An Analysis of Women's Rights in the Contemporary World

This essay examines the historical and contemporary perspectives of women's rights, focusing on the challenges and inequalities faced by women in society. It explores the evolution of women's rights movements, the concept of gender equality, and the significance of feminist perspectives in advocating for human rights. The essay highlights the persistent violations of women's rights, emphasizing the need for proper implementation of existing rights and the ongoing struggle for a more equitable world. It references key scholarly sources to support its arguments and concludes with the importance of women's rights in the modern world. The essay discusses the role of the United Nations and individual nation-states in protecting women's rights, while also acknowledging the gaps in implementation and the continued suffering of women globally.

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Women’s Rights
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The plight of the women gender has been in focus ever since the inception of the human
civilization. This is due to the human believe that women are, by nature, soft in their orientation.
This softness has been taken for their weakness and as a result, the male gender has found it easy
to dominate over their female counter part (Farris 2017). This essay seeks to analyze the position
of the female gender in the society in the modern contemporary world. In this context, the rights
granted to the women are also analyzed. The essay concludes with the importance and
significance of such rights of women.
Human rights have been deemed essential for the survival of human beings. The
institution of the agency of the state was necessitated in order to provide a framework of
regulations to the people so that they no longer live in anarchy and chaos. As a consequence, in
the latter half of the twentieth century, the formalization of human rights occurred in the form of
the establishement of the United Nations Organization. However, the universal rights granted by
the UN and that by the various agencies of the states failed to percolate to the women. According
to the authors Peters, Julie Stone, and Andrea Wolper (2018) in the book entitled “Women's
rights, human rights: International feminist perspectives” the female gender has been subjected
to regular torture. A normal male person has to be subjected to incidents of war and pain in order
to feel what a female person feels in her daily live. This is due to the fact that women have no
freedom whatsoever when it comes to their lives, or in any matter in that regard. This is because
of the inherent dominating nature of the male gender who believes that it is only rightful to keep
the female subordinated under their rule and pleasure.
The need for women rights is felt in its entirety in the modern contemporary world. The
female gender has been able to find their voice and protest against the age old persistent violation
of their rights that has been done against them (Kaplan 2016). In this respect, the feminist

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movement came to the forefront. According to the article entitled "Transforming human rights
from a feminist perspective" written by Bunch (2018) the concept of feminism enshrines not
only rights for women but rather the establishment of a system where both the gender have equal
rights. In other words, no one gender should have the power to dominate over the other simply
because of the fact that they can. Rights should be granted to both without any discrimination.
In conclusion it is observed that rights do exist for both the genders in the form of the
universal rights as granted by the United Nations and the various rights granted by each nation
state to its respective citizens. However, what is lacking is the proper implementation of them.
As a result, the womenfolk continues to suffer.

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References:
Bunch, Charlotte. "Transforming human rights from a feminist perspective." Women's rights,
human rights. Routledge, 2018. 11-17.
Farris, Sara R. In the name of women s rights: The rise of femonationalism. Duke University
Press, 2017.
Kaplan, Temma. Crazy for democracy: Women in grassroots movements. Routledge, 2016.
Peters, Julie Stone, and Andrea Wolper, eds. Women's rights, human rights: International
feminist perspectives. Routledge, 2018.