Women's rights
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- | {{Template}}'''Women’s rights''', as a term, typically refers to the [[Freedom (political)|freedoms]] inherently possessed by women and girls of all ages, which may be institutionalized, ignored or illegitimately suppressed by law, custom, and behavior in a particular society. These liberties are grouped together and differentiated from broader notions of [[human rights]] because they often differ from the freedoms inherently possessed by or recognized for men and boys, and because activism surrounding this issue claims an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women. | + | {{Template}} |
- | [[Feminism]] and most modern sociological theory maintain that the differences between men and women are, at least in part, socially constructed 'differences', (i.e. determined through history by specific human groups), rather than biologically determined, immutable conditions. See article on ''[[women]]'', a term some feminists see as a "gender unbiased term." | + | '''Women's rights''' are the [[rights]] and [[entitlement]]s claimed for [[women]] and [[girl]]s worldwide, and they formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the [[feminist movement]]s during the 20th and 21st centuries. In some countries, these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behavior, whereas in others, they are ignored and suppressed. They differ from broader notions of [[human rights]] through claims of an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls, in favor of men and boys. |
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+ | Issues commonly associated with notions of women's rights include the right to bodily integrity and [[autonomy]], to be free from [[sexual violence]], to [[Women's suffrage|vote]], to hold public office, to enter into legal contracts, to have equal rights in [[family law]], [[Right to work|to work]], to fair wages or [[Equal pay for equal work|equal pay]], to have [[reproductive rights]], to [[Right to property|own property]], and [[Right to education|to education]]. | ||
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | * [[Female education]] | ||
+ | * ''[[Wahre und Falsche "Frauen-Emanzipation"]]'', an early essay | ||
+ | * [[Gender apartheid]] | ||
+ | * [[Gender Inequality Index]] | ||
+ | * [[Gendercide]] | ||
+ | * [[History of feminism]] | ||
+ | * [[Index of feminism articles]] | ||
+ | * [[Legal rights of women in history]] | ||
+ | * [[List of civil rights leaders]] | ||
+ | * [[List of feminists]] | ||
+ | * [[List of suffragists and suffragettes]] | ||
+ | * [[List of women's organizations]] | ||
+ | * [[List of women's rights activists]] | ||
+ | * [[Men's rights movement]] | ||
+ | * [[Misogyny]] | ||
+ | * [[Pregnant patients' rights]] | ||
+ | * [[Sex workers' rights]] | ||
+ | * [[Simone de Beauvoir Prize]] | ||
+ | * [[Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting)]] | ||
+ | * [[Timeline of women's suffrage]] | ||
+ | * [[Women's rights in 2014]] | ||
+ | * [[Women's Social and Political Union]] | ||
- | Issues commonly associated with notions of women's rights include, though are not limited to, the right: to bodily integrity and autonomy; to vote (universal suffrage); to hold public office; [[Self-sufficiency|to work; to fair wages or equal pay; to own property;]] to education; to serve in the military; to enter into legal contracts; and to have marital, parental and religious rights. Today, women in most nations, can vote, own property, work in many different professions, and hold public office. These are some of the rights of the modern woman. But women have not always been allowed to do these things. They and their supporters have waged and in some places continue to wage long campaigns to win the same rights as men and be viewed as equals in society. | ||
- | == See also == | ||
- | *[[Girl power]] | ||
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Women's rights are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide, and 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, they are ignored and suppressed. They differ from broader notions of human rights through claims of an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls, in favor of men and boys.
Issues commonly associated with notions of women's rights include the right to bodily integrity and autonomy, to be free from sexual violence, to vote, to hold public office, to enter into legal contracts, to have equal rights in family law, to work, to fair wages or equal pay, to have reproductive rights, to own property, and to education.
See also
- Female education
- Wahre und Falsche "Frauen-Emanzipation", an early essay
- Gender apartheid
- Gender Inequality Index
- Gendercide
- History of feminism
- Index of feminism articles
- Legal rights of women in history
- List of civil rights leaders
- List of feminists
- List of suffragists and suffragettes
- List of women's organizations
- List of women's rights activists
- Men's rights movement
- Misogyny
- Pregnant patients' rights
- Sex workers' rights
- Simone de Beauvoir Prize
- Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting)
- Timeline of women's suffrage
- Women's rights in 2014
- Women's Social and Political Union