The Factors and Grounds of the Development of International Documents Related to Women's Rights in the Twentieth Century

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Department of Jurisprudence and Law, Faculty of Islamic Sciences and Knowledge, University of Quran and Hadith, Qom, Iran

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Objective: A brief look at the international documents related to women's rights that were ratified in the twentieth century reveals a gradual increase in these documents and a substantive change in their subjects. Given the importance of identifying the factors and contexts for the quantitative growth and substantive evolution of international documents related to women's rights during this period, this study was conducted with the aim of identifying the factors and contexts for the evolution of these documents, explaining how the Islamic system positions itself regarding these documents, and predicting future developments of these documents.
Method: This research was conducted using an analytical-documentary method.
Results/Conclusion: The findings indicated that the most important factors and contexts for the quantitative growth and substantive evolution of international documents related to women's rights in the twentieth century are as follows:
- The dominance of a discourse based on the recognition of inherent dignity and equal rights for all human beings, continuing modern Western thought in international documents related to women's rights;
- The consolidation of the undisputed dominance and hegemony of the United States over the global capitalist system and its transformation into a political, economic, and military superpower;
- The influence of UN-affiliated institutions by external trends that pursue women's rights according to American standards and deny any gender differences between men and women.

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