In the past decades there have been several movements for women’s rights in many different countries. In addition, all these countries share a specific goal: equal treatment and rights for women, however they each focus on different aspects of this goal. Specifically, there are two countries that contributed in achieving this goal, which are South Africa and India. In the 1990’s, while transitioning to democracy, South African feminists contributed in having a nonracist and nonsexist society. While in India, citizens hoped to seek awareness to women discrimination in the political era. In 1994, South Africa became a democratic nation that had many people wondering what it would be like for the women, mainly black women (Busa, 2010 pg. 1).
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In the book Women’s Movement in the Global Era by Amrita Basu, it states that usually women elected into higher power in terms of governing a parliament come from a highly educated background, though it states that women have the chance to govern, in an Indian Parliament, it is very difficult to get in the firm, simply because women are “disabled in political spaces at the national level’ [pg. 175] that’s why women were usually not placed in any higher authority, resulting a feminist political movement. NAWO (National Alliance of Women Organization) which started in 1989 at India soon became widely spread worldwide between 2003- 2007. NAWO is an alliance which became an international network focused on improving women’s rights by campaigning in order to raise awareness and assembling a women’s forum online in order to interconnect with women across the globe. The network was supported by over 100 organizations worldwide addressing different issues due to inequality between men and women. “NAWO acts as a bridge between women’s organizations and decision makers both nationally and internationally. They work to build alliances around issues so that they can improve the situation for women and effect change. They consult their members and communicate their views to policy makers at all levels, to ensure that women’s voices are heard.” This organization fully enhanced the idea of support system deliberately in each state “on the relationship between poverty, discrimination, well-being, and
In the book Women’s Movement in the Global Era by Amrita Basu, it states that usually women elected into higher power in terms of governing a parliament come from a highly educated background, though it states that women have the chance to govern, in an Indian Parliament, it is very difficult to get in the firm, simply because women are “disabled in political spaces at the national level’ [pg. 175] that’s why women were usually not placed in any higher authority, resulting a feminist political movement. NAWO (National Alliance of Women Organization) which started in 1989 at India soon became widely spread worldwide between 2003- 2007. NAWO is an alliance which became an international network focused on improving women’s rights by campaigning in order to raise awareness and assembling a women’s forum online in order to interconnect with women across the globe. The network was supported by over 100 organizations worldwide addressing different issues due to inequality between men and women. “NAWO acts as a bridge between women’s organizations and decision makers both nationally and internationally. They work to build alliances around issues so that they can improve the situation for women and effect change. They consult their members and communicate their views to policy makers at all levels, to ensure that women’s voices are heard.” This organization fully enhanced the idea of support system deliberately in each state “on the relationship between poverty, discrimination, well-being, and