It was inspired by the principles behind the United States Declaration of Independence of 1776 and France's Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789. Several women played key ...

France may remember 2012 as the year of women's rights. Newly elected President Francois Hollande has ushered in the country's first gender-balanced cabinet. His partner, twice-divorced journalist ...

Given the declaration’s precision of language, I’d expect abortion would have been singled out in the list of rights — just in case anyone reading it thought “liberty” didn’t cover it.

King Louis XVI welcomed 1,201 delegates into his Hall of Mirrors at his palace in Versailles, 10 miles west of Paris, on Sat., May 2, 1789. The king had called this Estates-General to assist him in… ...

The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments was signed by sixty-eight women and thirty-two men, one hundred in all, who pledged themselves to use every endeavor to fight for equal rights for women.

An international group of 12 women’s networks and platforms has issued a joint declaration to raise concerns and awareness about the discrimination, violence, hardship, and human rights violations ...

President Francois Hollande should ensure that France endorses the international Safe Schools Declaration. Fifty-six countries have already endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration, including half of ...

Women's Rights Prior to the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention. George Mason University Professor Rosemarie Zagarri discussed early women's rights in early America and the evolution of thinking leading ...

"When women's rights are attacked in the world, France rises and places itself at the forefront of progress," Attal said in a social media post after last week's Senate vote in favor of the amendment.