Women’s Civil Rights Building Awareness of Women’s Empowerment
WRITTEN BY: GEORGE DIKE PHOTOS COURTESY OF: ISTOCK, PEXELS, GIACOMO FERRONI
H istory has shown that women have been the most disadvantaged group globally. That has been the case for all women regardless of culture, race, region, or religion. Across the world, gender equality is a basic human right. It is fundamental to having a peaceful and prosperous world. However, girls and women continue to face significant challenges. In less-developed nations, girls are often seen as less valuable than boys. Instead of being sent to school, they are usually made to do domestic work at home or are married off for a dowry before adulthood.
Certainly, gender inequality has been the cause of numerous issues affecting women, including sexual and domestic violence, lower pay, lack of education, and access to medical services. For a long time, women’s rights activists have fought earnestly to address this disparity, battled to change laws, or rioted to request that their rights be acknowledged and upheld. The Feminist Movement gave rise to a series of social and political campaigns for reforms on women’s issues. Since its inception, it has held the belief that women are entitled to political, economic, and social equality.
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