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The 1921 Convention ensure that protection from trafficking and sexual exploitation on the international level. The Article 6 states that "The High Contracting Parties agree, in case they have not already taken licensing and supervision of employment agencies and offices, to prescribe such regulations as are required to ensure the protection of women and children seeking employment in another ...
The International Bureau was founded on a conference held by several women's organizations in London in 1899. It was an international sister-association to the British National Vigilance Association, who had been questioned by the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene (AMSH) for combatting prostitution as such more than helping the victims of sex trafficking and women's rights.
The settlement movement was a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in the United Kingdom and the United States. Its goal was to bring the rich and the poor of society together in both physical proximity and social connection.
1920: Irish War of Independence. 410 policemen (RIC, DMP and Harbour Police) are killed during the conflict. Ulster Special Constabulary founded as a quasi-military reserve special constable police force. 1921: An R33 airship is used to support traffic control around Ascot and Epsom Downs racecourses. [29] 1922
The Edwardian era, from the 1890s to the First World War saw middle-class women breaking out of the Victorian limitations. Women had more employment opportunities and were more active. Many served worldwide in the British Empire or in Protestant missionary societies.
Women's organisations, which had been active in social matters, became politically involved from the end of the 1920s, with an Arab Women's Congress held in Jerusalem in 1929 attracting 200 participants, and an Arab Women's Association (later Arab Women's Union) being established at the same time, both organised by feminist Tarab Abdul Hadi.
United Kingdom: The Employment of Women, Young Persons, and Children Act 1920. [71] 1921. Argentina: Prior to 2020, a 1921 law regulated access to and penalties for abortions in Argentina. [72] Any woman that intentionally caused her own abortion or consented to another person performing one on her, was faced with one to four years of prison.
In the first two decades of the 20th century, there was relatively little unemployment in the UK, but it could still become a severe problem in various areas after disruptive changes to the local economy. Hunger marches became much more prominent in the 1920s and 1930s during the Great Depression in the United Kingdom. [1]