Categorie: Tutti - feminism - property - voting - discrimination

da liseth Velasquez mancano 5 anni

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women's rights

Elizabeth Blackwell's achievement as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States marked a significant milestone in women's rights. The fight for equal employment, including non-discriminatory access to jobs and equal pay, was a key focus of the feminist movement in the 20th century.

women's rights

Women's Rights

Freedom of movement

Various practices have been used historically to restrict women's freedom of movement, such as foot binding, the custom of applying painfully tight binding to the feet of young Chinese girls, which wa common between the 10th and 20th century.

Property Rights

Property rights for women continued to be restricted in many European countries until legal reforms of the 1960-70s. The Supreme Court, in Kirchberg v. Feenstra (1981), declared such laws unconstitutional.

Right To Vote

During the 19th century the right to vote was gradually extended in many countries, and women started to campaign for their right vote.

Equal Employment

Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. Employment rights for women include non-discriminatory acces of women to jobs and equal pay.

Discrimination

According to the jurisprudence of the ECHR, the right to freedom from discrimination includes not only the obligation of states to treat in a different way persons who are in analogous situations.
to fair wage or equal pa
to work
Rights to family
To be free from sexual violence
To bodily integrity and autonomy

Feminist movement during the 20th century.

Are the rights and entitlements claimed for women and grils worldwide.