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  2. Purdah - Wikipedia

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    The rationales of individual women for keeping purdah are complex and can be a combination of motivations, freely chosen or in response to social pressure or coercion: religious, cultural (desire for authentic cultural dress), political (Islamization of the society), economic (status symbol, protection from the public gaze), psychological ...

  3. Feminism in India - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, there was a need for the proper care of women's rights. With the formation of women's organisations and their own participation in campaigns, their roles as mothers were again stressed but in a different light: this time the argument was for women's rights to speech, education and emancipation.

  4. Women in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    Fane remarks, in her article published in 1975, that it is the underlying Hindu beliefs of "women are honored, considered most capable of responsibility, strong" that made Indira Gandhi culturally acceptable as the prime minister of India, [148] yet the country has in the recent centuries witnessed the development of diverse ideologies, both ...

  5. International Women's Day - Wikipedia

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    The march was originally intended to celebrate International Women's Day, but transformed into massive protests against the changes taking place in women's rights during the Iranian revolution, specifically the introduction of mandatory hijab (veiling), which had been announced the day before. The protests lasted for six days, from 8 March to ...

  6. 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]

  7. 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 ...

  8. Hansa Jivraj Mehta - Wikipedia

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    Hansa Jivraj Mehta (3 July 1897 – 4 April 1995) [1] was a reformist, social activist, educator, independence activist, feminist and writer from India. [2] [3] She was one of only two women delegates working alongside Eleanor Roosevelt in the UN Human Rights Commission 1946-48 ensuring the wording "all human beings" instead of "all men" in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

  9. Dress code - Wikipedia

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    Cannes Film Festival has a dress code that requires men to wear tuxedos and women to wear gowns and high-heeled shoes. [1] A dress code is a set of rules, often written, with regard to what clothing groups of people must wear. Dress codes are created out of social perceptions and norms, and vary based on purpose, circumstances, and occasions.