D. Write short notes on the following.
1. Role of social reformers.
2. Traditional roles assigned to women.
3. Work life balance for working women
4. Medical benefits for women
5. Political equality among the women.
Answers
Explanation:
Since the founding of the United Nations, equality between men and
women has been among the most fundamental guarantees of human
rights. Adopted in 1945, the Charter of the United Nations sets out as
one of its goals “to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the
dignity and worth of the human person, [and] in the equal rights of men
and women”. Furthermore, Article 1 of the Charter stipulates that one of
the purposes of the United Nations is to promote respect for human rights
and fundamental freedoms “without distinction as to race, sex, language
or religion”. This prohibition of discrimination based on sex is repeated in
its Articles 13 (mandate of the General Assembly) and 55 (promotion of
universal human rights).
In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. It,
too, proclaimed the equal entitlements of women and men to the rights
contained in it, “without distinction of any kind, such as ... sex, ….” In
drafting the Declaration, there was considerable discussion about the use