National Women's Rights Convention

participated in the Iranian revolution in 1979, which formed a turning point in the history of this country. Many remember the fall of the hundreds of women during rallies and demonstrations still did not change their determination to achieve their rights, value, and respect in the society. More importantly, through all the limitation imposed by the Constitution on them such as dress code, gender discriminations, social considerations and religious extremism, Iranian woman continued to peruse…

After WWII, women’s position in society has changed. They have become a bigger part of the picture. Now we see women trying to obtain an education, maintaining steady jobs working in the office that have equal pay as men, head of the household, having the right to reject pregnancy, be part of the military forces, right to vote, own property, equal rights in law, hold public office and marriage/parental/religious rights. The word feminism has a different meaning to everyone. The Sexual Revolution…

groups and events, the Australian media began admonishing the actions of people who prevent female education and present their opinions as the cultural norm (AMWHR, 2011). Thus, emulating a stereotype that Muslim women are deprived of educational rights ‘as declared’ by Islam. For example, Australian Liberal Senator, Eric Abetz believes that Muslim communities consider female education as a “crime” (Reynolds, 2016) and that they live “boring and restricted lives” (Panahi, 2015). However, Muslim…

In the article, “Theater responds to backlash of women-only screening of ‘Wonder Woman’” Michael Rothman describes the controversy caused by a women-only screening of the new Wonder Woman film. Many men found this one time screening to be offensive and discriminatory. Many responses to the facebook post announcing the event were filled with hate, while others just shared their general disapproval. Overall, some people were very happy about the screening while others (mainly men) found it…

In Do Muslim Women Need Saving?, author Lila Abu-Lughod has challenged and discussed contemporary notions of culture, Islam, and universal human rights by addressing the structures, politics, and media that have influenced society, and more precisely, Western society’s understanding of these topics. The message she argues throughout the book attempts to change the ideas the post-9/11 mindset has created about predominately Muslim communities and subsequently, the role of Islam in the oppression…

senators, in addition, nearly four million women voted for the first time, including Eva Peron”(www.telesurtv.net) . Under the military dictatorship of the 1970’s Argentina underwent significant social change. Terrorism and violations of human rights gave rise to the resistance of Argentina’s citizens who became independent and rebellious which was comparable to the situation of the women who wanted democracy and not military dictatorships. As the military sought out to eliminate…

“You know that the National Socialist movement is the only party that keeps women out of daily politics. This arouses bitter criticism and hostility, all of it very unjustified. We have kept women out of the parliamentary-democratic intrigues of the past fourteen years in Germany not because we do not respect them, but because we respect them too much. We do not see the woman as inferior, but rather as having a different mission, a different value, than that of the man. Therefore, we believed…

Female genital mutilation. or FGM. is a cross cultural practice that is generally thought to be horrific in nature by most of the western culture and increasing in negative views of the women in the areas where the practice still takes place. The practice has been going on for centuries. and continues to this day. The difference is the increased advocacy against FGM from people and organizations all over the world. Female genital mutilation involves various types of cutting of the vagina. There…

that both women/girls and men/boys have the same rights, responsibilities, and opportunities. Gender should not separate the roles we perform, just because of physical features. The Republic of Cuba finds that gender equality is a human right and should be treated as an important issue regarding all nations. Although as the Cuban government navigates through its tough economic times this may affect how much revenue Cuban woman earn and their rights. In the Republic of Cuba gender equality has…

In the future, so many things could be possible. People’s intelligence could alter, we could advance in technology, and we could cure diseases. What we thought to be impossible today could potentially be possible in the future. We do not know exactly what the future holds, but we at the least have many ideas. Some of these ideas agree with each other, and some of these ideas conflict with each other as the two Time Traveler films do sometimes. Women in the 1960 Time Machine movie, were…