GWSS 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Sough, Iranian Revolution, Proxy War

• School: University of Iowa
• Department: Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies
• Course: GWSS 1001
• Professor: Jill Davis

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Lecture 15 1. 2 : fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)ist hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) rights a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ist follo(cid:449) a lo(cid:374)g history of (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s tra(cid:374)s(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)is(cid:373) Idea that there is a long history of transnational activism: we talk a little of u. n, u. n. decade for women, hillary cli(cid:374)to(cid:374)"s spee(cid:272)h, we can see a claim why women reach out for borders. Important to remember: gender was designated in the charter, u. n. there is a committee formed on the status on women, make language on u. n charter gender neutral. Universal declaration of human rights: adopted in december 1848. Idea that every individual state/nation must work hard to respect human rights and freedoms (through education: do this nationally/internationally use as way to observe and protect members of u. n. In 1948 1/3 of the un member nations did not allow women the right to vote: wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s suffrage is still a politi(cid:272)al issue. Un commission on the status of women: the c w ide(cid:374)tified a(cid:374)d sough to pu(cid:271)li(cid:272)ize (cid:449)eak(cid:374)ess i(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s, literacy, education, employment.