Human Rights in the Era of Post-Feminist Movement: A Critical Study

Abstract

The status or aim of universalism of women has been much discussed topic of feminism in the end of twentieth century or post-modern era. Feminism movement is criticized that how is injustice to be judged and condemned if contestation and the openness of ungrounded universalism are the only ideals. My aim in this paper is toexplore the commitments of equality latent in feminism and its relationship to ‘actually existing’ human rights for women as they have been re-worked by the international feminist movement. It argues that feminism can be used to provide support for one possible understanding of equality set in the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. So this paper is to highlight some points of gender biases, women exploitation and crimes against women and make women conversant with the basic women rights by putting the laws in action and pave the way for women empowerment.