Study Of Women Rights And Legislation On National And International Platform

Women’s suffrage has stretched from the 1800’s to present day, as women have struggled to have the same civil and constitutional rights as men in politics and be appreciated as equals in the workforce. Groups of women known as suffragists questioned the customary views of women’s roles. Eventually our nation has evolved and realized that male-controlled societies suppress women’s rights. From the beginning steps taken in 1850 to 2013 with women earning combat roles in the military, women’s roles to society, their work ethic, and progressively public aptitude, as a whole should be allowed the right to vote, help the country grow economically, politically, and have the overall rights equal to those of men.

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.

Women have been running for president and vice president throughout history, however in recent decades we have seen substantial progress globally in women’s access to electoral office. “Women in politics explores the trajectories of women in and into politics. It injects into a debate dominated by numbers a much-needed focus on the women who run for office, on what motivates and helps them, as well as the barriers and obstacles that they face in entering the arena of formal politics” (Tadros 2014).

In 2006, the Organization for economic cooperation and development database conducted a survey on the economic and political power of women in 162 countries, and it was concluded that the greater the power of women, the greater the country's economic success. Out of the 162 countries, 100 countries have started forcing women into power in an effort to improve there countries fortunes and government. This shows how women are greatly impacting the society,making the right choices and government

In ten years, we have seen the political potentialities of women voters recognized by farseeing politicians who have rather grudgingly in many instances taken them into the councils of their parties, making them vice-chair of this or that local or state national committee; for the time has not yet arrived when men will voluntarily entrust to women the actual dispensation of party authority or patronage.

As many years ago the contribution of the women in the society was controlled and limited by the men, they are now changing the societal perception in that they are getting themselves involved in important areas such as politics, medicine, professional jobs, business and law (Nikki Van Der Gaag, 3). In the world today, the some women are seen to have occupied top official positions in the government. They are even seeking to be presidents. This is positive change. In the past, they would not have been awarded top positions in the government.

Change the perception of society and political stakeholders regarding women’s capacities ➔Electing greater numbers of women to public office can thus build confidence among women, contribute to strengthening legislative and policy agendas, and increase trust by the electorate in the political system. The presence of women in office, however, can also lead to broader, positive changes in the social and cultural perceptions of women’s capacity. The presence of strong, capable women in public office can result in changes in societal perceptions, and can help combat gender-based stereotypes and discriminatory attitudes.

The article named “Eight challenges for woman candidate” presents the disadvantage of women as candidates for election. It shows that running for office as a woman is different than it is for a man because voters expect more from women and afford them different advantages. And even though voters say it is important to have more women in office, it doesn’t always mean they will actually vote for women. The author gives eight challenges for woman candidates below:

Based on the past statistics gender there have been female inequalities in the political involvement causing huge gender gap in political participation. Women have been in lack of the political resources like the political information and political interest. This has been due to some process such as gender

Since the 1850s, women have faced challenges about their gender and have conquered an immense amount of stereotypes placed against them. These early women were forced to work in factories instead of being able to work in an office like men. The laws of the time stated that women could not vote and it should be the man 's responsibility to elect the leaders of the state and country. Sadly, these events occurred until a group of monumental women stepped up and decided not to listen to the majority of the people who said equal rights for both men and women were wrong. The ratification of the 19th amendment gave women the positive mindset of further pursuing equal rights with men within the workplace. Despite the victory of obtaining the vote, the equality did not increase in the workplace and women’s wages were still at a level steady pace beneath the men 's pay.

Occasionally to be heard, it takes more than one voice and the bigger the number, the stronger the message. When thinking of what a feminist advocates for people tend to think on the small scale; pay gap, equal opportunities, protecting rights. On a larger scale, globally the issues increase by ten folds. The issues, feminist focus on in the United States are miniscule compared to the genital mutilation and the normalizing of rape that goes on across the globe. These women’s organizations are working wonders,fighting to protect the rights of women, and provide safety; Isis International and The African Women’s Development and Communication Network. Providing women with better opportunities and giving them, strength is what these organizations

Women politicians will be a role model to many females in society, encouraging them to believe in themselves, and defy stereotypes that suggest that women do not possess the same skills as men to be a federal government candidate. Furthermore, if there are more women in positions of power in the government they can introduce programs training programs, quotas, affirmative action measures, and special financial support for female candidates (Trembley, Pelletier,2001) This quote suggests that these programs that will introduced for women have alleviate women from their current situations in terms of education, employment and opportunity. These programs can raise awareness amongst women, provide them with the education they require in order to represent their cultural groups or issues in the government. Furthermore, it has also been revealed that women have less financial support in comparison to men for their campaigns (Trembley, Pelletier,2001). In order to eradicate this disparity between the funding between men and women, these programs that provide them financial support that will empower women, and provide them with equal tools in to win roles of leadership, and eventually win the election. Furthermore, young women will be given additional education on how they can enter the political sphere and overcome the barrier that pose as a challenge to their ambitions. Therefore, there will be an increase in the number of women seeking candidacy in federal politics, and an increase in female representation in the government. This is the shift that we aim to see in the future, allowing the government to serve the needs of the

When we talk about power, the first thing that comes to our mind is ‘representation’ or more precisely ‘politics.’ Educated women can participate in politics so that they can convey their voices, and their thoughts, opinions and concerns are heard and delivered effectively in the public policy. Women Suffrage Movement was initiated as a result of women’s strive for the voting rights in the first wave of Feminism. But even today women are not given equal representation in politics; not because of the patriarchal oppression, but primarily because of their own indolence to acquire rights. Those who strive are on the apex of their fields while those who are self-gauged keep living, merely as a corpse, in the shadow of men. According to Wikipedia, women representation in Parliament of Pakistan is 60 out of 266 elected seats, which makes only 22.6% of the total elected seats. This is partially due to the fact that politics is intentionally confined to the male representatives, but partially due to the reluctance of women to indulge themselves into representation. Specioza Wandira Kazibwe, the first Vice

The second half of the XX century has given the world a new political phenomenon - a kind of a breakthrough of women in the highest echelons of power. In several countries of Western Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America, they took power into their own hands. The process flow of women into politics thoroughly shake the stereotype: the policy - for men, family, children - for women. But this stereotype is not broken. Overall, the proportion of women in decision-making in most countries remains low and far below their proportion in the population and labor force. Over the past thirty years the representation of women in public office has substantially increased. Although women have yet to reach parity with their male counterparts, women have

To begin the conversation about the future for women, we must be sure to include religion, government, and social and cultural factors in the discussion. Under the political sphere, nation-states will need to continue to urge women to become active in the political scene which may result in cultural conversations of being more accepting of women in the public sphere. By involving women in the political leadership, it will have influence on the future of women and quality of ongoing democratization within the region (Moghadam 2014). In countries like Tunisia where women were present in four high commissions in place to run the country as of 2011, trends will follow