Universal Declaration Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women

The very first acts of the General Assembly established the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, or the resolution 217 A of 10 December 1948. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document of human rights was viewed by representatives from unlike cultural and legal bakgrounds. Some of the few UN actions were the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, resolution 2106 (XX) of 21 December 1965 became valid in January 1969, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in 1979 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989. The world’s population has to obey the conventions listed above, and a significant progress will empower economical, political, and

This adoption is also known as “an international bill of rights for women. The Charter of the United Nations prominently has built a structure of internationally agreed goals to advance the status of women and empower their equality among others. The United Nations undertook some measures to end the discrimination against women and to ensure their equal opportunities in both public and political life. First measure was to incorporate the principal of equality in legal system, where laws opposing the new standard of equality were abolished. Second measure was open public institutions and organisations to protect women from any kind of assault. The United Nation’s initial goal was to make sure women get their human rights and fundamental freedoms. March 6, 2003 was very notable due to 171 States adopting the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against women. It is a huge progress from 1960s, when 90% of women were obligated to marry in early 20s and dedicate her life to homemaking. The 38 percent of women who worked were limited in job choice, the most popular ones were nurse, teacher and secretary. (the Women's Liberation Movement, New York) As a result, in 1960, women accounted for six percent of American doctors, three percent of lawyers, and less than one percent of engineers. Working women were paid salaries lower than men, so women made 61 cents for every $1 a man made. As seen in the graphs below, the salary rate for women and men differed much more than it does now. Now, it is 78 cents for every $1 a man made. Yet, such inequality in 1960, caused a feminist movement of the 1960s and '70s, women demanded equality, a prevention of denial of access to better jobs and salary inequity. Representative Howard Smith of Virginia proposed to adopt a convention on gender discrimination into the Human Rights, yet his