Paula Cuadros Álvarez

Woman Civils Rights

Historical background
Between 1947 and 1962. The
Commission successfully defended
the need to remove references to
"men" as a synonym for humanity
and succeeded in incorporating
new and more inclusive language.
In its contributions to the drafting
of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, it

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Historical background
The Commission drafted the first international
conventions on women's rights, such as the 1953
Convention on the Political Rights of Women,
which was the first instrument of international law
to recognize and protect women's political rights;
it was also responsible for drafting the first
international agreements on women's rights in
marriage, namely the 1957 Convention on the
Nationality of Married Women and the 1962
Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum
Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages. It
also contributed to the work of United Nations
offices, such as the Convention concerning Equal
Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for
Work of Equal Value of the International Labor
Organization (1951), which enshrined the
principle of equal pay for equal work.

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Where is the issues today
• The United States is committed to
advancing gender equality and the
empowerment of women and girls
through U.S. foreign policy. The
Department of State has identified
four key priorities to advance gender
equality and the status of women and
girls around the world:
• Women, peace, and security
• Women’s economic empowerment
• Gender-based violence
• Adolescent girls

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Has any progress been made to
guarantee Equal Protection,
according to the 14th Amendment.
What discrimination persists with this
group of people?
Some progress has been made over the past
few decades: more girls are in school, and
fewer girls are being forced into early marriage;
more women are in parliament and leadership
positions; and laws are being reformed to
promote gender equality.
Despite these achievements, many challenges
remain: discriminatory laws and social norms
remain pervasive, women continue to be
underrepresented at all levels of political
leadership, and 1 in 5 women and girls aged
15-49 report experiencing sexual or physical
violence at the hands of an intimate partner in a
12-month period

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Who were the leaders of the past advocating
for civil rights in this area?
Emmeline Pankhurtst Virginia Woolf Frida Khalo
(1858-1928) (1882-1941) (1907-1954)
• Was a political activist • Virginia Woolf is also • She was a well-known
whose work was considered a pioneer of Mexican artist who has
instrumental in winning feminism. In her works become a symbol of
women the right to vote feminism, art and even
she reflects on female fashion. Her paintings
in England in 1928. identity and the show real women, far
Pankhurst was a difficulties women face from the beauty and
prominent suffragist as women in a male- stereotypes on which
leader. dominated world. the artists of her time
focused.

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Current leaders

Cleo Kambugu Amina Bouayach Editar Ochieng

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Cleo Kambugu
• Cleo Kambugu is a Ugandan transgender
woman fighting for equality for sexual and
gender minorities. Today, her simple identity -
as with other transgender, lesbian and
bisexual women - can be considered a crime
in Uganda.
• Cleo is program director of UHAI EASHRI, an
indigenous activist fund that supports sexual
and gender minorities and sex workers.
During the pandemic, while many services,
including health services, remained closed to
minority groups, her organization provided
humanitarian assistance grants and ensured
that "people were able to live with dignity
during the crisis."

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Organizations Leading
the Charge
UN Women
The United Nations Entity for Gender
Equality and the Empowerment of
Women (UN Women) is the UN agency
dedicated to gender equality. The
agency was established to accelerate
progress on meeting women’s needs
across the world. It supports the UN
members states in achieving global
standards of gender equality, and it
works closely with civil society
organizations and governments to
design and implement policies, laws
and services that benefit women.

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 • In my opinion, the objectives are
being achieved, but in a slow and
possibly very improvable way.
• They have not achieved a fully
equal protection of life and
liberty, but they have improved
compared to previous years.
• Before, women had no rights at
all, and now, in spite of not having
all of them, we have many rights
that no one would have expected
in the past.
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Sources
• https://www.unwomen.org/es/csw/brief-history
• https://www.state.gov/policy-issues/global-womens-issues2/
• https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/2017/11/latinoam
erica-es-la-region-mas-peligrosa-del-mundo-para-las-mujeres/#
• https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/junior-
report/20180522/443754290684/mujeres-pioneras-feminismo-
figuras.html
• https://unric.org/es/dia-internacional-de-la-mujer-cinco-lideres-
feministas-exigen-mas-igualdad-para-el-mundo-posterior-a-la-
pandemia/
• https://www.humanrightscareers.com/magazine/organizations-
gender-equality/

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Sources
• https://politicalyouthnetwork.org/womens-rights-why-are-womens-rights-
important/
• https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/article/section/latest-events/film-
reflections-unheard-black-women-in-civil-rights/
• https://www.google.com/search?q=Cleo+Kambugu&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa
=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT_vzOy4D8AhX9VqQEHQ1TDdYQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw
=1366&bih=649&dpr=1&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=4vB6wf4VBydgAM
• https://www.google.com/search?q=Amina+Bouayach&source=lnms&tbm=isch&
sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrhPDjy4D8AhV0TaQEHS-
7AKIQ_AUoAnoECAMQBA&biw=1366&bih=592&dpr=1&safe=active&ssui=on#i
mgrc=bUmMO18uv5wAwM
• https://www.google.com/search?q=Editar+Ochieng&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa
=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx59rzy4D8AhUATKQEHVQ-
B4gQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1366&bih=592&dpr=1&safe=active&ssui=on#i
mgrc=T_Lfxc-fssPsaM
• https://www.unwomen.org/es/get-involved/beijing-plus-25/generation-equality-
forum

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