Feminism and Human Rights: The Legacy of Vienna

Authors

  • Charlotte Bunch

Abstract

La Conférence mondiale des Nations Unies sur les droits humains tenue à Vienne en 1993 a reconnu mondialement que «les droits des femmes sont des droits humains». Cette affirmation des droits universels des femmes et en particulier de l’identification de la violence faite aux femmes ont été un point crucial sur l’agenda de la Déclaration des droits humains et du programme d’action à Vienne. On a aussi initié un processus d’intégration des femmes dans une perspective genrée dans une pratique des droits humains qui est en cours. Cet article examine les organismes de femmes depuis la conférence de Vienne et les gains mis en place pour normaliser les droits humains en général et surtout pour contrer la violence sexuelle.

Author Biography

Charlotte Bunch

Charlotte Bunch, Founding Director and Senior Scholar,
Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL), Rutgers
University, has been an activist, writer and organizer in
feminist, LGBT, and human rights movements for over four decades. A Distinguished Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies, Bunch was previously a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in DC. She has been involved in many civil society efforts at the UN, including advocating for women’s rights as human rights and for the creation of UN Women.
Her awards include the National Women’s Hall of Fame,
White House Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights,
and being one the “1000 Women Peace Makers” nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She has written numerous influential essays, edited nine anthologies and authored Passionate Politics: Feminist Theory in Action and Demanding Accountability: The Global Campaign and Vienna Tribunal for Women’s Human Rights.
Gioia Albano, "Babywearing in a Beautiful Garden," 2013, acrylic on canvas board, 20 x 30 cm. Gioia Albano is an Italian artist living in the south of France. Visit her website at: www.albanogioia.com

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How to Cite

Bunch, C. (2019). Feminism and Human Rights: The Legacy of Vienna. Canadian Woman Studies Les Cahiers De La Femme, 33(1-2). Retrieved from https://cws.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cws/article/view/37753

Issue

Vol 33, No 1-2 (2018-2019) : Women's Human Rights

Section

Women's Human Rights and the United Nations