Source: www.forbes.com/sites/lizadonnelly/2014/01/07/the-everyday-of-womens-rights/
Liza Donnelly’s new book is called Women On Men, and is available from Narrative Magazine Books.
It is the second week of January and all the media year-end wrap-ups
are history. I noticed that a number of the best-of, worst-of lists
that were offered up by news outlets covered the year for women. Moments
in 2013 that showed either advances for women or moments that indicated
a black-slide in equality for women. The things that were listed tended
to be about legislation or political gaffs or celebrity admissions
and proclamations. But what about the day-to-day gains or losses of
everyday women? Misogyny and sexism still exist in many, if not most,
cultures. It is openly acknowledged by many that “women’s rights are
human rights and human rights are women’s rights,” as Hillary Clinton famously said at the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995.
And many laws have been passed since then to help change conditions for
women. But daily injustices still need to be addressed; women
everywhere are battling them on personal levels each and every day.
Liza Donnelly’s new book is called Women On Men, and is available from Narrative Magazine Books.
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