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Leila Nguyen

Dr. Bridges

ENGL1301

03.13.2022

Women Rights

Women's rights refer to the fundamental human rights enshrined by the UN to safeguard all human beings on the earth. All individuals have a right to live and be free from all forms of violence, discrimination, and slavery. All people have a right to education, own property, vote, and equality in earnings or wages. Therefore, women can enjoy equal rights stated under the human rights doctrine. Despite that women are individuals like men, women, and girls across the globe face discrimination based on their gender and sex. There have been many issues revolving around gender inequality which has disproportionately affected women. Many women and girls face domestic violence, sexual violence, lower wages, inaccessibility to learning institutions, and healthcare inadequacy. Many movements have been developed to fight for women's rights in terms of voting, sexual and reproductive rights, freedom, and education or empowerment, among other fights. This paper provides an evaluative annotated bibliography on women’s human rights.

Article Review of

Introduction: Introduction to Migration Curriculum in Women’s Human Rights Teaching and Advocacy Resource."

According to this source, Richter Eve argues that there have been policy developments on women's rights; however, little has been done on the implementation of these policies to help women achieve their equal rights as men in society. Therefore, the UN Sec. Gen has propelled the organization towards implementing these policies as a way to resolve the bedevil prevalent in the current society. According to the author of this source, society is impeded with lots of inequities, injustice, education, healthcare, and housing. All these have contributed to conflicts and exacerbated racism and violence. As it is, people worldwide migrate into host countries in search of better lives; however, due to issues in human rights execution, many people find it challenging to integrate into these societies. Therefore, through this teaching, learning, and advocacy journal article, the author tries to design and facilitate an educational course for practitioners to help the world understand the overarching policies and purposes to motivate interventions that can lead to progressive changes to benefit women, especially refugees. More so, this source can be ideal for utilization in education settings to help students understand the current trends in immigration in the context of human rights.

This source is merit to my topic of study because it highlights some of the issues of concern among women and girls. As stated in my introductory part, women and girls face challenges regarding their rights. With the current increase in the number of women and girls that are refugees, a basic understanding of rights stipulated under the human rights policy is essential. Therefore, Richter's source is ideal for my research because it provides insights on women refugees, what they face currently, and the proposed solutions to address their predicaments. According to the author, people born from different backgrounds have different challenges. Therefore, addressing these challenges requires a clear definition of terms and understanding the difference between migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced. Stateless people to help them understand the rights they are entitled to and those they are entitled to ensure they have a better transition into the new life.

Based on the CRAAP Test requirements, this source merits in support of my topic of study. The information provided is reliable and from a reputable source. More so, since it is published under a publisher that talks about socialists, feminists, and anti-racism, the article is cited more than once, written in 2021, making it essential in providing more current information reflecting the current situations that women and girls are facing across the globe.

Article Review of

Introduction: The American civil rights movement reconsidered: Teaching the role of women

This journal article reflects on what is covered or taught in social studies as one of the curriculum courses in America. The author of this article argues that it would be essential for the education system to focus on the achievements of women during the Civil Rights Movements through social and historical studies. Through such aspects, teachers can find a way to broaden their teaching narratives, to acknowledge more gender-based issues faced by women and the work of women activists during that time. In school curriculums, textbooks are central documents in studying sociology and history. The author of this journal article argues that there is evidence that most of these textbooks offer cursory treatment regarding women's roles during the Civil Rights Movements, even though a lot of scholarship bodies out there focus on women during CRM. Sarah argues that in most cases, contexts of female activism, intersections of gender and race, sexual violence, and sexism during the CRM are always overlooked. Therefore, Sarah uses this source to address the problem of overlooking the contributions of female activists during the CRM era. She further provides some of the critical issues faced by these women, especially the Black women, to prompt teachers to include them in the current studies. Hence, the author of this article suggests that the inclusive study of CRM in America helps students to understand how women and girls acted courageously and skillfully while fighting for racial justice.

This journal article is merit to my topic of study because it focuses on women's rights for recognition, especially about their contributions in fighting for human rights during the CRM era. The article is a recent publication under Taylor Francis online, a reputable source for a social studies-related journal article. Being a recent study, the journal article provides relevant information that reflects on the current situation regarding women's rights. More so, the author works under the educational studies in Dickson College, implying that she has researched and concluded that indeed the education sector is doing little about acknowledging the efforts and contributions of women activists during the CRM era.

Article Review of

Introduction: Black women at war: A comprehensive framework for research on the strong Black Woman

For a long time, Black women have faced oppression because they are perceived as strong. According to this source, "strong Black woman" has been used as a means to justify their oppression. This image has persistently been used to control black women and powerfully give Black women a means to survive in the oppressive world. Since the "strong" aspect is contradictory, this article argues that scholars have used it to shift from perceiving it as strength to using it as functionality. Therefore, the authors of this source use it to show the readers that they can utilize the strength to understand how it can help them function and serve the Black women. This source is ideal for my research topic because it highlights the aspect of female oppression, which is a reflection of overlooking women's rights. It supports my thesis statement because it also illustrates how the Black woman is oppressed because of strength.

The journal article is scholarly and published under Semantic Scholar, a reputable scholarly platform for academic studies. More so, the authors are academic giants in sociology, providing great information on women's rights and how they are overlooked. I will use my research to support my thesis and argument.

In conclusion, women's rights are also human rights because women have a right to freedom, education, healthcare, wages, and participation in any program around them. For a long time, women have faced conflicts and battles that have oppressed their rights. With the three sources provided, the authors have highlighted some trends regarding women's rights today. The education sector should be at the forefront to appreciate and give way forwards towards this issue.

Works Cited

Bair, Sarah. "The American civil rights movement reconsidered: Teaching the role of women." The Social Studies 111.4 (2020): 165-173.

Davis, Shardé M., and Martinque K. Jones. "Black women at war: A comprehensive framework for research on the strong Black Woman." Women's Studies in Communication 44.3 (2021): 301-322.

Richter, Eva. "Introduction to Migration Curriculum in Women’s Human Rights Teaching and Advocacy Resource." Radical Teacher 120 (2021): 80-82.