Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls of many societies worldwide. In some countries these rights are supported by law, local cultures and behaviors, but in others they may be ignored or infringed on. They are considered different from the broader concept of “human rights” because of historical and traditional bias against the rights of women in favor of men. These rights include: the right to vote (also called suffrage), the right to work, the right to have equal pay, the right to own property, the right to education, the right to serve in the military, the right to enter into legal contracts, and the right to have marital, parental and religious rights. According to a study published in the 26th of September, …show more content…
2011, issue of Newsweek magazine on the rights and quality of life of women in countries around the world, the top five ranked countries were: Iceland, in first place with 100% women’s rights; Sweden, with 99.2%; Canada, with 96.6%; Denmark, with 95.3%; and Finland, with 92.8%. The United States ranked in eighth place. The bottom five ranked were: Chad, in very last place with 0%; Afghanistan, with 2%; Yemen, with 12.1%; Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 13.6%; and Mali, with 17.6%. All of these percentages are determined by the legal justice, health and healthcare, education, economic opportunity, and political power of women inside of the countries. Although the United States was ranked number eight out of all the countries in the world for women’s rights in 2011, our current president—Barack Obama—is an advocate for equal rights among men and women. He is trying to achieve his goal of equality by: (1) ending health insurance discrimination, (2) lowering the cost of women’s health bills and birth control, (3) protecting women’s rights by allowing them to make their own personal health decisions without politicians having any interference, and (4) expanding women’s access to healthcare by not allowing any government attempts to stop funding Planned Parenthood. All of these achievements are the work of Obama’s program “Obamacare.” On a question asked by a random inquirer on Yahoo!
Answers (“What are the arguments against women having equal rights?”), an user named “Greentea1” talked about how some people’s reasoning for not believing in equality is because not having as many rights for women is actually beneficial to women. They came up with six reasons on why: (1) “Women were born to nurture, and that is their main role is as mothers. They don't need to concern themselves with the world at large. (2) Women are ruled by their hormones, [are] irrational, and not world-wise. They are akin to children and need someone who's an expert to help them along. (3) A society will fall apart if women do not keep to their traditional roles of taking care of the home. (4) Too much education and too many rights will only make women unhappy, as their main role is to keep the house. (5) Men were born to lead. Men have keener brains and should be guardians of women. (6) Women are easily influenced by their husbands/partners/families. Thus their voice is not really their own, but they are often used by others for propaganda.” These reasons try to defend women by using women’s “biological limitations” as hindrances. This perspective believes that if the world wants to take care of women, we shouldn't allow them to trouble themselves too …show more content…
much. Personally, I believe that women should have equal rights and opportunities as men.
We should be able to work with equal pay, be given a choice on how to control everything about our bodies, and let our personal beliefs dictate our choices—not politicians. The United States was created for the very reason women want to stop oppression today—to be able to have life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness without the pressure of a tyrannical regime. I believe that, even though only one country in the world was said to have 100% equality between men and women, women will overcome in even the most hopeless of places. For example, Libya is a country ranked number fifty-one out of all the countries for quality of women’s rights in 2011 and where many outside reporters and media often right off the actions of the women’s rights activists there and project negative images of what is happening there. But the author of an article on the website The Libya Herald called “Opinion: Women’s rights in Libya – a positive viewpoint” knows and believes that there is progress happening with the rights of Libyan women. Despite popular belief, the women of Libya are being granted hope and are standing up for their equal rights through programs and campaigns. They believe that equality can be achieved through hard work and having a passion to do it, no matter who they are, or how unorthodox to their culture it is. Women, just like our founding fathers, my Black slave ancestors and Civil Rights
activist ancestors did, will fight until true equality has been obtained. The legacy of those before me has led me to know and believe that this is true.
Through the 20th century, the communist movement advocated greatly for women's’ rights. Despite this, women still struggled for equality.
With the limitations of women's rights in the middle east there are people who a for women and think they deserve the same rights. For example, a document that was pro women was document 1 because it was about how an Afghan woman was abused by her husbands and other men, but she never let that bring her down because in the end she said “But i am woman, woman, a woman a
Women have had it rough throughout history. Their declining position in the world started during the Neolithic revolution, into Rome, and past the Renaissance. However, at the turn of the twentieth century, women began advocating for equality no matter their governmental situation. This promotion of women's rights is evident in communist nations during the twentieth century and their fight against hundreds of years of discrimination. It can be seen that women were brainwashed into believing that their rights were equal with the male population through the use of propaganda, yet this need for liberation continued despite government inadequacy at providing these simple rights. Women in communist countries struggled for rights in the twentieth
The thought of women having equal rights has caused major controversy throughout American History. Women have fought for their rights for many years, wanting to be more than a wife or a maid. Women’s Rights Movement was an effort by many women around the U.S standing up for themselves. Feminists like Charlotte Perkins Gilman had a big impact on the movement by writing stories and articles, she spread awareness by writing these. Throughout this Movement women got the right to vote, and many more opportunities they were not offered before.
Most traditional societies and until recent times, women generally were at a disadvantage. Their education sometimes was limited to domestic skills (“Women’s rights” n.p.). After, there was revolutions, and working women in the former soviet union intended to hold low paying jobs. They were also represented in party and government councils (“Women’s rights” n.p.). The late 1960s and early 70s active feminists organized numerous women’s rights group (“Women’s rights”n.p.). Women encountered discrimination in many forms. In 1960 equal opportunities were given to women (“Women’s rights” n.p.). During the women’s movement certain social institutions and traditional values, were questioned (“Women’s rights” n.p.). Else where in the world the women’s rights movement has also made progress in achieving its goals. In nearly every nation, women have the right to vote and hold public office (“Women’s rights” n.p.). Women’s rights movement made progress in achieving goals in nearly every nation after that (“Women’s rights” n.p.). Major unsponsored conferences on women were held in 1975, 1980, 1985, and 1995 (“Women’s rights” n.p.).
