Women

Women's Rights in the Post-Modern Era

  • Universal Declaration of Human RIghts

  • International Women's Year

  • Mexico City First World Conference On Women

  • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

  • Copenhagen Second World Conference on Women

  • Kenya Third World Conference on Women

  • Vienna World Conference on Human RIghts

  • Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women

  • Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women Peace and Security

  • Security Council Resolution 1820 on Sexual Violence in Conflict

  • Established UN Women

  • Women's Rights in the Arab World

    -violence against women
    -reproductive rights
    -women in the family, economy, society, and politics
    -Eygpt ranked worst for women's rights
    -endemic harrassment
    -increase in gender violence
    -a rise in Islamist Influence
    -high rates of FGM