Evolution of Women Rights

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Annotated Bibliography for Women rights evolution in USA and Ghana

Bawa, S. (2012). Women’s rights and culture in Africa: a dialogue with global patriarchal traditions. Journal of Development Studies, 90-105.

Canadian Journal of Development studies offers insights about social. Cultural and political changes in various places. The source is written from findings in Ghana about women rights in the town after a research in 2003. It analyses Maputo protocol of 2003. The source will be used to understand how the Maputo protocol changes women rights in Ghana. It argues on women right issues and what must be taken into account in trying to contribute to the rights of women. According to the authors activists and law makers must consider the economic system when trying to advocate for women rights.

Bunch, C. (2018). Transforming Human Rights from a Feminist Perspective. Women’s Rights, Human Rights.

Brunch C is best known for her feminist action; she argues that women need to be recognized in the society. According to the source, gender needs to be analyzed from a different perspective not only race, nationality and class. The source will be used in the paper to show how human rights have transformed since the 19th century to the 21st century and what has been incorporated by U.S.A in order to achieve the current state of women rights. As long as a certain group of people are denied their rights, we are vulnerable to human rights abuse. The situation of women rights has changed greatly and the women are expected to gain their place in the society in the coming years.

Frederiksen, M. (2017, March 10). Women before, during and after the Russian Revolution. Retrieved from https://www.bolshevik.info/women-before-during-and-after-the-russian-revolution.htm

Russian revolution changed how people viewed women. Fredrick M. is a famous author for issues concerning women, children and the marginalized group. The source will be used in the introductory part to understand the general position of women in the world and how political factors helped to change their rights and attitude towards politics. In the article, it relates with the USA women and their journey to struggle for emancipation. The revolutionary energy shows how women can be powerful and struggle for social revolution. Russian revolution encouraged women in the USA to come out and start feminist movements.

Nave, C. (2017). Marriage in Kumasi, Ghana: Locally Emergent Practices in the Colonial/Modern Gender System. Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 557-573.

Journal of feminist philosophy majors on emerging issues on feminism, carries out research and give publications on the same. The journal uses ethnographical and historical evidence to give an overview on social changes such as marriage and gender roles in Ghana. The author incorporates other research and concludes that marriages in Africa and outside world, are the key sites of understanding women subjugation. Concluded that customary marriage is considered harmful to women compared to other marriages. Customary marriages are associated with negative factors of these women not being taken seriously in economic, political and legal society.

Tobias, S. (2018). Faces of Feminism. New York: Routledge.

The author, Sheila Tobias, started women’s studies on a college campus (DUKE) in 1970. She has written many books about feminism. In the book faces of feminism, she writes about different movements that have happened in the United States by women in order to attain their rights. She then gives information about the current position of women and how their rights have evolved since the colonial period. Women activists are doing a great job in fighting for a better position of women in the society. The book will be used to give information on how women rights have changed in the USA and what has led to the change over the years. Women will gain equality in the near future.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY Bawa, S. (2012). Women’s rights and culture in Africa: a dialogue with global patriarchal traditions. Journal of Development Studies, 90-105.

Bunch, C. (2018). Transforming Human Rights from a Feminist Perspective. Women’s Rights, Human Rights.

Frederiksen, M. (2017, March 10). Women before, during and after the Russian Revolution. Retrieved from https://www.bolshevik.info/women-before-during-and-after-the-russian-revolution.htm

Nave, C. (2017). Marriage in Kumasi, Ghana: Locally Emergent Practices in the Colonial/Modern Gender System. Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 557-573.

Tobias, S. (2018). Faces Of Feminism. New York: Routledge.