Women’s Roles Continue to Change

The Times They Are a’Changing!•Throughout the

1960s and 70s, the feminist movement became incredibly powerful.

•Women began to demand equality and better pay in jobs.

•This concept has swept the globe

Around the World•Famous women

have led countries around the world in modern times: ▫Indira Gandhi

from India▫Margaret

Thatcher in the UK

▫Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan

A Glass Ceiling?

•Some women are still discriminated against in the workplace and some companies pay women less than men.

•This is referred to as a “glass ceiling.”

Around the World (part 2!)

•Many women in Muslim countries but also in other poor countries have been denied educations and abused regularly.

Women’s Rights and the UN

•Because of these issues, the UN has had special committees investigate women’s rights and how women are treated around the world.

•The UN then investigated other human rights issues.