International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews, Vol 3, no 3, pp 1211-1215, March 2022 International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews Journal homepage: www.ijrpr.com ISSN 2582-7421 Women Rights and Feminism: A Historical View Dr.Ziya Hasan 1 , Sadia Khan 2 1 Ph.D. (Human Rights), Department of Political Science,Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P., India, Pincode: 202002 Email:hasanziya9@gmail.com 2 Research Scholar, Department of Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University , Aligarh, U.P., India, Pincode: 202002 Email:sadiakhan171993@gmail.com DOI: https://doi.org/10.55248/gengpi.2022.3.3.3 ABSTRACT Women‟s rights and feminism aredeeply interconnected and widely designed to give the basic idea of women position in this world. Feminism largely proliferated since the last five decades as both a multidisciplinary voice advocating for the transformation of societal behaviour towards women rights and as an area for constructing new theories.Evaluating historical development of women rights is imperatively supportive indefining the scopes of feminism and the dichotomous relations among waves of feminism.It has exposed the fight and unsolvedmysteries of women‟ s rights movements.Women rights and feminism strived to accentuate the anticipated progress of equality and the delay in desired justice for half of humanity. Accordingly, this article reconstructs the elements along with ideas of feminism that can empower women and make them enthusiastic to standing for their human rights. The main focus of this proposed article is to provide readers with a historical overview and description of women‟s rights evolution and interconnection with the term feminism and is offered for those who have a keen interest in understanding these approaches to the development of women‟s rights and feminism. Keywords: Equality, Empower, Feminism, Human Rights,Women Movements, Women Rights. Introduction In the contemporary era, examining women‟s matters or feasibly re-evaluating works of literature about and also by women is a significant task in the academic business all over the world. The comprehension ofa woman‟s life has been the fertile ground for each fieldwork and for theorising the concept of women rights.The idea of women‟s rightshas been accepted worldwide asan imperative magnitude.It is now believed as an essential aspect for accomplishing the development of any country. All humanbeings are the creation of one God and are equal in the sight of the law of nature, and have equal rights and freedoms to live with their very own self-respect and dignity. No man has the explicit right to infringe the rights of women. Many international declarations and conventions have affirmed the protection and promotion of the rights of women. The principle of equal human rights for both men and women is enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations (1945). In Article 1, the Charter proclaimed “respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without any distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion”(UN, 1945).Further, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (1948), a revolutionary document, has also reaffirmed all rights to both men and women equally. Article 1 of the UDHR explicitly says, “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights”(UNGA, 1948).Since then, most of all, international covenants, regional instruments, and domestic laws have strengthened and extended their efforts in fortification againstinequality of „sex‟. After adopting the Universal Declaration, which is only a moral obligation on the international community, the UN turned in the direction of shaping a legally binding document, i.e., a comprehensive treaty on „Human Rights‟.The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) were adopted in 1966 and entered into force in 1976. Both the Covenants are based on the concept of equality of sex among other aspects. ICPPR ensured to all humans „the equal protection of Law.‟ At the same time,ICESCR promised to all individuals „the equal socio-economic statuses‟ (Vijapur, 2010,p. 141). Women Rights After the first half of the twentieth century, i.e., in the 1970s, the worldwide awakening on problems and issues of women were taken up as primary agenda of world-class to take concerns to an end. UN had declared the International Year of Women 1975 at the first World Conference in