Thursday, February 28, 2008

Rights and Welfare of Marginalized and Under-represented Women

  • Women have the right to a society where all forms of discrimination and violence against women have been banished;

  • Women have the right equal to men to the land they work on; as well as the right to full and gainful employment and living wages;
  • W omen have the right to participate freely in all aspects of political debates, action, and decision-making process in the family and the nation at large; as well as the right to fair and non-sexist representation in all social, political, economic and cultural spheres;
  • Women have the right to fight for basic health care and services for all, especially reproductive and maternal health care;
  • Women have the right to a marriage founded on mutual consent and respect, with equality and dignity, and to adequate support for the rearing and caring of children;
  • Women have the right to fight for children's basic needs like proper care, nutrition, health, safety and play, protection from abuse and exploitation; access to a national, scientific, and mass education which is non-sexist as well;
  • Women have the right to advocate for lesbian and gay rights and to insist that society not discriminate on the basis of sexual preference;
  • Women have the right to assert and protect their country's sovereignty and national patrimony;
  • Women have the right to a foreign policy that is independent and beneficial to economy and security as a nation;

  • Women ave the right to a government that is truly democratic and representative of the majority.

1 comment:

killianlansingh said...

I agree that women should have the same rights as men but using code words such as reproductive choice and health ism politically correct nonsense. ABORTION DESTROYS HUMAN LIFE!

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