Given that the United States seems incapable of securing equal rights for women in its governing documents (read this informative overview , consult this timeline, and read the Declaration of Sentiments), do not be surprised that we did not make this list from the Law Library of Congress. But Angola made the list, as did Turkey, Albania, and Macedonia to name a few. Each of the countries has equality or non-discrimination provisions built into its constitution; many have both types of provisions spelled out. Every year, the Equal Rights Amendment is re-introduced to Congress; the last time in 2011, it was sponsored by New Jersey’s own Senator Robert Menendez.
Archive for Women
Amelia Earhart Online Collection
With Amelia Earhart recently back in the news, we recommend a virtual trip to this site – George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers – containing as it does over 3500 items from letters to telegrams to newspaper clippings ranging from 1897 to 1971. You can search via material type, full text, subject, or date. The site also includes a biography, links to other Earhart sites, and a select bibliography. If you are interested, please read her The fun of it : random records of my own flying and of women in aviation published in 1932.
Statistics on America’s Women Veterans
There are 1.5 million female veterans in this country and Puerto Rico according to this report – America’s Women Veterans. Demographic and socioeconomic breakdowns are enumerated as is their utilization of VA services.
Women and Their Economic Rights Under the Law: An International Perspective
The Gender Law Library from the World Bank has gathered thousands of legal documents that stipulate what rights women have in the economic sphere. The texts include treaties, statutes, constitutional articles, decrees and regulations from 183 countries ranging from topics such as working hours to parental benefits to inheritance rights. Most, but not all, the documents are in English. Of course, being a legal resource, some disclaimers are present: ”We update the collection regularly but do not guarantee that laws are the most recent version, nor is the library exhaustive. Translations are not official unless indicated.” Other resources include: Women & International Law (American Society for International Law); Women’s Rights (Human Rights Watch); Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; and the Global Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress).
