Women and Children Rights

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WOMEN AND CHILDREN

Rights
Wome
n
A woman (irregular plural:
women) is a female human. The
term woman is usually
reserved for an adult, with
the term girl being the usual
term for a female child or
adolescent. However, the term
woman is also sometimes used
to identify a female human,
regardless of age, as in
phrases such as "Women's
rights”.
Child .
. A child (plural: children) is a human
between the stages of birth and
puberty. The legal definition of
"child" generally refers to a minor,
otherwise known as a person younger
than the age of majority. "Child" may
also describe a relationship with a
parent or authority figure , or
signify group membership in a clan,
tribe, or religion ; it can also
signify being strongly affected by a
specific time, place, or circumstance,
as in "a child of nature" or "a child
of the Sixties"
Women Rights 
The term women's rights refers to freedoms and entitlements
of women and girls of all ages. These rights may or may not be
institutionalized, ignored or suppressed by law, local custom,
and behavior in a particular society. These liberties are
grouped together and differentiated from broader notions of
human rights because they often differ from the freedoms
inherently possessed by or recognized for men and boys, and
because activists for this issue claim an inherent historical
and traditional bias against the exercise of rights by women
and girls.
CHILDREN RIGHTS

Children's rights are the perceived human rights of


children with particular attention to the
rights of special protection and care afforded to the
young, including their right to association with both
biological parents, human identity as well as the basic
needs for food, universal state-paid education, health care
and criminal laws appropriate for the age and development
of the child. Interpretations of children's rights range
from allowing children the capacity for autonomous action
to the enforcement of children being physically, mentally
and emotionally free from abuse, though what constitutes
"abuse" is a matter of debate. Other definitions include
the rights to care and nurturing.
"A child is any human being below the age of eighteen years, unless under
the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier. According
to Cornell University, a child is a person, not a sub person, and the
parent has absolute interest and possession of the child, but this is
very much an American view. The term "child" does not necessarily mean
minor but can include adult children as well as adult nondependent
children. There are no definitions of other terms used to describe young
people such as "adolescents, "teenagers," or "youth“ in international law.
The field of children's rights spans the fields of law, politics,
religion, and morality.

Children ’ s rights law is defined as the point where the law


intersects with a child’s life. That includes juvenile delinquency,
due process for children involved in the criminal justice system,
appropriate representation, and effective rehabilitative services;
care and protection for children in state care; ensuring education
for all children regardless of their origin, race, gender,
disabilities, or abilities, and; health care and advocacy.

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