International law has developed the standard of due diligence as a way to measure whether a state has acted with sufficient effort to live up to its responsibilities to uphold human rights, i.e. to respect, protect and fulfill. Women's rights and human rights are indivisible. All governments are obliged to uphold the basic human rights of each individual on an equal basis. States must ecognize the unique context in which women experience human rights and take all necessary steps to protect women from discrimination and abuse in both the private and public spheres.
Women are in double jeopardy. Discriminated against as women, they are also as likely s men,if not more so, to become victims of human rights violations. Today, what unites women internationally transcending class, race, culture, religion, natioanlity and ethnic origins-is their vulnerability to the denial and violation of their fundamental human rights, and their deidcated efforts to claim those rights.
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