Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Women's rights...


Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies. The idea is that women should have equal rights withmen.
In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed. They differ from broader notions of human rights through claims of an inherent historical and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women and girls in favour of men and boys.[1]
Issues commonly associated with notions of women's rights include, though are not limited to, the right: to bodily integrity and autonomy; to vote (suffrage); to hold public office; to work; to fair wages or equal pay; to own propertyto education; to serve in the military or be conscripted; to enter into legal contracts; and to have marital, parental and religious rights.

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