A global history of women’s rights, in 3 minutes

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women and girls are leaders change

makers caretakers and peacekeepers but

while they have an empowered role in our

societies to this day women and girls

are still forced to fight for their

rights how much progress have we

achieved and how much work remains how

can you carry on the fight for equal

rights women struggle for equal rights a

centuries old for 1848 marked a

watershed moment for women's rights with

the Seneca Falls convention where women

activists publicly petitioned for this

civil social political and religious

rights in 1893 New Zealand sent a

message to other activists across the

world an equal voting rights were

achievable through advocacy entering the

twentieth century women around the world

are mobilizing in ever greater numbers

to campaign for gender equality just as

women's role in the labor force is

rapidly evolving by opening up options

here and caretaking roles in 1945 the

United Nations is formed in response to

the destructive poll of two world wars

and Eleanor Roosevelt oversees the

drafting of the Universal Declaration of

Human Rights for all the world to hear

she and other advocates underlined the

place of women's rights within this set

a foundation for women's rights norms

and standards at the international level

hindi subsequent decades just as women

are taking historic leadership positions

in government women activists at the

grassroots level dovetail with the

worldwide momentum by becoming powerful

symbols of feminist resistance and

social change this momentum reaches a

climax in 1995 when the Beijing

Declaration and platform for action

presents a visionary global agenda for

women and girls rights but in spite of

all the progress as we enter the 21st

century patriarchy the stigmas persist

and exemplary leaders arise to resist

them with the rise of the digital age

social media emerges as a crucial tool

to galvanize populations in the fight

against injustice a single woman's voice

is now louder than ever

grassroots activists trigger social

movements online and offline from cities

to villages inspiring future generations

of women and girly ders after relentless

campaigning these movements generate

changes in policy that signal a true

shift in international attitudes and

practice towards equal rights where are

we now

a quarter century after the Beijing

Declaration women and men was mobilized

together to overcome the remaining

obstacles to gender equality they must

fight for an end to gender-based

violence but access to health care for

equal pay and for equal participation in

political life the ink isn't dry be a

part of generation equality and let us

continue to write history together