Intersectionality In Women’s Rights: Addressing The Challenges Faced By Rural Women Through International Frameworks
- IJLLR Journal
- Apr 11
- 1 min read
Neha Sharma, LLM, Human Rights, Amity University Noida.
ABSTRACT
Intersectionality in women’s rights refers to understanding the different forms of inequality or discrimination women face worldwide. It helps identify the oppression individuals may experience throughout their lives based on gender, color, sexuality, immigration status, minority status, age, and ability. Additionally, it enables us to advocate against atrocities caused by those who recognize themselves as superior in these areas. The oppression experienced by women often leads to the violation of their basic human rights. These women’s rights are protected by both national laws and international treaties and conventions.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Conventions on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, Vienna World Conference of Human Rights are some of the initiatives taken by the United Nations to tackle the intersectional oppressions faced by women around the globe. However, the atrocities created against women in all walks of life for whatever reason are still at their pinnacle even after the passage of time of the United Nations and other deterrent, non-deterrent, and less deterrent state legislations.
This article argues on the intersectional challenges faced by rural women through international frameworks. It explores social and cultural barriers, gender-based inequalities, limited or no access to education, economic imbalances, the national and international legal provisions, their implementation, and Judicial compliance in relation to rural women’s rights.
It also makes suggestions and preventive measures to fill in the somewhat left gaps to crush out all wrong practices affecting women’s rights.
