WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Health

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Synonyms: WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Crosswords: WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Women's Rights (1924)

Cupid Versus Women's Rights (1913)

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Books

• Women's Rights in Old Testament Times (reference)

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Public forum : women's rights at the crossroads. Credit: Library of Congress.

Women's Rights Day celebration : 55 years since women won the vote : a look at our struggle. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

The legal treatment of women's rights is uneven. (references)

These include women's rights, children's rights, discrimination/racism, and religious forces and risks. (references)

Children

Mauritius

Most government programs are administered by the state-funded National Children's Council and the Ministry of Women's Rights, Family Welfare, and Child Development, which provide counseling, investigate reports of child abuse, and take remedial action to protect affected children. (references)

Discrimination

Macedonia

This principle will be applied in particular with respect to employment in public administration and public enterprises, and access to public financing for business development." However, societal discrimination against ethnic minorities persisted, and the protection of women's rights remained a problem. (references)

Economic History

Kazakhstan

Dozens of grants have been provided to support NGOs that promote an independent media, legal reform, women's rights, civic education, and legislative oversight. (references)

Human Rights

Niger

There were several other women's rights groups. (references)

Yemen

In October it held a forum to discuss women's rights. (references)

Mali

The topics for discussion included women's rights, access to government services, and judicial reform. (references)

Indigenous People

Guatemala

Indigenous people continued to organize themselves into interest groups to promote bilingual education, women's rights, and community development. (references)

Political Economy

Kuwait

In 1999, the Assembly rejected an Amiri decree granting women's rights; a similar proposal presented by Assembly members was defeated by two votes. (references)

Korea

As part of this effort, the Ministry of Gender Equality was established in January to deal with issues including women's rights, violence against women, and discrimination against women. (references)

Political Rights

East Timor

This was taken to be a positive sign by some of the main women's rights organizations in East Timor. (references)

Ghana

In 2000 a group of female parliamentarians and women's rights activists petitioned the Electoral Commission (EC) to waive registration fees for female candidates to encourage more women to run for office. (references)

Women

Jamaica

A number of active women's rights groups exist. (references)

Worker Rights

Moldova

A prominent women's rights activist and Member of Parliament stated that more than 10,000 Moldovan women were working as prostitutes in other countries. (references)

Nigeria

However, Human Rights Watch reported that according to women's rights organizations, hundreds of women migrated to Europe in response to job offers as domestic workers or waitresses. (references)

Poland

La Strada is the only NGO in the country dealing specifically with trafficking but cooperates with shelters such as Caritas and other Catholic organizations, as well as the Center for Women's Rights shelter. (references)

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Bulgarian 

равноправие на жените. (various references)

Finnish

naisasia (woman suffrage). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

女権 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

じょけ�". (various references)

Pig Latin

omen'sway ightsray

Swedish

kvinnans rättigheter. (various references)

Turkish

kadın hakları. (various references)

Misspellings

"WOMEN'S RIGHTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: womens rights. (additional references)

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