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  2. Women's rights are human rights - Wikipedia

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    The campaign sold T-shirts stating "women's rights are human rights" at her campaign store, in reference to her speech. [20] The campaign also sold a bag that featured the full phrase "Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights"; on the bag it was shown in six languages. [21]

  3. Declaration of Mexico on the Equality of Women and Their ...

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    The resolution originated with the Women’s International Democratic Federation, an NGO particularly strong in Eastern Bloc nations, which noted the UN’s recent success with other designated years devoted to thematic human rights issues. International Women’s Year, and the 1975 Conference in Mexico City (the first of four planned UN women ...

  4. Women's rights - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power

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    Carter calls discrimination and abuse of women and girls "the most serious and unaddressed worldwide challenge" of our time, and the book covers a wide range of problems including infanticide and selective abortion of female fetuses; female genital mutilation; rape, especially as a weapon of war; human trafficking of women and girls for sex; child marriage; honor killings; domestic violence ...

  6. Timeline of women's legal rights in the United States (other ...

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    [4] 1859. Kansas: Married Women's Property Act grants married women separate economy. [13] 1860. New York's Married Women's Property Act of 1860 passes. [18] Married women are granted the right to control their own earnings. [11] Maryland: Married women are granted separate economy, the right to control their earnings, and trade licenses. [4]

  7. S. Laurel Weldon - Wikipedia

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    S. Laurel Weldon FRSC is a Canadian and American political scientist, currently a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Simon Fraser University.She is a democratic and feminist theorist, known for studies of the cross-national evolution of women's rights, policies on the prevention of violence against women, and the inclusion of women in political decision-making.

  8. Diane Elson - Wikipedia

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    She is the author of the books Male Bias in the Development Process, [4] and Budgeting for Women's Rights: Monitoring Government Budgets for Compliance with CEDAW (Concepts and Tools), [5] and of many other publications and articles. She has also worked as a special advisor for UNIFEM and is the chair of the UK's Women's Budget Group. [6]

  9. Women in international law - Wikipedia

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    The goals of the convention were to promote women's rights and address systematic discrimination experienced by women. [5] [1] The rights covered in CEDAW includes women's political participation, education, health, employment, marriage and legal equality. CEDAW also advocates for a change in the traditional roles of men and women.