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  2. Gender equality - Wikipedia

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    Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, ... Meacham and Wright established leadership teams where each elder, who dealt with the men ...

  3. UN Women - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, ... (UNIFEM, established in 1976) and other entities and became operational in 2011. [3]

  4. United Nations Commission on the Status of Women - Wikipedia

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    The UNCSW was established in 1946 as a mechanism to promote, report on and monitor issues relating to the political, economic, civil, social and educational rights of women. It was a unique official structure for drawing attention to women's concerns and leadership within the UN. UNCSW first met at Lake Success, New York, in February 1947. All ...

  5. Women's rights - Wikipedia

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    Switzerland was one of the last European countries to establish gender equality in marriage: married women's rights were severely restricted until 1988, when legal reforms providing gender equality in marriage, abolishing the legal authority of the husband, came into force (these reforms had been approved in 1985 by voters in a referendum, who ...

  6. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination ...

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    Part IV (Article 15 and 16) outlines women's right to equality in marriage and family life along with the right to equality before the law. Part V (Articles 17–22) establishes the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women as well as the states parties' reporting procedure.

  7. Equal Rights Amendment - Wikipedia

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    The resolution, "Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women", reads, in part: [1] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States ...

  8. Timeline of women's legal rights (other than voting) in the ...

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    Ottoman Empire: The Young Turks introduce several reform in favor of gender equality: the professions of doctor, lawyer, and civil servant as well as public places such as restaurants, theatres and lecture halls open to both genders. [30] Peru: Universities open to women. [31] Prussia, Alsace-Lorraine and Hesse, Germany: Universities open to ...

  9. Sustainable Development Goal 5 - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5 or Global Goal 5) concerns gender equality and is fifth of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by United Nations in 2015. . Through the pledge to "Leave No One Behind", countries have committed to fast-track progress for those furthest behind f