ABSTRACT
Subject-making is a challenging political endeavour because it necessarily entails a logic of inclusion and exclusion. Several different events, which took place in various parts of the world and in distinct historical moments, bring to light this thorny issue that lies at the centre of feminisms. Throughout history, to successfully make political and legal claims, feminists had to speak on behalf a specific group with shared needs and interests – women. For this reason, feminist politics has always struggled with the necessity of thinking essentially because ‘it was imperative if feminist political claims were to be treated as rightful’. An examination of the historical encounter between ‘women’ and ‘human rights’ is necessary to assess the political work done thus far by the category ‘women’s human rights’. Maintaining women’s human rights in a manner that is open to contestation and revision must be a part of the feminist human rights project itself.
