Is Women Rights still an issue?( Global issues)

I think of Women Rights around the world as an important indicator to understand global well-being. “A major global women’s rights treaty was ratified by the majority of the world’s nations a few decades ago” (Globalissues.org). Women are still fighting for their rights today because numerous issues still exist in all areas of life ranging from the cultural, political to the economic. For example women often work more than men, yet are paid less; gender discrimination affects girls and women throughout their lifetime which usually leads to us being the ones that suffer the most poverty. A 2010 study in the global problems and culture of capitalism shows that gender equality furthers the cause of child survival and development for all society, so the importance of women’s rights and gender equality should not be underestimated. This Chart below shows the estimated earnings for women lower than for men.

According to Dr. Margaret Chan, director- General, World Health Organization, says “We will not see sustainable progress unless we fix failures so that girls and women enjoy equal access to education, employment and political positions.” I agree with Dr. Chan because there is no way results are going to show if we don’t fix the issues we have now. Women have been taking for granted not only in the United States Women are fighting for their rights globally. According to (Gobalissues.org) Women are:

• 52 percent of the world’s population
• Responsible for 66 percent of the world’s output
• Earn 10 percent of the world’s income
• Own 1 percent of the world’s property

Men still hold over 80 percent of the most powerful economic and political positions. There is so much wrong with this picture.”

Furthermore research by Anup Shah shows that Gender discrimination throughout a lifetime of women stages show that from feticide and infanticide that the economic shows a clear cultural preference for sons; the misuse of pregnancy diagnostic tools can facilitate female feticide. Throughout the middle years, Adolescence and Motherhood/old age; women take on an increasingly rate of gender discrimination. For example in the Adolescence stage women take on a great factor of adolescent development are abuse, exploitation and violence, and the lack of vital knowledge about sexual and reproductive health, including HIV/AIDS. “Specific areas that UNICEF highlighted were female genital mutilation/cutting; child marriage and premature parenthood; sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking; sexual and reproductive health; and HIV/AIDS” (Golbalissues.org). In Motherhood/old age these are “two key periods in many women’s lives when the pernicious effects of both poverty and inequality can combine.” Shockingly, “It is estimated that each year more than half a million women—roughly one woman every minute—die as a result of pregnancy complications and childbirth,” 99% of which occur in developing countries. Yet “many of these women’s lives could be saved if they had access to basic health care services.” In addition, elderly women may face double discrimination on the basis of both gender and age. Many older women are plunged into poverty at a time of life when they are very vulnerable. However, “children’s rights are advanced when programmers that seek to benefit children and families also include elderly women” (Golbalissues.org).

Work Cited

Shah, Anup. “Women’s Rights.” Global Issues. 14 Mar. 2010. Web. 17 Sep. 2013. <http://www.globalissues.org/article/166/womens-rights>.

Chan, Dr. Magaret. "Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Girls Essential for Better Health." WHO. Dr.Magaret Chan, 8 Mar. 2010. Web. 17 Sept. 2013.

Wake up sweetheart you're a feminist ( Susan B Anthony)

I hope you read the title with sarcasm with which it was meant and that you never try to call me sweetheart. 

Just two years ago, if you had asked me if I was a feminist I would have said no. Back then the idea that women needed to form a movement to be treated equal seemed extreme and label themselves and fight for... What...what are we fighting for? I didn't know. 

Now when we talk about women that fought for women rights and formed a movement to be equally treated an influential women name Susan B. Anthony comes to mind; well I can't say the same for everybody. "Anthony born February 5,1820 in Adams ,
Massachusetts developed a sense of justice and moral zeal during her early life"(Susan B Anthony house of museum. com).

A abolitionist , education reformer ,suffragist and a women rights campaigner oh yes she was...Susan became and active temperance. Even though she was not allowed to speak at temperance rallies motivated her to join women rights movement in 1852, which she dedicated her time to women suffrage. Rejections were a lot for Anthony but, she fought. Ignoring abuse and embarrassment Determined Anthony traveled across the nation to vote. 

SUFFRAGIST 

Convinced by her temperance that women need to vote if they were to influence by public affairs. Anthony met Elizabeth Stanton one of the leaders of women right movement. Tours, rejections and disputes came along with the fight forming the National Women Suffrage Association (NWSA) which Anthony became a president for in 1892 when Stanton retired. 

Stanton and Anthony gradually became two of the most influential women in the women rights movement. "What led them to greater heights is In 1853 Anthony began to campaign for women's property rights in New York state, speaking at meetings, collecting signatures for petitions, and lobbying the state legislature. In 1860, largely as the result of her efforts, the New York State Married Women's Property Bill became law, allowing married women to own property, keep their own wages, and have custody of their children. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton campaigned for more liberal divorce laws in New York" (Susan B Anthony house of museum). Laws became fair for women because of both Stanton and Anthony efforts.

Women Suffrage( Women Rights Movement)

This weekend I read about women rights and came across a website called History, Arts and Archives wish startled me because it had so much information about  the Women Rights Movement from the beginning wish was 1848- 1920; I'm sure it started earlier then that. As I kept on reading it became more interesting to me.The beginning of the fight for women’s suffrage in the United States, which predates Jeannette Rankin’s entry into Congress by nearly 70 years, grew out of a larger women’s rights movement. During the 19th century she emphasized broad spectrum of goals before focusing solely on securing the franchise for women. "Women’s suffrage leaders, moreover, often disagreed about the tactics for and the emphasis (federal versus state) of their reform efforts. Ultimately, the suffrage movement provided political training for some of the early women pioneers in Congress, but its internal divisions foreshadowed the persistent disagreements among women in Congress and among women’s rights activists after the passage of the 19th Amendment" (history.house.gov).The first gathering devoted to women rights in America was held July 19-20 in Seneca Falls, New York. Susan B. Anthony played a huge role in woman suffrage as one of the suffrage leaders, In the 1920's banners were held symbolizing her quote which said, "No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores her sex." Her quote was taken seriously to women all around the world. Susan B. Anthony a women activist believed all women should be treated the same as men; so creating the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), which directed its efforts toward changing federal law and opposed the 15th Amendment because it excluded women. Woman Suffrage was a huge party of history; people should pay close attention to the leaders who put time in and were rejected and turned down just so women can have right. There has been many disputes over the years and more years to come which will continue the growth for women rights. In my opinion the (NWSA) may have been rejected but, it started a movement for us women today.

History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Historian,Women in Congress, 1917–2006. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007. “The Women’s Rights Movement, 1848–1920,”