Women's Rights
This topic will focus on providing women the rights they deserve throughout the entire world. Throughout the debate issues like education, salaries, and political representation. As the years have passed women have received more and more rights. However, in many countries women's rights are violated and unless action is taken women will be helpless agaisnt porsecution and seclusion. The UN has imporved women's rights internationally greatly with the United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 which stressed the international obligation of respecting respect women's rights and to support their participation in peace negotiations and in post-conflict reconstruction.
Useful Links:
http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,185647,00.html
http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/women/
http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2011/6/reform-to-reality-empowerment-of-women-in-the-middle-east
http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Women%27s%20Rights%20in%20the%20Middle%20East%20and%20Noth%20Africa%2C%20Gulf%20Edition.pdf
http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,185647,00.html
http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/women/
http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2011/6/reform-to-reality-empowerment-of-women-in-the-middle-east
http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Women%27s%20Rights%20in%20the%20Middle%20East%20and%20Noth%20Africa%2C%20Gulf%20Edition.pdf