women's rights

women's rights
   the claim to or enjoyment of economic and social conditions historically exclusive to or awarded in priority to men
   As different from the normal rights of females as citizens:
    ... extensive literature on Women's Rights and the Feminist movement. (Bradbury, 1976)

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