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Summer 2010 - Women's Rights: Elusive Equality
Introduction
IntroductionThis issue of Human Rights magazine is devoted to women’s rights. Forty years after the women’s rights movement and a decade into the twenty-first century, why is this topic still contemporary?
Featured Articles
The Impact of the Beijing Platform for Action: 1995 to 2010
Fifteen years ago, 189 countries agreed upon the Beijing Platform for Action as a global accountability framework for women’s empowerment that has proven to be an effective tool for NGOs and governments.
What Health Reform Means for Women
The health reform laws signed by President Obama early in 2010 improved access to affordable health coverage and provide new protections against sex discrimination in health care for millions of women. The new laws, however, include unfortunate restrictions on abortion care and coverage for immigrants.
Successes and Further Goals for Women in the Workplace
Though there has been success over the past few decades for women’s advancements in the workplace, full equality has yet to come.
The Women's Bureau: A Continuous Fight Against Inequality
Because inequalities between men and women in the workforce persist, the need for the Women’s Bureau is as vital today as it was when it originated in 1920.
The Legal Response to the Employment Needs of Domestic Violence Victims
This article is a follow-up to a past Human Rights article on the rights of employees who are also victims of domestic violence.
Title IX and the Importance of a Reinvigorated OCR
A renewed commitment by the Office for Civil Rights will hopefully lead to strides in Title IX enforcement to fight sexual discrimination in education.
CEDAW Ratification: Backseated Once Again
Why is the United States one of only seven countries, out of the 193 UN member states, that has not ratified CEDAW?
Interview with Paul M. Smith
This interview of Paul M. Smith, leading civil rights and First Amendment lawyer, was conducted by Stephen J. Wermiel, chair of the Human Rights editorial board, to honor Smith for his receiving the 2010 Thurgood Marshall Award.
Human Rights Hero: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ginsburg’s role as professor, judge, and justice has not been without influence on groundbreaking legal cases and prominent lawyers that she has inspired.
