Open AccessUnited Nations Initiatives For Promoting Of Women Empowerment: Historical Perspective
Author(s) -
Muhammad Mujahid Ali,
Muhammad Nadeemullah,
Fauzia Ghani
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
pakistan journal of gender studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-8886
pISSN - 2072-0394
DOI - 10.46568/pjgs.v10i1.231
Subject(s) - empowerment , charter , perspective (graphical) , political science , gender equality , economic justice , gender studies , work (physics) , economic growth , sociology , law , engineering , economics , artificial intelligence , computer science , mechanical engineering
The present study “United Nations Initiatives for Promoting of Women Empowerment: A Historical Perspective” is aimed at determining the role of UNO in protecting women rights. Women are discriminated at various levels in different societies and subjected to violence both physical and mental. The impacts go beyond the family and affect not only the victim but the society as whole. Securing the legal foundations of gender equality and women empowerment has always remained one of the main tasks of the United Nation Organization (UNO). The charter of UNO specifically emphasize on the equal fundamental freedom of men and women. It clearly guarantees the fundamental rights to all without distinction of race, colour, gender or any other status. The objective of this research paper is to provide historical background of global initiatives, particularly in the frame work of the UNO, regarding the process of women’s empowerment and gender equality. It also highlights the major challenges and hurdles in this perspective.