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Getting Our History Right: How Were the Equal Rights of Women and Men Included in the Charter of the United Nations?

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October 10, 2008

Getting Our History Right: How Were the Equal Rights of Women and Men Included in the Charter of the United Nations?

The article analyzes the founding conference of the United Nations to find out how a nearly completely male-dominated assembly proclaimed the equal rights of men and women as part of the fundamental human rights. The participation and proceedings of the conference are studied on the basis of official UN documents,autobiographies from women delegates and reports.

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Author
Torild Skar
Publisher
Forum for Development Studies
Publication year
2008

The article analyzes the founding conference of the United Nations to find out how a nearly completely male-dominated assembly proclaimed the equal rights of men and women as part of the fundamental human rights. The participation and proceedings of the conference are studied on the basis of official UN documents,autobiographies from women delegates and reports.

Resource type
Author
Torild Skar
Publisher
Forum for Development Studies
Publication year
2008