Women And Women 's Rights

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

In today’s society, people believe women have the same rights as men, especially after the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964, which outlawed “discrimination based on race, color, religion, or national origin” and was amended in 1975 to include the word “sex”.(“Teaching With Documents: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission”). The word “sex” was added at the last moment. America does not promise an equal outcome for everybody, but America was founded on the idea that everybody should have an equal opportunity to achieve their dreams. America is the home of freedom, the home of many opportunities, and the home of equality, but we are not where we should be? Many citizens of America are unaware of the unequal

Women deserve to be treated fairly and respected like anyone else. Women are currently whispering into the ear of the world to educate and erase those past misconceptions.

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

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.

“Without doubt, the last century has witnessed an unprecedented expansion of women’s rights, in one of the most profound social revolutions the world has ever seen. One hundred years ago, only two countries allowed women to vote. Today, that right is virtually universal. Millions of men and women around the world today advocate to end violence against women, and a record two-thirds of countries have passed laws against it.” – Michelle Bachelet, UN Women Executive Director

Feminism. The word, depending on the person, could leave a sweet or sour taste. It means, simply, “The advocacy of women 's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men”(oxforddictionaries.com). But the connotation varies, from the aggressive to the convincing. When the eight-letter word pops into someone 's brain, they might picture powerful modern and inspiring figures, like Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person, male or female, to receive a nobel peace prize, or Emma Watson, an actress in Hollywood protesting wage gaps. But the negative connotation is much more widely known. According to theyoungpost.com, “in a recent poll in the UK carried out by YouGov, only 19% of the public were willing to identify themselves as feminists, but 81% believe women should be treated equally to men”. Those are the same thing right? No, not in the public’s eyes. “A lot of people confuse the core of feminism with the values of being ‘male haters’ and female superiority”, said an article in the Mancunion, Britain’s largest student newspaper. How did it ever fall so far? Feminism didn’t have this rough of a public meaning back when the word was used for the first time. According to The Oxford dictionary, the word feminist came from the french word féministe, and came about in the 19th century. America’s powerful fight for today’s women 's rights began in the late 1840’s. Lead by none other than strong, independant

As a young teenage girl, I heard the voice in my head telling me it was time to step up and help make a difference. As a teen, I discovered that women all over the world were being delegated to that of second class citizens. In many countries, men are the leaders of societies where women are often seen only as care providers and in many countries, inconsequential.

American society is heavily influenced by the power of privilege; who has it and who doesn’t, and how those groups interact together. This influence isn’t only based on who holds most of the societal privilege in the present but it can even be viewed in terms of which groups historically had the power of privilege, and how they interacted with the groups who historically did not have it. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary privilege is defined as “.a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor especially such a right or immunity attached specifically to a position or an office” (Merriam-Webster). In America we see a clear definition between those who have it and those who do not. In our society it is safe to say men hold the most privilege while women are left to deal with what powers the men throw our way. By thrown our way I literally mean the powers men allow other social groups, not just women, to have through a variety of forces. Men use their privilege to dominate over women in almost any way they can, or at the very least they sit back and benefit from their privilege.

Women have been the most discriminated-against group of people in the entire history of humankind. They have been abused, held back in society, and oftentimes restricted to the home life, leading dull, meaningless lives while men make sure the world goes round. It seems strange that half of the world's population could be held down so long; ever since the dawn of humanity, women have been treated like second-class citizens. Only in the past 100 years or so have women started to win an equal place in society in the Western world. However, the fight for equality has not been a short one. The seeds of the liberation movement were planted hundreds of years ago, by free-thinking

At the fourth U.N. conference, Hillary Clinton gave a powerful speech about women’s rights. Hillary Clinton emphasizes that although women have been given more freedom and rights as the years went by, it still isn’t enough. In her speech, Clinton goes on to say that “if women are free from violence, their families will flourish. If women have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will flourish. And when families flourish, their communities and nations do as well”. Hillary Clinton used appeals to emotions, logic, and ethics to convey to the audience that women’s rights should be normalized and embraced around the world.

Since before time, women have always had less power compared to men. Men have always been the ones who have had the power to make decisions, the power to incorporate new ideas, and have a powerful role within society. Unfortunately, in some countries, women are not valued enough nor respected. There have been many cases within some cultures that women live a life of misery because they don’t have freedom. However, in some countries women have gained the right to have the same power and freedom of a male. Many of these freedoms have to do with having a political role within society or having a role that empowers them. One of these roles is to be in the front line during

Human rights which include the right to life and liberty as well as freedom that belong to all human beings inherently despite of their statuses without discrimination (United Nations, 1948). Among issues of human rights, women’s rights could be one of the most serious ones. In the 1990s, women’s rights were not generally accepted as human rights and suffered various violations (Bunch, 1990). Despite women’s rights have been improved so far in most regions that female have almost equal employment opportunities and enhanced status in society, the issues of female rights need to be considered because they still have inferior positions compared with men in workplace and society due to a lot of factors.

Women’s rights has been an ongoing issue in society for decades, though barriers are constantly being broken down issues still remain today economically, politically and even socially. Countless protests have been held about women’s rights holding valuable topics such as how men typically work fewer hours but get paid more than women, just to state one example. Thoughts on women being the inferior sex has been around since the beginning of time. An example would be in the Greek myth of Pandora and the Box, it was a women who ‘foolishly’ opened the box which introduced the world to unhappiness and negativity. Many barriers were put in place also thanks

“Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will be a mother and how many children she will have. Regardless of what man’s attitude maybe, that problem is hers- and before it can be his, it is hers alone. She goes through the vale of her death alone, each time a babe is born. As it is the right neither of man nor the state to coerce her into this ideal, so it is her right to decide whether she will endure it.”(Magaret Sanger) Women’s rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. In some countries, these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local, custom, and behavior, whereas in other countries they are ignored and suppressed. Some issues commonly