is a cry, a cry for leadership, a cry for survival, a cry for justice, a cry for love. Furthermore, every community in the world is in need of something, whether it’s basic needs like food and shelter, or if it’s something deeper than simply physical existence. Surprisingly, even well-off communities suffer as people waste their lives away in selfishness and pleasure, only to discover that it only leaves a gaping hole in their heart. Our technological world today is more connected than ever before, but there’s little trust or genuine care. Sadly, the essential humanness which connects and defines us is slowly