Ivan Chris T.

Luzuriaga

11200073/LGL

Dr. Emily Salcedo

WOMNRTS K32
Advocating Womens Rights

Women have continued to fight for their rights throughout the course of history
and that this struggle for the equality that women have longed for is a continuing affair
that the state continuously tries to respond to.
As a student and a future lawyer, I too believe in the concept of justice and
equality and I believe that every right of all citizens must be protected accordingly. I am
a firm believer of the rights of women. I believe that since my mother brought me to this
world, they should be afforded the respect that they truly deserve and regardless if they
are actual mothers or not, women should be respected with utmost importance. My idea
to advocate womens rights is to start with the formation of the minds of children. The
minds of children are easily influence with their surroundings therefore change should
start at an early age. I plan to write a childrens book on the rights of women but put it
into a more simplified version of the laws regarding womens rights and how it is applied
to the lives of children. It is a difficult task to make children understand laws because of
their lack of interest for the rigorousness of trying to comprehend it in the first place
therefore, basing it on the interests and lives of children should make it okay for children
to comprehend. My aim for the book is for children not to have any sexual stereotypes
just because their parents said so. It is not right for children to solely listen to
stereotypical and gender-biased opinions of others just because they have no choices.
Children should be able to know that people are people no matter where you look at it
and that gender roles should not dictate what they can do with their lives if doing

something else not in accordance to gender roles please them and make them feel they
are

living

fulfilled

life.

I plan to do this 3-5 years after I graduate law school and that I have good
knowledge of our laws already. This gives me time to research also on the new laws
that would have been amended already and new laws upholding the rights of women. I
would be able to compile it by then and think of more concepts related to the lives of
children in accordance with the law. After that, I would find a publisher willing to release
the books widespread across different mainstream bookstores. I really want a wide
publication of this book because I want parents to understand this concept of gender
equality and elimination of gender roles as well. It will be a rigorous task but this is the
simplest way I can contribute to the advocacy of womens rights. I do not want to do
something so serious in nature but then again, I want to advocate an issue that needs to
be taken more seriously in a fun way aside from the fact that, as Ive mentioned earlier,
children should be able to understand this so they do not grow up to be sexist, gender
role-oriented people that refuses to accept changes in society.