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UN Secretary-General’s policy brief: The impact of COVID-19 on women
UN Secretary-General’s policy brief: The impact of COVID-19 on women
Across every sphere, from health to the economy, security to social protection, the impacts of COVID-19 are exacerbated for women and girls simply by virtue of their sex. This policy brief by the UN Secretary-General explores how women and girls’ lives are changing in the face of COVID-19, and outlines suggested priority measures to accompany both the immediate response and longer-term recovery efforts.
·unwomen.org·
UN Secretary-General’s policy brief: The impact of COVID-19 on women
The Campaign Against Sex Work in the United States: A Successful Moral Crusade - Sexuality Research and Social Policy
The Campaign Against Sex Work in the United States: A Successful Moral Crusade - Sexuality Research and Social Policy
Sex work was not a prominent public issue in the USA a generation ago. Law and law enforcement were fairly settled. Over the past two decades, however, a robust campaign has sought to intensify the stigmatization and criminalization of the participants involved in all types of sex work, which are now conflated with human trafficking. These efforts have been remarkably successful in reshaping government policy and legal norms and in enhancing penalties for existing offenses. The article analyzes these developments within the framework of a modernized version of moral crusade theory that includes both instrumental and expressive arguments against sex work.
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The Campaign Against Sex Work in the United States: A Successful Moral Crusade - Sexuality Research and Social Policy
UN Women Policy Briefs | United Nations iLibrary
UN Women Policy Briefs | United Nations iLibrary
The UN Women policy brief series synthesizes research findings, analysis and policy recommendations on key policy areas around gender equality and women’s rights in an accessible format. The series aims to bridge the research and policy divide by identifying issues that require urgent policy attention and propose a set of suitable measures to address them. The series is a joint effort of UN Women’s Policy Division, coordinated by the Research and Data Section. To ensure the quality and relevance of the content, each brief undergoes a rigorous internal and external peer review process. These concise and relevant policy-oriented documents are useful resources for gender equality advocates, civil society and other policy actors working to achieve gender equality and women’s rights.
·un-ilibrary.org·
UN Women Policy Briefs | United Nations iLibrary
A Brief Survey of Women's Rights | United Nations
A Brief Survey of Women's Rights | United Nations
The story of the global struggle for women's rights since 1945 is just beginning to be told. For a proper understanding of the continuities and changes in the struggle for women's rights during this period, we need to go back to the League of Nations, the predecessor to the United Nations. In addition, we need to consider more fully the important role of what are now often called traditional women's organizations in advancing women's rights on the international level, at least until 1975.
·un.org·
A Brief Survey of Women's Rights | United Nations
Asian American Women: Issues, Concerns and Responsive Human and Civil Rights Advocacy - Lora Jo Foo
Asian American Women: Issues, Concerns and Responsive Human and Civil Rights Advocacy - Lora Jo Foo
The Asian presence in North America predates the 13 colonies declaration of independence from Great Britain. However, since the beginning, Asian Americans have faced racism, exclusion, xenophobia or they have been upheld as a model minority. In either circumstance, prevailing racist and sexist stereotypes have created the perception of the Asian American as the other, and, as a result, their lives and issues are practically invisible to mainstream America.
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Asian American Women: Issues, Concerns and Responsive Human and Civil Rights Advocacy - Lora Jo Foo
An Analysis of the U.S. Women's Rights Movements
An Analysis of the U.S. Women's Rights Movements
This paper divides the move for women's rights in the U.S. into three historical phases: (1) the early women's rights movement (1848-1875); (2) the suffrage movement (1890-1920); and, (3) the two ...
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An Analysis of the U.S. Women's Rights Movements
Women's Rights are Human Rights - United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commission
Women's Rights are Human Rights - United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commission
"This publication provides an introduction to women’s human rights, beginning with the main provisions in international human rights law and going on to explain particularly relevant concepts for fully understanding women’s human rights. Finally, selected areas of women’s human rights are examined together with information on the main work of United Nations human rights mechanisms and others pertaining to these topics. The aim of the publication is to offer a basic understanding of the human rights of women as a whole, but because of the wide variety of issues relevant to women’s human rights, it should not be considered exhaustive.
