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Gender equality and civic freedom
- Throughout history, women have shaped and advanced human rights and democratic ideals by challenging societal norms and championing gender equality and civic freedom.
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Whether sport, suffrage or civil rights, many took up the fight to varying degrees of success. Here are seven of those women - and their stories.
Dec 16, 2018 · Women have fought for many years to have the same rights as men. But it was only in the last 100 or so years that real change started to happen in the UK. The biggest of these changes was in 1918...
Women’s rights are the political, legal, economic and social rights granted to women. Rights cover an array of issues such as the right to vote, the right to equal education, the right to equal pay for equal work, reproductive rights and freedom of movement.
There have been many protests for the rights of women during the 20th and 21st centuries. These include protests: for the right to vote. for rights in the world of work. opposing violence...
- Women’s Suffrage
- Sexual and Reproductive Rights
- Freedom of Movement
During the 19th and early 20th centuries people began to agitate for the right of women to vote. In 1893 New Zealand became the first country to give women the right to vote on a national level. This movement grew to spread all around the world, and thanks to the efforts of everyone involved in this struggle, today women’s suffrage is a right under...
Everyone should be able to make decisions about their own body. Every woman and girl has sexual and reproductive rights . This means they are entitled to equal access to health services like contraception and safe abortions, to choose if, when, and who they marry, and to decide if they want to have children and if so how many, when and with who. Wo...
Freedom of movement is the right to move around freely as we please – not just within the country we live in, but also to visit others. But many women face real challenges when it comes to this. They may not be allowed to have their own passports, or they might have to seek permission from a male guardian in order to travel. For example, recently i...
Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behavior, whereas in others ...
We promote women and girls’ equal enjoyment of all human rights, including freedom from violence, sexual and reproductive rights, access to justice, socio-economic equality, and participation in decision-making.
