Flashcards: Women's rights

Forced marriage is a marriage in which one or both of the parties is married without his or her consent or against his or her will.

Roe v. Wade, 410 U.

Suffragettes were members of women's organisations in the late-19th and early-20th centuries which advocated the extension of the "franchise", or the right to vote in public elections, to women.

A glass ceiling is a metaphor used to represent an invisible barrier that keeps a given demographic (typically applied to women) from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy.

Alva Belmont (January 17, 1853 – January 26, 1933), née Alva Erskine Smith, and known as Alva Vanderbilt from 1875 to 1896, was a prominent multi-millionaire American socialite and a major figure in the women's suffrage movement.

The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex.

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW or UNCSW) is a functional commission of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), one of the main UN organs within the United Nations.

The Feminist (history as gender struggle) view of women in the Arab world, is that as in other areas of the world, have throughout history experienced discrimination and have been subject to restrictions of their freedoms and rights.

John Wayne Bobbitt (born March 23, 1967 in Buffalo, New York) and Lorena Bobbitt (née Gallo, born October 31, 1970 in Bucay, Ecuador) are a former American couple, married on June 18, 1989, whose relationship made world-wide headlines in 1993 when Lorena cut off her husband's penis with a knife while he was asleep in bed.

Pacem in terris (Peace on Earth) was a papal encyclical issued by Pope John XXIII on 11 April 1963 on nuclear non-proliferation.

Women in Iran discusses the history, contribution, aspects, and roles of women in Iran.

The Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (Malay: Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat), abbreviated KPWKM, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for social welfare: children, women, family, community, children, older people, destitute, homeless, disaster victim, disabled.

Meena Keshwar Kamal (Pashto/Persian: مینا کشور کمال‎‎; February 27, 1956 – February 4, 1987), commonly known as Meena, was an Afghan revolutionary political activist, feminist, women's rights activist and founder of Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), who was assassinated in 1987.

The legal rights of women refers to the social and human rights of women.

On August 7, 2006, the president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva put into practice the Federal Brazilian Law 11340, now known as the Law Maria da Penha, in which the severity of punishment for domestic violence against women had been increased, whenever it occurred in a domestic or family environment.

Women in government in the modern era are under-represented in most countries worldwide, in contrast to men.

Women for Human Rights is an organisation which works to secure the political, social, cultural and economic rights of single women in Nepal.

The term "missing women" indicates a shortfall in the number of women relative to the expected number of women in a region or country.

Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center (AJWRC) is a non-governmental organisation founded in 1994 that advocates gender equality, the end of violence against women, a more just society, and environmentally sustainable development.

Valerie Anita Aurora was the co-founder of the Ada Initiative, a non-profit organization that sought to increase women's participation in the free culture movement, open source technology, and open source culture.

The Gruber Prize for Women's Rights, established in 2003, was one of five international prizes worth US$500,000 awarded by The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation, an American non-profit organization.

The Expert Group Meeting (EGM): prevention of violence against women and girls was convened as part of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women's multi-year programme of work for 2010-2014.

Female participation and advancement in majority Muslim countries, or nations in which more than 50% of the population identifies as an adherent of the Islamic faith, has traditionally been areas of controversy.

The modern-day character and the historical status of women in Denmark has been influenced by their own involvement in women's movements and political participation in the history of Denmark.

#YesAllWomen is a Twitter hashtag and social media campaign in which users share examples or stories of misogyny and violence against women.

"El Recuento De Los Daños" (The tale of the damages) is a single from the album Más Turbada Que Nunca by the Mexican singer Gloria Trevi.

Feminism has affected culture in many ways, and has famously been theorised in relation to culture by Angela McRobbie, Laura Mulvey and others.

Women Employed is a nonprofit advocacy organization based in Chicago, Illinois.

Dorothea Friderika Aemilia von Berlepsch (née von Oppel; 26 November 1755 – 27 July 1830), known as Emilie von Berlepsch, was a German traveller and author.

Alice Garoute (1874 – 30 October, 1950) was a Haitian suffragist and advocate for women's rights in Haiti, including peasant women.

Six Days: Three Activists, Three Wars, One Dream is a documentary film by director Nikolina Gillgren, which follows three human rights activists in Liberia, Iraq and Georgia over six days.

The National Women's Front was formed in 2009 with the stated objective of empowerment of women of India.

Topfreedom is a cultural and political movement seeking changes in laws to allow women to be topless in public places where men are permitted to be barechested, as a form of gender equality.

475 is a 2013 documentary Moroccan film by director Nadir Bouhmouch.

Visolela Rosalinda "Rosa" Namises (born 1958), nicknamed the "Rosa Luxemburg of Namibia", is a Namibian politician and human rights activist.

Etta Lubina Johanna Palm d'Aelders (April 1743 – 28 March 1799) was a Dutch feminist outspoken during the French Revolution.

Women of the World Festival (WOW) is a UK based festival that celebrates the achievements of women and girls as well as looking at the obstacles they face across the world.

A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power is a 2014 book by former US president Jimmy Carter.

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist organization founded in 1966.

The 100 years of women in transport campaign (YOWIT) is a celebration of the significant role that women have played in the transport industry over the past 100 years in the United Kingdom, following the centennial anniversary of the First World War, when 100,000 women entered the transport industry to take on the responsibilities held by men who enlisted for military service.

NCRI women's committee is a member of Iranian Resistance and opposition to the mullahs' misogynous regime, focusing on rights and news of women in Iran.

Myra K. Wolfgang (May 1914 – April 1976) was a labor leader and women's rights activist in Detroit from the 1930s through the 1970s.

Anne McClintock (born in Harare, Zimbabwe) is a writer, feminist scholar and public intellectual who has published widely on issues of sexuality, race, imperialism, and nationalism; popular and visual culture, photography, advertising and cultural theory.

Alison Assiter, FRSA, FAcSS is the Professor of Feminist Theory at the University of the West of England.

Dr. Julie Kent (born 1957) is a Professor of Sociology at the University of the West of England.

The Honour for Women National Campaign is a nationwide movement in India to end violence against women.

Bama (born: 1958), also known as Bama Faustina Soosairaj, is a Tamil, Dalit Feminist and novelist.

The League for Political Education was a New York City-based group devoted to providing a forum where people of every rank and station could be educated on the important issues of the day.

An anonymous birth is a birth where the mother gives birth to a child without disclosing her identity, or where her identity remains unregistered.