·ohchr.org·
Women's Rights are Human Rights - United Nations Human Rights, Office of the High Commission
11 Books To Help You Reflect On The History Of The Women's Movement
11 Books To Help You Reflect On The History Of The Women's Movement
Last week, Women’s March announced the fifth action of their Ten Actions in 100 Days campaign — a direct response to the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency, which began with the march in Washington D.C. (and marches all over the world) on…
·bustle.com·
11 Books To Help You Reflect On The History Of The Women's Movement
13 Must-Read U.S. Women’s Movement Books For Those Under 45 - Women's eNews
13 Must-Read U.S. Women’s Movement Books For Those Under 45 - Women's eNews
Here's my list, what books are on yours? Send us your favorite, your top five or top 10. Let’s build the nonfiction canon of women’s history! Take a break over the holidays and email us at editors@womensenews.org.
·womensenews.org·
13 Must-Read U.S. Women’s Movement Books For Those Under 45 - Women's eNews
FOSTA: A Hostile Law with a Human Cost - Lura Chamberlain
FOSTA: A Hostile Law with a Human Cost - Lura Chamberlain
The Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 (“FOSTA”) rescinded legal immunity for websites that intentionally host user-generated advertisements for sex trafficking. However, Congress’s mechanism of choice to protect sex-trafficking victims has faced critique and backlash from advocates for those involved in commercial sex, who argue that FOSTA’s broad legislative language does far more to harm sex workers—a group distinct from sex-trafficking victims—than it does to end sex trafficking, chilling significant protected speech in the process.
·ir.lawnet.fordham.edu·
FOSTA: A Hostile Law with a Human Cost - Lura Chamberlain
Women in Congress | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
Women in Congress | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
Since 1917, when Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman to serve in Congress, a total of #WIC#Total# women have served as U.S. Representatives, Delegates, Resident Commissioners, or Senators. This website, based on the publication Women in Congress, contains biographical profiles of former women Members of Congress, links to information about current women Members, essays on the institutional and national events that shaped successive generations of Congresswomen, and images of each woman Member, including rare photos.
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Women in Congress | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Nancy Gertner (Harvard Law School)
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Women’ s Rights Guide - Diane Rosenfeld, LLM, et al., Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising, Harvard Law School
Women’ s Rights Guide - Diane Rosenfeld, LLM, et al., Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising, Harvard Law School
This guide will mainly focus on the traditional “women’s rights” areas, and discuss the variety of opportunities, issue areas, and practice settings to advocate for women’s rights. However, there are an infinite number of women’s issues to fight for, and an equally large number of avenues in which to advocate for equal justice. Be creative in your thinking, spread wide your research, and find the issue and practice area in which you can most effectively achieve your goals.
·hls.harvard.edu·
Women’ s Rights Guide - Diane Rosenfeld, LLM, et al., Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising, Harvard Law School
Journal of Gender and Law | UCLA Law
Journal of Gender and Law | UCLA Law
The UCLA Journal of Gender and Law is an academic legal journal that uses the power of language to educate people and make women's voices heard.
·law.ucla.edu·
Journal of Gender and Law | UCLA Law
Time To Finally Enshrine Women’s Rights in the Constitution | New York Law Journal
Time To Finally Enshrine Women’s Rights in the Constitution | New York Law Journal
Rolando T. Acosta, Presiding Justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, discusses the Equal Rights Amendment, which has yet to be incorporated into the U.S. Constitution. New York was one of the first states to ratify the proposed federal ERA in 1972, but has yet to pass a state ERA. He writes: Given the uncertain future of the ERA as an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, women’s rights need to be protected under the New York Constitution.
·law.com·
Time To Finally Enshrine Women’s Rights in the Constitution | New York Law Journal
A Selected Bibliography of Women's Health and Human Rights - Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA David Studdert, LLB, MPH
A Selected Bibliography of Women's Health and Human Rights - Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA David Studdert, LLB, MPH
This bibliography references a selection of English language books and journal articles which link, explicitly or implicitly, women's health and human rights. The works selected articulate a connection between these concepts, as highlighted by the annotations.
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A Selected Bibliography of Women's Health and Human Rights - Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA David Studdert, LLB, MPH