USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE WOMENS MOVEMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the only place that still denies women’s rights?
A
Vatican City
B
New York
C
Kentucky
D
Florida
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Anthony. More than a century on, the only country in the world where women cannot vote is Vatican City: there the right to cast ballots for a new Pope is restricted to cardinals, who are all men.

Detailed explanation-2: -Women (and men) visiting St. Peter’s Basilica, the Sistine Chapel or the Vatican Museums in Vatican City are expected to wear appropriate attire. Low cut or sleeveless clothing, shorts, miniskirts and hats (for men, indoors) are not allowed. Women may or may not wear the traditional “black hat or veil".

Detailed explanation-3: -It’s a tie-Syria and Afghanistan. Those two countries are the worst places to be a woman, according to the 2018 Women, Peace and Security Index, put together by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security and the Peace Research Institute of Oslo.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 86 countries, women face some form of job restriction and 95 countries do not guarantee equal pay for equal work. Globally, women still have only three quarters of the legal rights afforded to men–an aggregate score of 76.5 out of a possible 100, which denotes complete legal parity.

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