Human rights for women are now a universally recognized norm, enshrined in a number of international treaties. Despite this, they continue to be marginalized, sidestepped, or just ignored, leaving them vulnerable to being destroyed by the slightest hint of cultural conflict, denial, or even ignorance. Some of these assumptions have resulted in an outspoken criticism of the rights rhetoric by feminists. In the first place, there is a disagreement with the idea of universal rights. If one accepts a male-centric view of rights, then women are excluded from their scope. Human rights violations against women, it is said, may occur just as easily as they do against males. As an example, consider the suppression of political speech. However, sexism is a major factor in the majority of women’s maltreatment. Even though the abuse is the same, it might have a distinct effect on women. Feminists contend that universality has not been achieved in reality, that only men’s rights are protected, and that women have not been included in human rights. Several versions on the topic, including “Women’s Rights as Human Rights,” have been popular campaign slogans. Feminists argue that if human rights are really global, women’s rights must also be safeguarded, and the failure of the international community to do so, threatens the universal basis of such rights.” Feminist inquiry has always held that women’s experiences must be the beginning point for any investigation. Second, topics that are particularly important to women have received little attention in the media.When people aren’t aware of how gender impacts human rights violations, it may lead to “androcentric formulations of substantive standards,” as Andrew Byrnes points out. 79 Female rights activists also point out that public and private distinctions play a vital role in denying and degrading women’s human rights violations. Traditional human rights analysis concentrates on the abuses of human rights in the public domain and overlooks and obscures those in the private realm. Women’s human rights are often overlooked since most of the breaches of women’s rights take place in the latter. For example, the public/private gap tends to favour male experiences over those of women. Women’s human rights are thus inextricably related to gender theories and the public/private dichotomy. The predominance of patriarchy exacerbates the effect of the latter. As a result, the United Nations’ approach to women’s human rights may be analysed in terms of these notions.

Women’s Rights, UN, UDHR, ICCPR and ICESCR