Women’s rights
Many democratic governments have the rights of women maintained in the constitutions as well as their structures. In more civilized societies, governments have gone beyond institutionalization but also instilled them in national values, behavior and customs. From a feminists’ perspective, women rights originate from a traditional and historical bias which prevented girls and women from accessing and exercising their social rights compared to males. Therefore, rights of women primarily focus articulating and implementing social, political and economic entitlements as stated in the constitution.
This improvement of socio economic rights of women is done through carrying out awareness campaigns about women’s contribution in the society in all spheres e.g. politically, socially and economically. Awareness is important because it emphasizes the role of women in the community and therefore encourages the community to respect and appreciate girls and women. Countries which have wider gaps to accessing opportunities and those that report more cases of women abuse have sort to level this gap by creating leadership positions in their government specifically for women. In such countries, women are a marginalized and special group who as a result of an equal play ground in political completion, cannot be able to make it to this political positions on their own (Pomeroy, 2002).
Women rights address very many issues including right to have a body veracity, a right to serve in the public service, alright to work and deserving wage, right to have education, own property, serve in the discipline forces, enter into law binding contracts, a right to parental, marital, parental rights and so on (Pomeroy, 2002).
Women play a crucial role in formation of a family and hence a nation. It is therefore in the best interest of countries to respect the right of women for better societies and countries at large.
Reference
Pomeroy, S. (2002). Spartan Women. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
