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Resolutions about Women’s Civil and Political Rights, Approved at the Inter-American Commission of Women’s Assemblies, 1940-1957, and at Inter-American Conferences of the Organization of American States This document was a predecessor to a series of documents from the thirteenth assembly of the Inter-American Commission of Women (Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres (CIM)). The topic of the thirteenth conference was women’s civil and political rights in the Americas. All the documents from this conference focus on various aspects of this topic from women’s suffrage to women’s education. As a predecessor to the thirteenth assembly, this document outlines previous resolutions from the CIM’s Assemblies and from other conferences of the Organization of American States (Organización de los Estados Americanos (OAS)). The resolutions passed include statements on women’s civil rights, family rights, and political rights. The section on civil rights covers the nationality of married women as well a human rights and reform legislation; the section on family rights includes marriage and adoption laws; and the section on political rights includes women’s suffrage and citizenship education. Under each heading, the document outlines previous resolutions passed at conferences since 1940.

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Collection

Women and Social Movements, International

Corporate Author

Inter-American Commission of Women

Content Type

Proceeding

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Text

Page Count

71

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Women and Politics, Women and Social Reform, Transnational Women’s Movement, Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Mujer y Reforma Social, Mulher e Reforma Social, Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional, Organization of American States, Inter-American Commission of Women, Political and Human Rights, Peace, International Governance, and International Law, Women and Immigration, Equal Rights for Women, Treaties/Conventions, Marital Status, Family Rights, Nationality Rights, Suffrage, Human Rights, Inter-American Commission on Women

Topic

Equal Rights for Women, Treaties/Conventions, Marital Status, Family Rights, Nationality Rights, Suffrage, Human Rights, Inter-American Commission on Women

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Mujer y Reforma Social, Mulher e Reforma Social, Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional