Taking The Law Into Our Hands and Two Paths to Women's Equality

In the era of reconstruction women's rights supporters have adopted legislative and organizational tools in struggle for equal rights and voting rights. Success and failure of amendments to Articles 14 and 15 helped shape the patterns of the US suicide movement and ultimately led to the revision of Article 19. Specified reading is about a legislative and organizational approach that is actively used by women's rights and advocates of women's rights and claims, although in slightly different ways.

Let me pay attention and rebut the two most common arguments raised about this amendment. One thing is that women are already protected by law and do not require law. Existing laws are not enough to guarantee equal rights of women. This has been well demonstrated due to the concentration of women in unpaid work with low wages, low wages, and the tremendous lack of women in senior positions. If women are equal, is it always so when women are elected to Congress?

Of course, equality is not only mathematics but also culture and psychology. In Nigeria, women and men do not have the same value under law. But even in countries like the Scandinavian countries where the law gives gender equality rights, women and men do not necessarily enjoy an equal position because of cultural upsides. I am a writer, blogger, columnist, lecturer, lecturer and founder of feminist blog MsAfropolitan that connects feminist and contemporary culture around Africa. I was listed with Mr. Michelle Obama and Mr. Angelina Jolie as one of ELLE's "12 Women changing the world" and my blog was used as a resource for universities all over the world. Sign up to receive new posts directly in your inbox

Studies have shown that our stereotypes are obstacles to the way to equality. Aline Santos, executive vice president for global marketing at Unilever, says: "Traditional cultural norms surrounding women - in work or at home - return women," she works. A study called "typeless mentality" has been started. Understand the fundamental causes of stereotypes "For example, according to our survey, only one-third of people think that domestic work and childcare are challenges for gender equality, nearly half of women It is not. "