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Essay on Women and The American Class Structure
On December 4, 1986 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution that was titled ‘Declaration on the Right to Development’. The purpose of that declaration was to promote human rights in development. A portion of that declaration states, Bearing in mind the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations relating to the achievement of international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian nature, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion, Recognizing that development is a comprehensive economic, social, cultural and political process, which aims at the constant improvement of the well-being of the entire population and of all individuals on the basis of their active, free and meaningful participation in development and in the fair distribution of benefits resulting there from, Considering that under the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in that Declaration can be fully realized.
In looking closely at the facts about today's women, it is clear that although women have made progress in the development process the aim of the Declaration of Development has not yet been obtained for women in the economic realm. The facts speak for themselves; women today are still being deprived of the human rights and fundamental freedoms in the economic realm that the Declaration declared were for all without distinction as to sex. To get a clear picture of women's role in the economic realm it is necessary to look first at women in the labor force and second to look at the distribution of benefits resulting from economic development.
From a global perspective, women are not doing all that well economically. As the poorest of the poor, women in developing countries work extremely hard for the basic survival of their families.....
