The focus of this thesis is to explain how women’s rights were integrated into the mainstream human rights' discussion with the following research question: “How does the United Nations’ role in...Show moreThe focus of this thesis is to explain how women’s rights were integrated into the mainstream human rights' discussion with the following research question: “How does the United Nations’ role in the intellectual history of human rights discourse help explain the Beijing conference as the turning point for women’s rights and what did the issue of violence against women do to contribute to the inclusion of women’s rights to human rights?”Show less