Right to silence

Abolitionism and Women’s Rights Movements History repeats itself. Throughout history people have fought for equality, and many are still fighting today for opportunities of education, religion or the right to vote. Once a fight is won, people move to the next thing with more passion and rage than before. Abolitionist movements became increasingly popular in the North in the 1830s, contributing to the struggle between the North and South eventually leading to the Civil War. From this, women began…

that we are living with 700 million women today who were married as children? the governing bodies; the UN, the local governments, and parents must be held accountable for the protection of girls around the globe.We can't be talking human rights and children rights and so many abuses are taking place beneath the guise of marriage. This child bride problem is a global virus.According to the article child marriage around the world if there's no reduction the global number of women married as…

truths, obliterate historical facts, and has the unfortunate tendency to be subjective. Political correctness is a rash and unreasonable way to make others respect the people around them. Putting such restraint on our freedom of speech, which is the right to speak what a person believes, is causing many people to miss the real point. People tend…

The Women’s Right Fighter Elizabeth Cady Stanton was one of the earliest American women’s rights activists in the 19th century. However, Stanton was also an active abolitionist with her husband and cousin. During her time, Stanton was a well-educated woman, who wanted to attend a college that only admitted males. It was common that colleges would restrict women from attending there. When it came to Stanton, she focused mainly on the issues pertaining to women’s right beyond voting rights. Her…

We all ought to have the right to, and be encouraged to share our ideas, even if they contradict that which is widely believed. While many argue that we ought to silence different, or less accurate thoughts and expressions, Mill advances two main arguments in favor of freedom of thoughts and ideas. First, he argues that silencing different opinions is harmful for the principle of utility, because it actually decreases utility. If we suppress and silence thoughts and ideas that we think…

focus within the community from which they lived in, especially when it came to educating and empowering young women and girls. As was described in Undivided Rights, the NLHO began co-sponsoring college classes and workshops in 1988 in an effort to educate Latinas on a variety of health and reproductive issues, such as mental health, patient’s rights, birth control, sexuality, cancer prevention, homophobia, teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, and alcohol abuse (2004). Keeping true to…

different reasons. Planned Parenthood is an advocate for political protection for reproductive rights. Reproductive rights state than an individual has the right to have reproductive health. This includes the right to plan a family, terminate a pregnancy, learn about sex education, use contraceptive medicine, and have the option to gain access to reproductive health services. Politicians are trying to take this right away from women by passing bills in congress that would defund Planned…

were struggling with the fact that they had no rights. During the time 1911 to 1920, women were like lambs to the slaughter because they were treated like delicate creatures that needed to be protected by a strong man from other evil men. Women had no goals or ambitions because they were living in patriarchal society. Before women had rights, they lived in a world that was not their own. During 1911, they probably didn 't know what kind of rights women should have. All women were used being…

topic concerning global human rights has served as a spark, initiating many instances of heated debate and provoking great controversy. While many episodes of insufficient progress are often portrayed in the media and other informational platforms; there are actually a great deal more successes eluding the majority of the world’s population in regards to securing human rights. Specifically, the international community is, in fact, making substantial leaps in the right direction toward the…

Enough is Enough! Enough is enough said women around the world that are tired of being put down by men of power. Women said no more silence, so they spoke up. This is no which-hunt this is women having enough. 2018 was the year when women came together to tell the world their shocking stories. However, most women all shared similar stories and so it began. Movement such as “Me too” and “Times up” encourage women to speak out and tell their stories. In “Let’s hope there’s no going back” Kath…