women's rights

plural noun

: legal, political, and social rights for women equal to those of men

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Although signs in Indianapolis expressed different topics like deportation, the Epstein list, women's rights, and even opposition to Nazism, Ryleigh Beckett, a leader with the 50501 movement, said the primary message was about labor rights. Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025 Over the course of the past four years since the Taliban took control of Kabul, plunging Afghanistan into a humanitarian crisis and stripping away women's rights, millions of Afghans who initially fled have now been expelled from Iran and Pakistan, according to the United Nations. Trisha Mukherjee, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2025 The Taliban's suspension of higher education for women in Afghanistan in late December continued its brutal crackdown on women's rights. Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2023 Since the collapse of the U.S.-backed Afghan government in 2021, the Taliban has systematically cracked down on women's rights. Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2022 See All Example Sentences for women's rights

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First Known Use

1632, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of women's rights was in 1632

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“Women's rights.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/women%27s%20rights. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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women's rights

plural noun
: legal, political, and social rights for women equal to those of men
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