DEFINITION

Feminism in general means the belief in the

social, economic, and political equality of the
sexes. Quite simply, feminism is about all
genders having equal rights and opportunities.
MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT
FEMINISM
Being a feminist simply means believing in equal
rights for all genders. It’s not about hating men.
It’s not about women being better than men. It’s
not about eschewing femininity.
WAVES OF
FEMINISM
 The fight for women’s right to vote in
FIRST WAVE OF elections is known as the ‘suffragette
movement’. By the end of the 19th century,
FEMINISM this had become a worldwide movement, and
the words ‘feminism’ and ‘feminist movement’

started to be used from that point on.

In Western Europe and the USA, the feminist

movement was resurgent by the 1970s. SECOND WAVE OF
Although this second wave of feminism aimed
to achieve ‘women’s liberation’, different FEMINISM
groups had different ideas about how this
should be done.

 The third wave of feminism mainly refers to

the American movement in the 1990s, and
THIRD WAVE OF was a reaction to the backlash of
FEMINISM conservative media and politicians announcing
the end of feminism or referring to ‘post-

feminism’.

it emerged in the late 2000s and is ongoing. It is

often associated with digital activism and social
FOURTH WAVE OF
media platforms, which have provided spaces for FEMINISM
feminist organizing, discussions, and the
amplification of voices.

 WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE

HUMAN RIGHTS

Why do we need women’s rights, when these are

simply human rights? Why do we need human
rights treaties about women’s rights, when we have
already general human rights instruments? Almost
everywhere in the world, women are denied their
human rights just because of their sex or gender.
 The UNAH Violence Observatory released a
report establishing that between 2022 and
so far02
in 2023, 384 femicides have been
recorded and that 95% of these crimes go
unpunished.
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SO, DO WE STILL
NEED FEMINISM?