women's rights

equal pay

Matching compensation regardless of identity

• gender parityEqual treatment across sexes
• pay equityEqual pay for equal work
• anti-discriminationOpposing unfair differential treatment

equal opportunity · equal representation · glass ceiling · wage gap · Title IX · workplace equality · equal access · gender-neutral · affirmative action · quota system

autonomy

Independent decision-making capacity

• agencyPower to act
• self-determinationControl over one's fate
• independenceFreedom from external control

leadership · education · mentorship · confidence · economic independence · entrepreneurship · literacy · vocational training · microfinance · self-advocacy

abortion access

Availability of pregnancy termination

• contraceptionPregnancy prevention measures
• family planningControlling fertility deliberately
• birth controlPreventing conception intentionally

reproductive autonomy · maternal health · prenatal care · midwifery · Planned Parenthood · pro-choice · bodily autonomy · obstetric care · sex education · reproductive justice

activism

Direct effort for reform

• campaigningActively pursuing political support
• lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
• protestPublic expression of disapproval

grassroots · coalition · petition · rally · march · demonstration · awareness · mobilization · organizing · solidarity

voting

Formally registering a choice

• franchiseLicensed business operation
• enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
• ballotVoting document

suffragist · Seneca Falls · Susan B Anthony · voter registration · polling · electorate · disenfranchisement · suffragette · political representation · candidacy

legislation

Official enactment of statutes

• constitutionalHealth-promoting walk
• statuteEnacted written rule
• jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems

litigation · court · tribunal · ERA · Title VII · Roe v Wade · landmark ruling · legal protection · prenuptial · alimony

• women's historyherstory, suffrage movement, heroines, suffragettes, Susan B. Anthony
• feminismgender equality, patriarchy, sisterhood, intersectionality, equal pay
• gender equalitygender equality, gender equity, equal pay, gender parity, pay equity
• reform movementsabolitionism, muckraking, labor reform, child labor reform, prison reform
• Turkish RepublicAnkara, Treaty of Lausanne, Latin alphabet, secularism, secular state
• Women's Empowermentgirl power, gender equality, female leadership, sisterhood, glass ceiling