With minor differences such as the belief that public misfortune was due to ignorance, omission, or scorn for the rights of women. Also mentioning that all women are born free and therefore are entitled to liberty, security, and especially resistance to oppression. As all men do all women should also have the right to vote in matters of the public. Along with that would come the right for a fair trial taking into account the law of nature and reason and equally can be charged and prosecuted as seen fit by the case or crime. Something very interesting in the set of laws includes the term that men and women share equally all duties and painful
Many ancient laws and beliefs show that women from all around the world have always been considered inferior to men. However, as time went on, ideas of equality circulated around and women started to demand equality. Many women fought for equality and succeeded in bringing some rights. However, full equality for women has yet to be fulfilled. This issue is important because many women believe that the rights of a person should not be infringed no matter what their gender is, and by not giving them equality, their rights are being limited. During the periods 1840 to 1968, total equality for women did not become a reality due to inadequate political representation, economic discrepancy, and commercial objectification.
The rights of women have expanded tremendously in the United States over the years. Women 's rights are a lot more flexible. They are allowed to be independent. While these new milestones are a big step forward for woman 's rights in the United States there are still things that need to be corrected. While in other countries women 's rights have not changed at all. There are women in some countries who are denied the right to go to school. They are also not considered equal to men. I will be comparing women 's rights within marriage as well as the justice system in the United States to those of women in other countries in the justice system as well as being married in the Middle East.
Society has long since considered women the lessor gender and one of the most highly debated topics in society through the years has been that of women’s equality. The debates began over the meaning between a man and woman’s morality and a woman’s rights and obligations in society. After the 19th Amendment was sanctioned around 1920, the ball started rolling on women’s suffrage. Modern times have brought about the union of these causes, but due to the differences between the genetic makeup and socio demographics, the battle over women’s equality issue still continues to exist. While men have always held the covenant role of the dominant sex, it was only since the end of the 19th century that the movement for women’s equality and the entitlement of women have become more prevalent. “The general consensus at the time was that men were more capable of dealing with the competitive work world they now found themselves thrust into. Women, it was assumed, were unable to handle the pressures outside of the home. They couldn’t vote, were discourages from working, and were excluded from politics. Their duty to society was raising moral children, passing on the values that were unjustly thrust upon them as society began to modernize” (America’s Job Exchange, 2013). Although there have been many improvements in the changes of women’s equality towards the lives of women’s freedom and rights in society, some liberals believe that women have a journey to go before they receive total equality. After WWII, women continued to progress in there crusade towards receiving equality in many areas such as pay and education, discrimination in employment, reproductive rights and later was followed by not only white women but women from other nationalities ...
“The history of the past is but one long struggle upward to equality,” this was stated by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a very crucial women’s suffragist. Over time, women’s history has evolved due to the fact that women were pushing for equal rights. Women were treated as less than men. They had little to no rights. The Women’s Rights Movement in the 1800’s lead up to the change in women’s rights today. This movement began in 1848 with the Seneca Falls Convention. For the next 72 years, women continually fought for equal rights. In 1920, they gained the right to vote which ended the movement and opened the opportunity for more change in women’s lives. Because of the Women’s Rights Movement, women today are able to vote, receive
Women's suffrage refers to the right of women to participate in democratic processes through voting on the same basis as men. In the medieval and early modern periods in Europe, the right to vote was typically severely limited for all people by factors such as age, ownership of property, and gender. The development of the modern democratic state has been characterized internationally by the erosion of these various limitations following periods of collective struggle. Women's suffrage has been achieved as part of this process of modernization at different times in different national contexts, although very few nations granted women the right to vote in elections before the twentieth century (Freedman, pp. 63).
Since women have fought for a long time and proven their importance in society, they deserve the same rights as men. Before women can prove they too deserve the same rights as men, they must first put to rest the myths and beliefs of their status in this country. This myth of the female status in the United States, and in most other places in the world, has always been the same. It is the belief that women should be in the kitchen, taking care of the kids, and the house, amongst other beliefs. However, in today's society, this is considered ludicrous.
There was a time in the world when women were without basic rights and required the power to make decisions about their own lifestyle. They weren’t educated to the same standard as men. They weren’t allowed to work, they weren’t even allowed to inherit property. Everything belonged to their husband or family. There were no women in the police force or government and women weren’t even allowed to vote. Men’s power over women often cost their lives , the physical power is obvious. But there is also emotional power. Yet, after many years, women and men are still not equal. Women and girls should be able to lead a free, equal and self-determining life in every corner of the world just like men do so.
In the past, many people believed that women’s exclusive responsibilities were to serve their husband, to be great mothers and to be the perfect wives. Those people considered women to be more appropriate for homemaking rather than to be involved in business or politics. This meant that women were not allowed to have a job, to own property or to enjoy the same major rights as men. The world is changing and so is the role of women in society. In today’s society, women have rights that they never had before and higher opportunities to succeed.
... 2014 “too many women face far too much discrimination and violence” (New York Daily News, 2014). UNIDO (n.d) state that millennium development goal number three cannot be achieved without closing the gaps between women and men. In closing the gaps, we must empower women by providing them with education, accessibility to reproductive health, and lastly, engage men in promoting gender equality for women (WHO, 2014). I agree greatly with Hillary Clinton’s quote that is “human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights” (New York Daily News, 2014). Gender equality is a basic human right; however, in 2014 “gender inequalities [still] remain deeply entrenched in every society” (UN, 2011). The world has had numerous achievements thus far; however, gender equality still “remains the great unfinished business of the 21st century” (New York Times, 2014).