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Women in Peru represent a minority in both numbers and legal rights. Although historically somewhat equal to men, after the Spanish conquest the culture in what is now Peru became increasingly patriarchal .
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International: The U.N. Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 2122, which supported abortion rights for girls and women raped in wars, "noting the need for access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health services, including regarding pregnancies resulting from rape, without discrimination."
Women's suffrage in Peru was introduced on communal level in 1932 and on national level on 7 September 1955. [1] It was the second to last country in South America to introduce women's suffrage. The issue was first suggested by senator Celso Bambaren Ramírez in 1867.
María Jesús Alvarado Rivera (27 May 1878 – 6 May 1971) was a Peruvian rebel feminist, educator, journalist, writer and social activist. She was noted by the National Council of Women of Peru in 1969 as the "first modern champion of women's rights in Peru".
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For Arab women, Islam included the prohibition of female infanticide and recognizing women's full personhood. [72] Women generally gained greater rights than women in pre-Islamic Arabia [73] [74] and medieval Europe. [75] Women were not accorded such legal status in other cultures until centuries later. [76]
Although many advances in the health sector have occurred within Peru since the end of the war against terrorism, the health system has not adopted full and equal rights for all citizens of Peru. [15] With regards to race, ethnicity, and gender, there are still visible disparities in health services. [15]