Short answers, pulled from the story.
Christine de Pizan wrote The Book of the City of Ladies in 1405. Her words challenged the idea that women were naturally inferior to men and argued that oppression stemmed from irrational prejudice rather than biological fact.
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women came into force on the 3rd of September 1981. The United Nations General Assembly adopted this convention in 1979 to serve as an international bill of rights for women.
Across the European Union, women earn 13% less than men on average according to Eurostat data from 2014. Adult men work an average of 23 hours per week while women work 15 hours yet continue to earn around 25% less than males.
The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action appeared on the 25th of June 1993 at a World Conference on Human Rights in Austria. Para 18 addressed women's rights within this human rights declaration.
Rwanda achieved 61.3% female representation in its Lower House of Parliament in 2015 representing the highest proportion anywhere. Bolivia's Lower House also reached majority female status during this period.