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Gender
Up until their successful fight for equality with their male counterparts, women were expected to abide by laws they had no hand in making. The long debate over women’s rights as human rights stems from the demeaning of women in the home, as they were preconditioned to be married, reproduce, and nurture to achieve social acceptance while their husbands were fulfilling the economic duties. Women were raised and groomed to expect marriage to a man who would make money for the household, and the women would reproduce and nurture the children at home.

Equal rights of men and women are explicitly mentioned in the charter of the United Nations -- this means that sex is not a grounds for which women could be persecuted. This conference did a great deal in urging the eradication of all forms of discrimination against women, including the right to vote, the right to work, the right to politics, etc. This idea must remain at the forefront of discussion when making any decisions, no matter how large or how small.

References:

Bunch, C., & Reilly, N. (1994). Demanding accountability: The global campaign and Vienna Tribunal for Women's Human Rights. Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers University.

United Nations. (n.d.). Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing 1995. United Nations. Retrieved January 17, 2022, from https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/platform/human.htm

Women's Rights are Human Rights: The United States and the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women. Women's Rights Are Human Rights: The United States and the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women | Georgetown University Library. (2021, October 12). Retrieved January 17, 2022, from https://library.georgetown.edu/exhibition/womens-rights-are-human-rights-united-states-and-un-fourth-world-conference-women

World Conferences on Women. UN Women. (n.d.). Retrieved January 17, 2022, from https://www.unwomen.org/en/how-we-work/intergovernmental-support/world-conferences-on-women