“The Unfinished Revolution: Voices From the Global Fight for Women's Rights” tells the origins of the struggle to secure basic rights for women and girls. The following is an essay adapted from the chapter, “How Women's Rights Became Recognized as Human Rights.”
In this, the first of five essays taking stock of this incredible Women's Summer, a key leader in the international women's rights movement assesses the pragmatic Beijing + Five session where women fought hard against the forces of backwardness.
