Article January 1, 2001 Issue

The rights of women sustained by divine law

By Nadia Niedzielska—Boston, MA

A translator with the United Nations for about three decades, Nadia Niedzielska has worked in New York City as well as in several countries in Europe and Africa.

The “Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” adopted by the United Nations on December 10, 1948, represented a giant step in the spiritual progress of humanity. It proclaimed for the first time, at the global level, basic rights applicable to all. The first line of the preamble best summarizes the purpose of the Declaration: “...recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world.”

Articles 1 and 2 of the Declaration further expand the concept of equal rights for all people. Article 1 states: “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.”

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