{"id":12167,"date":"2019-11-09T14:35:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T13:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humanrightscareers.com\/?p=12167"},"modified":"2024-10-07T16:15:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T14:15:05","slug":"womens-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanrightscareers.com\/magazine\/womens-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1995, First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at the United Nations Fourth Conference on Women in Beijing<\/a> and declared that \u201cWomen\u2019s rights are human rights.\u201d This is the most famous use of the phrase, but not the first and certainly not the last. Unfortunately, years later, the rights of women and girls are still being abused and go unpunished in many areas all over the world. Many governments boast about their records on human rights, but unless women\u2019s rights are honored, their talk rings hollow.<\/p>\n

A brief history of women\u2019s rights<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In 1792, English philosopher and writer Mary Wollstonecraft released A Vindication on the Rights of Women<\/a>. <\/em>Against the prevailing belief of her time, she stated that women are not by nature inferior to men. They aren\u2019t given the opportunity to be equal because they aren\u2019t given a good education. She argued that when women do receive an equal education, it would improve society as a whole. Over a century later, Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland observed the first International Women\u2019s Day on March, 1911<\/a>. Over a million men and women rallied in support of women\u2019s rights to vote, work, hold public office, and fully participate in society without discrimination.<\/p>\n

In 1920 and 1938, respectively, the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote, while the Fair Labor Standards Act<\/a> established a federal minimum wage that didn\u2019t discriminate based on sex. In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/a> stated that everyone was entitled to the rights in the document without discrimination based on traits like sex, race, religion, and so on. In 1979, the UN General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women<\/a>. It would eventually become the second most ratified UN treaty on human rights.<\/p>\n

In 1995, the UN\u2019s Fourth World Conference on Women took place in Beijing, and Hillary Clinton declared that women\u2019s rights are human rights. At the conference, 189 countries adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action<\/a>. Every five years, the platform is evaluated and appraised.<\/p>\n

The current state of women\u2019s rights <\/strong><\/h2>\n

It may seem obvious to most people that women\u2019s rights are human rights, but it doesn\u2019t take much digging to see that reality doesn\u2019t reflect this seemingly-simple phrase. All over the world, the rights of women and girls are violated and neglected in every area of life, including education, employment, property and health. Despite landmarks like the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the world is far from achieving gender equality. According to UN Women, a UN entity devoted to women\u2019s empowerment:<\/p>\n

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  • 7 billion women don\u2019t have the same employment choices as men.<\/li>\n
  • Globally, the gender wage gap is 23%.<\/li>\n
  • Women and girls are most affected by the lack of safe and affordable energy.<\/li>\n
  • Women and children suffer the most from environmental issues.<\/li>\n
  • Women and girls account for 71% of all human trafficking victims globally.<\/li>\n
  • 650 million women are married before age 18.<\/li>\n
  • On a global level, 80% of women can read compared to 89% of men.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    From data like this, it\u2019s clear that women\u2019s rights are not truly being respected as human\u2019s rights. Though progress is happening, it\u2019s slow. According to a recent study by the World Economic Forum, closing the global gender gap will take 108 years. Achieving economic gender parity will take 202 years. These numbers were identified by comparing attitudes of gender equality on a global scale, and looking at factors such as access to education; the number of women in power and in professional positions; life expectancy; and literacy rates.<\/p>\n

    Why women\u2019s rights matter<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    When women do better, everyone does better. This makes women\u2019s rights important not just for women, but for an entire society. Education is crucial, and when women are given access to education, it has a positive effect on the rest of their lives. They are more likely to get better employment, marry older, and escape the cycle of poverty and its negative impacts. To put that education to use, however, countries need to give women equal employment opportunities. When that happens and more women work,\u00a0 a nation\u2019s wealth and productivity increase. Studies show there\u2019s even a positive effect on a nation\u2019s overall health when women\u2019s rights are strong. This remains true even for countries with limited resources.<\/p>\n

    The health and growth of countries depends on women\u2019s rights being prioritized as human rights. There are many landmarks events on women\u2019s rights throughout history, and while the world has made impressive strides, a lot of work remains to be done. Significant, lasting changes requires both systematic transformations and perspective shifting within a society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":7071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magazine","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWomen's Rights | Human Rights Careers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humanrightscareers.com\/magazine\/womens-rights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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